Senior Manager, Vessel Pricing & Cost Optimization

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd • Miami, FL

20h • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Accounting, or related field
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Review and evaluate recurring and incremental costs, including change orders, across multiple newbuild programs.
• 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.
• Report on targeted and realized savings and maintain a repository of cost saving opportunities for future programs.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level