Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice presents a remote Business Project Manager III contract role supporting complex telecommunications and fiber infrastructure deployments. The role serves as the primary contact for large-scale implementations, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, deliverables, and stakeholder communications while providing technical guidance on outside plant construction and fiber testing.
Responsibilities
- The Project Manager is the primary single point of contact for large-scale deployments with significant complexity, unique requirements or that qualify as a “Special”
- Responsible for planning, organizing and managing the customer''s implementation to meet scope, timing and budget expectations and overall project outcomes
- This role participates in and leads the completion of complex solutions to meet customer needs & is engaged according to PMO criteria and standards
- Develop, plan and manage implementation of activities for highly complex projects/programs for external/internal customers throughout their lifecycle
- Accountable for timely project completion and delivery
- Analyzes work plans and schedules and develops project progress and status reports (including executive status updates)
- Responsible for resource requirements/allocation
- Coordinate and facilitate project meetings
- Develop and distribute timely meeting minutes; to include track/manage action items and verify they are incorporated into the program schedule and that deliverables are met on time
- Assess/Manage risk, impacts and potential alternatives and escalate as required to the appropriate level of management
- Set program objectives and establish clear measures to successfully define and meet project deliverables and timelines. Utilize the change control process to track schedule changes
- Familiar with optical fiber testing and delivery
- Able to read OTDR and PMT test results to identify events, such as connectors, splices, micro-bends, etc
- Can produce recommendations to Field Technicians and Outside Plant Engineers for improvements or modifications to resolve out-of-spec issues
- Able to provide similar instructions for improvement to the customer when customer has an issue
- Capable of reading and understanding KMZ and fiber maps
- Understands different cable sizes and glass types along with buffer tubes and color schemes
- Knowledgeable with Outside Plant construction and splicing, including engineering, permitting, and boring, duct placement, cable pulling, splicing, and testing
- Acts as mentor and team leader to other teammates
- Acts as project team leader & accountable for successful overall project completion
- Through partnership with other staff organizations, define Key Performance Indicators (KPI), training, process standards, policies, and procedures. Associated with complex projects
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree and/or 5+ years of related experience
- Implementation experience with multiple of the following: Fiber installation, OSP/ISP construction, Collocation build and/or Transport/Wave
- Highly Organized and detail oriented
- Experienced with project management/coordination
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work-related experience
- Excellence in updating timelines, detailed reports, and executive summaries
- Microsoft Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Excel (ability to sort, filter, calculate formulas, link worksheets and knows keystroke shortcuts), with demonstrated skill in data gathering and analysis
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are a must
- Ability to communicate project needs to internal and external teams/vendors
- Utilize a consultative approach and maintain strong working relationships across multiple departments; internal and external; Conduct meetings with stakeholders to determine objectives and execute on deliverables
- Motivated self-starter with experience working in a fast-paced work environment is a must
- Strong ability to provide leadership/mentoring to other team members
- Background in OSP builds
- Experience leading multiple complex projects in the technology industry
- Project Management Professional or PRINCE2 Certification
- 6+ years in project management experience
- Implementation experience with the following technologies: Fiber testing
- PMP certification preferred
Benefits
- Remote work
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