Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. TalentCollyde is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager for a 6-month contract supporting complex, time-sensitive technology engagements within AT&T Consulting. The role oversees network and security-related projects from planning through delivery, managing scope, schedules, costs, quality, risks, technical teams, stakeholders, and global deployments.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary project interface between: + AT&T Consulting + AT&T Account Management + Other AT&T teams + Customer teams + Customer-approved third parties
- Lead complex, time-restricted AT&T Consulting engagements across the region
- Apply established project management principles and AT&T Project Management Framework best practices
- Manage project scope, schedules, costs, quality, and changing customer priorities
- Proactively identify and resolve issues that may impact project delivery
- Develop and maintain project plans, migration plans, and associated documentation
- Manage end-to-end service delivery activities, including: + Architecture and design + Engineering + Change control + Operations acceptance
- Maintain project **Risks, Issues, and Actions Logs**
- Communicate project issues, actions, decisions, and outcomes to appropriate stakeholders
- Direct the day-to-day activities of security and network teams in accordance with the project plan
- Coordinate forums and meetings to address complex scope, issues, and analysis
- Document meeting discussions, action items, and outcomes
- Build strong relationships across project and program teams to ensure timely delivery
- Prepare executive-level project overviews and communicate critical issues to senior management
- Ensure all required project and service documentation is delivered on time
- Lead global deployment initiatives involving network and/or security technologies
Skills
- Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.)
- **25+ years of experience in the IT industry.**
- **15+ years of experience as a Project Manager and/or Service Manager.**
- Industry-related certification such as **PMP or PRINCE2**, with commensurate experience
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale network and/or security projects
- Excellent customer-facing and stakeholder management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Business-level proficiency in **English and Spanish**, both written and spoken
- Experience managing resources and teams across multiple time zones
- Experience managing large teams of technical and non-technical consultants
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a non-structured environment
- Strong problem-solving skills with a customer-focused and strategic approach
- Ability to work effectively under challenging timeframes and pressure
- Confidence communicating with senior management, including during critical situations or outages
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including **Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint**
- Experience working within a change-control environment
- Knowledge of testing strategies and defining acceptance criteria
- Experience delivering products and services across multiple business verticals and technology vendors
- ITIL Foundation Certification v3 or later
- Experience creating dashboards using **Power BI and PowerApps**
- Knowledge of **Smartsheet**
- Experience in service management delivery and program management
- Experience managing multiple large-scale transformation programs with multiple workstreams
- Experience managing Project Manager direct reports
- Experience creating executive dashboards and automated reporting
- Demonstrated ability to develop efficient approaches to project and program delivery
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