Manager Project Strategy and Planning (m/f/d)

• Establish and maintain a divisional project governance framework that ensures consistency, transparency, and adherence to the Group's 2.0 vision and the Group strategic priorities.
• Ensure synchronization of PDD project efforts with enterprise-wide programs, including EPMO-led initiatives, while maintaining focus on divisional priorities and outcomes.
• Translate the SVP PDD's strategic direction into actionable governance practices that prioritize innovation, customer-centricity, and design excellence.
• Promote the adoption of modern project management methodologies (e.g. Process Excellence / Lean Six Sigma, Agile, PMBOK) to elevate execution discipline and delivery quality across the division.
• Act as the strategic interface between PDD and enterprise governance bodies, ensuring seamless integration of reporting, planning cycles, and performance tracking.

• Oversee the PDD project portfolio, ensuring initiatives are prioritized, sequenced, and resourced in line with strategic objectives and enterprise transformation goals.
• Define and track success metrics (KPIs and OKRs) to support business case approvals with the investment committees, measure project impact, alignment, and execution effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to provide leadership with real-time visibility into project health, risks, and strategic alignment.
• Conduct post-project analysis to generate insights and feed improvements back into the strategy cycle.

• Use data to guide project prioritization, feasibility assessments, and approach selection.
• Monitor performance through real-time analytics on KPIs, milestones, budget variance, and risk indicators.
• Quantify project value using ROI, NPV, cost-benefit analysis, CSAT and NPS to support strategic decision making.
• Apply forecasting and scenario planning to anticipate risks, resource constraints, and execution challenges.
• Leverage stakeholder feedback, benchmarking, and historical data to refine planning accuracy and communication strategies.

• Engage with senior stakeholders across PDD and the enterprise including Business Finance and Transformation to ensure shared ownership, alignment, and accountability for project outcomes.
• Apply structured change management methodologies to assess change impact, manage stakeholder expectations, and ensure successful adoption of new processes and systems.
• Lead the development and implementation of change strategies that support smooth transitions and minimize disruption.
• Encourage innovative approaches to solving business challenges, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and agility.

• Anticipate risks that may impact project delivery, strategic synchronization, or stakeholder engagement, and develop proactive mitigation strategies.
• Conduct regular governance reviews and audits to ensure compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.
• Capture and share lessons learned to continuously refine planning and governance practices across the division.
• Champion a culture of accountability, transparency, and learning within the PDD project management community.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with minimum 8 years of related experience.
• Understanding of design methodology and brand execution within the airline industry or similar.
• Previous experience in product development design phases including the ability to script product development phases will be an added advantage.
• Complete understanding of product design processes, technologies and design theory.
• Ability to multi-task and adhere to deadlines.
• Excellent knowledge all industry standard design tools for 2D and 3D visualization.
• Experience applying theories related to colour, materials, layout, product engineering, graphics, textiles and various visual communication techniques.
• Love of experience design and a passion for learning.
• Managerial skills - Ability to delegate work, set clear direction and manage workflow. Strong mentoring and coaching skills. Ability to train and develop subordinate's skills. Ability to foster teamwork among team members.

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