Project Manager in Peterborough

Over 175 years ago, our founder Thomas Cook began this company with a vision to ‘broaden the mind of others and break down the partition walls of prejudice.'

Once describing himself as ‘the willing and devoted servant of the travelling public,’ Thomas Cook was a true pioneer of the travel industry, opening up a world of new destinations and new travel experiences to everyone. By obtaining the best services and prices for his customers, he laid the foundations of the company that still bears his name today.

Thomas Cook is now one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups, supported by around 22,000 colleagues and operating from 15 countries.

Our vision today remains true to Thomas Cook’s ambitions - to be the world’s most loved holiday company.

The position of Strategic Yield Project Manager is a temporary position for 12 months based in our Peterborough office. You will be  responsible for managing development projects and process change delivery with full responsibility for delivery against project targets, scope, budget, quality and timeline with leadership of the cross functional Business project team.    

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Accountable for delivery  - achieving project targets to scope,  timeline, quality, budget and technical solution
• Represents overall project status and technical solution in milestone review, escalates conflicts to Head of Development and Delivery or functional heads (as appropriate)
• Leads, coaches, challenges and motivates the cross-functional project team
• Consulting and clearance of project goals with business stakeholders/sponsors
• Manage, prioritize and ensure the delivery of the projects, either with local resource or with the support of the IT teams
• Enforce adherence to the governance and processes
• Engaging and inspiring at all levels of stakeholders to deliver change to culture and processes

Skills, know-how and experience:

Must have:

• Proactive and tenacious ‘can do’ attitude to unblock issues and ensure progress
• Experienced leadership capabilities that drives team engagement and produces high quality development deliverables
• Excellent communication skills with a strong commercial mindset and business acumen
• Problem solver with a pragmatic approach to deliver into a complicated environment
• Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organisation

Preferred:

• Ability to communicate vision and ability to anticipate future business needs
• Experience of Tour operator and packaged holiday business
• Minimum 1 years’ experience of project management

Key performance indicators:

• Delivery of Projects in line with agreed roadmap to scope, quality, on time and to budget
• Build and manage a highly motivated Project Delivery team

Life at Thomas Cook is fast-paced and full of opportunities. We’re a leading international travel company that believes in empowering our people, so when you join us, you’ll be given the chance to create, learn and innovate. You’ll also be given the support and training you need to develop your career in the direction you choose.

As you might expect, our holiday benefits are something special. We’ll give you an allowance towards your holiday every year, depending on how long you’ve been with us.  There are also special last minute employee deals, which give you the opportunity to pick up a holiday at an outstanding price. Working for Thomas Cook, you can travel the world for less.

We also offer a flexible benefits package that gives you a range of options to ensure your benefits match your lifestyle.