Senior Specialist- Project Management (Professional Services)

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future. Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster. 

Location: Bogota, Colombia

Scheme: Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

Role Purpose
As Senior Specialist - Project Management at Accelya, you will lead complex projects, managing senior stakeholder relationships and applying expert project management skills to ensure outstanding delivery outcomes.

Duties & Responsibilities
• Lead complex, multi-workstream projects, managing senior stakeholder relationships and applying expert project governance
• Apply advanced risk management, change control and financial management practices to ensure project delivery integrity
• Use AI-enhanced project management tools for sophisticated portfolio analytics, resource optimisation and predictive risk identification
• Use generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT or equivalent, Copilot) for executive-quality project reporting, business case documentation and stakeholder communication
• Lead project post-mortems, producing actionable lessons learned that improve the project management community's capability
• Mentor junior project managers, sharing expertise in governance, stakeholder management and delivery methodology
• Represent project management best practices across the organisation, contributing to PM community of practice

Required Experience & Skills
• 5–7 years of senior project management experience, including complex multi-workstream delivery
• Expert PM skills including advanced risk management and financial control
• Experience with AI-enhanced project management tools
• Strong leadership and executive communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT or related field; PMP or equivalent required

• Fluent English: Interviews will be held in this language

Preferred Experience & Skills
• Strong experience with AI-powered project management tools for advanced portfolio analytics, predictive risk management and automated reporting
• Use of generative AI (Claude, ChatGPT or equivalent) for executive-quality project documentation, business case development and strategic communications
• Deep knowledge of airline technology project delivery and the governance approaches used by leading airline software providers
• Understanding of how AI is transforming project management — including AI-assisted risk identification, resource optimisation and intelligent stakeholder reporting

What do we offer?
• An open culture with a creative and challenging opportunity to satisfy your intellectual needs
• Flexible working hours
• Smart working: a hybrid remote/office working environment
• Work-life balance
• An excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment to work in

About Accelya
Accelya is a leading global software provider to the airline industry, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular software platform. Owned by Vista Equity Partners, we bring together 2,000+ employees across 10 global offices. We are proud partners of AWS and pioneers in NDC expertise. Find out more at www.accelya.com

What does the future of the air transport industry look like to you? Whether you’re an industry veteran or someone with experience from other industries, we want to make your ambitions a reality!