IT Junior Project Manager (Travel)

Location: Naples, Italy; hybrid working model with 2 days per week remotely. Right to work in Italy required.

Gross annual salary: €38,000–€42,000 gross per year, paid over 14 monthly installments.

Company

hirify.global, a brand of MSC Cruises, operates in the cruise and travel sector and promotes inclusive, international collaboration, wellbeing, and continuous professional growth.

What you will do

• Support IT and digital projects through initiation, planning, execution, transition, and closure.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, action logs, status reports, meeting records, and governance documentation.
• Coordinate business owners, IT product and technical teams, vendors, Finance, Procurement, and other stakeholders.
• Track budgets, forecasts, purchase orders, commitments, actual costs, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and change requests.
• Organize meetings, document decisions, follow up on actions, and produce reporting for governance forums and management.
• Support testing, deployment readiness, business handover, project closure, and continuous improvement of PMO practices.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of overall professional experience, including 2–3 years in IT project coordination, PMO, digital delivery, technology consulting, or a comparable role.
• Experience autonomously executing project-coordination activities within low- to medium-complexity projects or defined workstreams.
• Fluent English required. Italian proficiency is strongly preferred.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Practical experience with Jira, ServiceNow, or equivalent project and workflow tools.
• Degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Business Administration, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and stakeholder-coordination skills, with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently.

Nice to have

• Experience in an international or matrix organization.
• Experience in the cruise, travel, hospitality, or transportation sectors.
• Familiarity with Power BI or Microsoft Project.
• Foundational project management training or certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment contract under the applicable Italian collective labour agreement for shore-based employees of private shipping companies.
• Hybrid work, flexible working hours, meal vouchers worth €8 per on-site working day, and a productivity award.
• Health insurance, welfare and wellbeing initiatives, an Employee Assistance Programme, and learning opportunities.
• Discounts and partnerships within the MSC group.
• Inclusive international environment with wellbeing support, development opportunities, regular feedback, and career growth pathways.