Lead Project Manager
***This role is based at one of our corporate offices in Memphis, TN, McLean, VA, or Dallas, TX***
This is your chance to be a part of an in-house Technology team that's creating consumer-facing, cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the hospitality industry around the world! As a Lead Project Manager, you will bring your technical skills to a hospitality company with an award-winning culture. On the Cloud Platform Engineering and Operations team, you will report to the Senior Lead Project Manager. You will support projects including cloud migrations and modernization, network and security architecture, data and AI/ML platforms, BC/DR, and enterprise integrations.
HOW WE WILL SUPPORT YOU
Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:
- Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
- Hilton Shares: Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
- Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
- Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Learn more about the rest of our benefits
At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.
**Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.
HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.
What your day-to-day will be like:
- Develop project plans and schedules; document them in Confluence and Microsoft Project
- Create and assign Jira tasks for project work and follow up with project team members on task completion
- Provide reporting on assigned projects by updating Jira epics and Microsoft PowerPoint
How you will collaborate with others:
- Schedule weekly project meetings to facilitate project planning and execution
- Lead project teams to accomplish the scope and deliverables of projects
- Coordinate with team members to update the monthly program reports
- Attend daily PEP escalation calls as a representative for the Cloud Platform Engineering team
What projects you will take ownership of:
- Implement QuickSuite Dashboards and cost allocation to reduce delays and error in cloud billing data
- Implement DataDog Enhancements to improve MTTR and MTTD for Hilton during cloud-based incidents on Tier 0 and Tier 1 apps
- Complete a POC to determine whether ECS Fargate works better than other application deployments methods such as EKS
WHY YOU'LL BE A GREAT FIT
You have these minimum qualifications:
- Five (5) years of professional work experience in Technology or a related field
- Five (5) years of work experience in project management
- Five (5) years of experience using Microsoft Project and Jira
- Three (3) years of experience using Waterfall project management and PMP methodologies
- This is a hybrid role and would require to be near one of our three US office locations (McLean, Dallas, or Memphis)
- Travel up to 5%
It would be useful if you have:
- Bachelor's Degree, or Associate's Degree plus six plus (6) + years of Technology related experience, or High School Degree/GED plus twelve plus (12) + years of Technology related experience
- Seven (7) + years of professional work experience in Technology or related field
- Seven (7) + years of work experience in project management
- PMP Certification
WHAT IT IS LIKE WORKING FOR HILTON
Hilton, the #1 World's Best Workplace, is a leading global hospitality company with a diverse portfolio of world-class brands. Dedicated to filling the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, we have welcomed more than 3 billion guests in our more-than 100-year history. Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture and we are consistently named among one of the World’s Best Workplaces. Check out the Hilton Careers blog and Instagram to learn more about what it’s like to be on Team Hilton!
We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position and provide other benefits and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable law. Please contact us if you require an accommodation during the application process.