Program Associate

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Location: Monfalcone Italy

Our new build site in Monfalcone Italy is looking for a Program Associate The function of the Program Associate is to provide analytical advises and strong support to the project management of the Newbuild projects The role is to give mission-driven project management assistance supporting the project management in their work through issue identification analysis and communications Consults with internal clients in various departments (shoreside and shipboard) and with external partners (shipyard technical and design consultancies) to gather analyze and report data for recommended courses of action

Projects assigned are typically top priority high profile and multi-departmental initiatives for the organization and thus require continuous communication and interaction with the project management onsite technical and design teams shipyard other internal and external partners Manage all aspects of project planning tracking and status reporting

**_Essential Duties and Responsibilities:_**

Project coordination and support the development tracking/monitoring and reporting of several small to medium size projects from inception to completion ensuring on-time
- on budget delivery of project outputs
- Acting as project managements analytical advisor and support Supporting the project management through issue identification
analysis and communication
- Iterative development of follow-up tools based on critical areas defined by project management or lessons learned from previous projects
- Adapting the work approach according to changing project priorities Responsibility of standardized
analytical and frequent reporting on newbuilding projects Identification and proactive search of data sources
together with shipyard/ suppliers
- Developing tools to help shipyard/ suppliers in forward-looking planning Tracking total remaining work and displaying weekly/ monthly progress required for timely completionTracking project progress against milestone plan
building simulations (projecting actual progress on the future)
- Establishing and driving regular meetings between involved parties Administrates team meetings (attendees agenda
and official minutes) and drafts communications of project status based on pre-defined templates
- Iterative development of reporting format based on management feedback and focus areas Best practice definition and proactive sharing to other newbuilding projects and throughout the corporation
- Consults with client to ascertain and define need or problem to obtain data required for solution
- Analyzes data to determine solution such as implementation of alternate methods and procedures or changes in processing methods and practices
- Performs vendor consultations/facilitations to monitor progress and ascertain and define any needs or problem areas and obtain solutions
- Develops processing methods and practices for communicating project status to extended teams and executive management Supports project teams in collection of quantitative/qualitative statistics performs basic numerical analysis (financial
statistical)
- Iterative development of follow-up tools based on critical areas defined by project management or lessons learned
- Changing the work scope according to changing project priorities
- Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with little to no guidance

**_Qualifications:_**

Bachelor degree or above with a concentration in Business Administration Management Information Systems or a closely related discipline (Management Science
- Industrial Engineering) Experience: some relevant work experience in business development analytics professional services
technology or finance

**_Knowledge and Skills:_**

Solid written and verbal communication skills a must
- Clear and precise communication at all levels of the organization essential
- Excellent problem solving skills & strong analytical mindset and drive for solving complex challenges
- Ability to learn quickly and understand technical systems
- Strong collaboration and communication skills and ability to influence Ability to developing new analytical approaches independently identify key issues collect data
conduct data analytics and visualize data to create impact and support decision-making Excellent interpersonal skills strength in communicating in a multicultural environment with all levels of employees and managementExcellent administrative organizational and presentation skillsAbility to multi-task in a fast-paced environmentAbility to define problems collect data establish facts and to draw valid conclusions
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagra