Lead, MAST Project Portfolio

Overview The MAST (Maritime Asset Strategy & Transformation) Portfolio Lead (Project Portfolio) is responsible for the day‑to‑day management and coordination of the MAST project portfolio, ensuring accurate, timely, and decision‑ready information across all initiatives. The role acts as a central point of coordination between delivery teams and leadership, owning portfolio artefacts, facilitating key forums, and ensuring the right level of detail, insight, and challenge is applied to support successful delivery. This role blends portfolio governance, reporting, facilitation, and delivery enablement to drive clarity, alignment, and momentum across the program. Essential Functions Portfolio Management & Control: Maintain an accurate, end‑to‑end view of the project portfolio (plans, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies), own and manage portfolio artefacts including roadmaps, dashboards, RAID logs, and integrated plans, ensure consistency and quality of data across all initiatives. Reporting & Insights: Produce clear, concise, decision‑ready reporting for leadership forums; identify and communicate portfolio trends, risks, and delivery concerns; translate complex project information into meaningful insights. Facilitation & Engagement: Facilitate portfolio and project forums, ensuring discussions are focused and outcome‑driven; drive alignment, clarity, and follow‑through across delivery teams; draw out the right level of detail from stakeholders. Stakeholder Management: Partner with project managers, delivery leads, and senior stakeholders, build strong working relationships across the portfolio, provide constructive challenge and support to ensure delivery confidence. Governance & Decision Support: Support governance forums with materials, insight, and recommendations; track decisions, actions, and changes to ensure follow‑through; enable prioritisation and trade‑off discussions. Dependency & Risk Management: Identify and manage cross‑project dependencies and interlocks; surface risks early and support mitigation planning; ensure transparency of delivery risks across the portfolio. Portfolio Planning & Coordination: Support development and maintenance of integrated portfolio plans, align timelines, sequencing, and deliverables across initiatives, ensure alignment with strategic priorities. Continuous Improvement: Improve portfolio reporting, artefacts, and processes; reduce complexity and drive pragmatic ways of working. Ad Hoc Support: Support strategic initiatives, workshops, and deep dives as required. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Scope: Supports a portfolio of projects across MAST, providing coordination, visibility, and project governance to ensure initiatives are aligned, controlled, and effectively delivered. Problem‑solving: Identifies inconsistencies, risks, and gaps in portfolio information and delivery plans, working with stakeholders to resolve issues, improve clarity, and drive better outcomes across the portfolio. Impact: Directly impacts the quality of decision‑making, delivery confidence, and successful coordination of initiatives, enabling leadership to effectively manage priorities, risks, and outcomes. Leadership: Leads through facilitation, coordination, and influence rather than direct authority; acts as a central enabler of collaboration, alignment, and delivery success across project teams. Additional Competencies Knowledge: Understanding of workplace policies and procedures; familiarity with team collaboration tools and techniques. Skills: Strong time management and organisational skills. Abilities: Ability to maintain reliable and consistent attendance; capacity to be punctual and meet deadlines; ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and work as part of a team; demonstrated professionalism in all interactions and tasks. Qualifications Degree or equivalent relevant experience preferred. Bachelor's degree preferred. Project/portfolio management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) beneficial. 3 to 4 years of relevant work experience. Experience in project, programme, or portfolio management environments. Proven ability to manage or coordinate multiple initiatives simultaneously. Experience in reporting, governance, and stakeholder management. Strong facilitation experience, including leading meetings and driving outcomes. Experience working with senior stakeholders and cross‑functional teams. Travel No or very little travel likely. Work Conditions Work primarily in a climate‑controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential. This position is classified as “in‑office.” Employees must work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Monday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Fridays. Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area. Physical Demands Work primarily in a climate‑controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential. Commitment to Ethical Culture In addition to other duties/functions, this position requires full commitment and support for promoting an ethical and compliant culture. The position requires integrity, honesty, and respectful treatment of others, as well as a willingness to speak up when misconduct or concerns are observed. EEO Statement Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Cruise Line are equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employers and do not discriminate against any qualified individual on the basis of sex, race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, mental, physical or sensory disability, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, federal, and/or international law. Benefits Health Benefits: Cost‑effective medical, dental and vision plans. Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources. Additional programs include company‑paid term life insurance and disability coverage. Financial Benefits: 401(k) plan that includes a company match. Employee Stock Purchase plan. Paid Time Off: Holidays – All full‑time and part‑time with benefits employees receive days off for 8 company‑wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays to be taken at the employee’s discretion. Vacation Time – All full‑time employees at the manager and below level start with 14 days/year; director and above level start with 19 days/year. Part‑time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 84 hours/year. All employees gain additional vacation time with further tenure. Sick Time – All full‑time employees receive 80 hours of sick time each year. Part‑time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 60 hours each year. Other Benefits: Complementary stand‑by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends. Personal and professional learning and development resources including tuition reimbursement. On‑site fitness centre at our Miami campus. #J-18808-Ljbffr