Remote IT Project Manager – Cruise Ship Deployments

CAI; San Juan (PR); Remote; USD 83,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

CAI is seeking an IT Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive multiple large IT projects across shipboard systems and enterprise deployments, ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, and budgets.

The position is an 18-month contract with remote work and extensive international travel, including long deployments. Candidates must be willing to work extended hours as needed to meet milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Project Management, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Experience managing multiple IT projects simultaneously within budgets and timelines.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience creating and maintaining project plans, resource schedules, risk assessments, and status reporting.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and vendor relationships.
• Experience facilitating testing, deployment, implementation, and operational readiness activities.
• Proficiency with project management tools and reporting systems.
• High-energy, self-motivated, proactive approach in fast-paced environments.
• Hands-on project management experience with application development, software deployment, or enterprise implementation projects.
• Ability to travel internationally for extended periods including 5-6 months.
• Able to adapt to changing priorities and deployment schedules.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple moderately complex IT projects concurrently from initiation through deployment.
• Manage 20-40 application deployment projects simultaneously across shipboard systems and venues.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and risk logs.
• Partner with Product, Infrastructure, Development, Supply Chain, Logistics, Purchasing, and Operations teams for execution.
• Coordinate resources and monitor workload priorities to meet deadlines.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams, stakeholders, vendors, and partners.
• Track progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies to minimize delays and budget impacts.
• Review deployment plans, testing requirements, and operational handoff materials.
• Monitor hardware procurement, inventory tracking, and deployment readiness.
• Lead project status meetings and provide updates on schedules, risks, issues, dependencies, deliverables.
• Drive continuous process improvement to enhance execution, efficiency, and cost savings.
• Ensure compliance with PM methodologies and company standards.
• Support team development and collaboration across project teams.
• Lead hands-on execution activities and drive deliverables to completion.
• Support deployments aboard cruise ships during new-build and dry dock initiatives.
• Coordinate activities across domestic and international project sites including shipyards.
• Support operational readiness, testing, and deployment in dynamic shipboard environments

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Budget management

Scheduling

Risk management

Cross-functional teams

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / related field

Job description

CAI is seeking an IT Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive multiple large IT projects across shipboard systems and enterprise deployments, ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, and budgets.

The position is an 18-month contract with remote work and extensive international travel, including long deployments. Candidates must be willing to work extended hours as needed to meet milestones.