Head of Vessel Pricing & Cost Optimization

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The Royal Caribbean Group has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Senior Manager, Vessel Pricing & Cost Optimization reporting to the Senior Director of Newbuild Finance.

This position works on-site in Miami, Florida.

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager of Vessel Pricing and Cost Optimization leads the development, validation, and optimization of vessel cost estimates across global newbuild programs. This role coordinates cross‑functional efforts between Miami, Turku, and Saint‑Nazaire teams to assess prototype and sister‑ship pricing, evaluate technical design options, and analyze recurring and incremental costs. The position drives cost‑savings initiatives by identifying, quantifying, and tracking optimization opportunities in partnership with Newbuild, site offices, brand leadership, and third‑party advisors.

Additionally, the Senior Manager oversees the creation and continuous enhancement of a comprehensive ship pricing model and cost database, ensuring accurate economic inputs and alignment of data across shipyards and site offices. The role also collaborates closely with Commercial and Legal teams to evaluate and recommend contracting terms that improve cost transparency and support savings incentives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Prototype Vessels & Sister Ship Pricing

• The Senior Manager of Vessel pricing and Cost Optimization will coordinate efforts across the Miami Office, Turku, and Saint Nazaire offices to:
  • Compile and validate cost estimates for new vessel concepts, technical specifications, reference vessels, and yard proposals.
  • Provide real-time evaluation and valuation of design/technical options, associated costs, risks, and potential cost drivers / variances. time evaluation and valuation of design/technical options, risks, and potential cost variances.
  • Review and evaluate recurring and incremental costs, including change orders, across multiple newbuild programs.

Cost & Savings Optimization

• This role will likewise work with the Newbuild Organization including our Site Offices, the Corporation, our Brand leadership and any contracted third parties to:
  • Identify, quantify, validate, and track cost savings opportunities across the newbuild portfolio.
  • Support cost reduction efforts in partnership with the Newbuilding team (including Site Offices) operational and shared service partners and any third-party advisors hired for this purpose. reduction efforts in partnership with
  • Report on targeted and realized savings and maintain a repository of cost saving opportunities for future programs. saving opportunities for future programs.

Vessel Cost Modeling & Analytics

• Finally, this role will oversee the development of a comprehensive ship pricing model and associated costing database by:
  • Owning the development and continuous enhancement of the Ship Component Pricing Model and underlying cost database.
  • Maintaining macro and microeconomic pricing inputs, including labor, turnkey, procurement, inflation indices, and raw material dynamics.
  • Aggregating and aligning data from site offices and shipyards to generate holistic, accurate vessel pricing estimates.

Commercial & Contracting Support

• This role will also partner with our Commercial and Legal teams to propose and evaluate contract terms enhancing cost transparency and enabling savings incentives.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Accounting, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of financial modeling, pricing, cost engineering, or newbuild related finance.
• Expertise in complex cost structures, large capital projects, or long-term industrial programs.
• Strong collaboration skills across cross functional global teams.
• Ability to operate in fast paced, highly dynamic development cycles.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

The position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship.

Agency and Third-Party Submissions: Please note this is a direct search by the Company, and applications through agencies and other third parties will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited resumes. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered the Company's property.

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.