The company is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud. We’re looking for a proactive and dynamic Project Manager for managing end-to-end next generation assurance, provisioning, and orchestration projects implementation for the company telecommunications customers across the EMEA region, to ensure successful implementations according to the specifications or SOW.
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Responsibilities:
- Manage medium to large projects involving more than 20 team members, overseeing project scope, schedule, and costs.
- Cultivate and maintain client relationships, especially with mid to upper-level client delivery teams.
- Represent the organization to external customers/clients frequently.
- Ensure effective communication with the project team and stakeholders.
- Address risks and issues within projects and drive them to resolution.
- Maintain a requirements traceability matrix, collaborating with business analysts and architects.
- Foster team collaboration through workshops and meetings.
- Monitor and assist project team members in task completion, resolving any blockers.
- Escalate issues to senior management and stakeholders for rapid resolution.
- Manage project deliverables, including project charter, project plan, and status reports.
- Coordinate with testing teams to ensure testing phases are executed as planned.
- Ensure compliance with change and release management processes for production implementation and transition to support teams.
- Observe organizational metrics and ensure adherence to processes during project execution.
- Oversee project financials, managing P&L and maintaining budgets.
- Provide accurate financial forecasts to management.
- Engage in business development activities and identify new opportunities within existing projects.
- Assist in qualification and opportunity assessments for moderately complex projects.
- Serve as opportunity manager for medium to high-risk deals.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, or related discipline with over 7 years of project management experience in the Telco industry.
- At least 3–5 full life cycle IT implementations as a project manager within the Telco sector.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities alongside high internal drive and initiative.
- In-depth knowledge of project management methodologies such as waterfall, agile, and lean.
- Experience with best practices and standards in project management.
- Preferred: Formal education or certification in Project Management (PMP).
- Fluency in English required.
Additional Skills:
Accountability, Active Learning, Active Listening, Business Growth, Change Management, Client Expectations Management, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Customer Centric Solutions.
What We Can Offer You:
- Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefits focused on physical, financial, and emotional health.
- Personal & Professional Development: Tailored programs to help achieve career objectives—be it specialization in your field or transitioning to another division.
- Unconditional Inclusion: We value individual uniqueness and aim for diverse backgrounds to be represented and succeed at the company.
