This role will be responsible for successfully managing Ericsson derived turnkey projects supporting key customer deliverables to the highest customer satisfaction, while driving Cost, Quality, and Timeliness.
The project manager is accountable for profitability and customer satisfaction by managing large and complex Network Rollout projects.
Candidate must have 4-6 years of proven project management success in large scale Network Rollout and Wireless Site Development. Excellent technical understanding and project experience with site construction, network deployment and integration of wireless systems, as well as telecom services such as MW path design, LOS… Operational experience with a telecom network is a plus
Project Planning:
1) Accountable for planning, prioritizing and executing a project by working with Account Managers, Operations and Product Managers, Implementation managers, delivery organizations and external customers. This includes project procurement, integration, time, cost, scope, planning and initiation
2) Develops required project documentation identifying project goals and tasks and generating assignments consistent to meet objectives
3) Establishes change management procedures, including evaluation and communication for project duration. Develops reporting strategy for project.
4) uses Established processes to successfully deliver projects and services
Relationship Building:
1) Core 3 participation and co-lead; ability to organize and lead a matrixed project team.
2) Maintains clear communication with customers regarding mutual expectations and monitors customer satisfaction, seeks and understands customer processes for proper alignment of expectations
3) Builds business relationships beyond the project environment
4) Organizes and leads a matrixed project team as required
5) Provides feedback and focus to all team members.
6) Serves as a change management agent representing the Project Management Organization
7) Ability to guide and coach junior or new member of the Project management team (for PM 3?), especially on Ericsson processes and tools.
Project Execution:
1) Takes responsibility for project and actively executes to project plan while maintaining quality standards
2) Ensures all commitments are met in accordance with pre-established project goals/objectives
3) Demonstrates control of equipment deliveries, service costs, project activities and customer hand-over requirements
4) Responsible for reporting on project financial and schedule progress based upon project goals
5) Ensures strategy for cost control is used
6) Good understanding of project data to predict project success.
Manage Risks and Scope Changes:
1) Performs risk management
2) Manages change, formulates action plans, mitigates risk to minimize schedule delays and costs
3) Actively takes advantage of change opportunities and recommends new or revised strategies for project integration
Results Focused:
1) Effectively manages closure of project through customer final acceptance. Ensures an on-time and in-budget project
2) Understands and assures quality standards are met on assigned deliverables
3) Evaluates and communicates final project status
4) Utilizes contract information to maximize success of project
5) Actively identifies efficiencies for future implementations.
Project, Processes and Tools:
1) Actively uses project methods, processes and tools
2) Works within defined framework or responsibility
3) Possesses excellent project tool skills
4) Drives the use of project document control and management.
Communication:
1) Excels at internal and external communication
2) Presents project status update on Internal Steering group meetings
3) Makes sure all stakeholders are kept informed on a regular basis
Financial knowledge:
1) Must have extraordinary financial understanding
2) Able to interpret Project financial indicators to use them as part of the decision making process
3) Able to access internal systems to gather financial information
Business skills should include excellent leadership & negotiation skills, strong customer orientation, excellent conflict management skills, excellent analytical & problem solving capability, excellent communication skills both oral and written, a strong business minded consultative approach with focus on profitability & margin