Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Greenwood Village, CO – Onsite (Need Denver Locals or ready to relocate)

we need a 10+ years PM in the Telecom BSS/OSS domain in Mobile space with strong skills to manage an end-to-end program.

Note – we don’t want Networking background resumes.

Reports To: Program Manager, MDA A leader and force for change to achieve the business outcomes with the skills and leadership for it. Responsible for the coordination, implementation, execution, control, and delivery of MDA Cross-Functional projects, ensuring consistency with the organization’s strategy, commitments, and goals.

KEY SKILLS:

• Drive the implementation of MDA cross-functional projects providing leadership, guidance, industry knowledge, influence, and energy to complete the job

• Build relationships across the organization, from senior levels to the technical teams, establishing trust and confidence to deliver the project. Need to manage not just the project, but to be a key member of the team as well.

• Capably manage change and risk, and communicate effectively internally and externally. Team lead but willing to roll up your sleeves as well.

• Strong knowledge and appreciation of project scope, deliverables, timeline and risk management, and delivery excellence

• Ensure the project has the right priority to get resources assigned

• Plan and schedule project timelines and necessary weekly/daily or ad hoc meetings

• Identify, document, mitigate, resolve risks issues and, update program RAID as things change and evolve

• Provide direction and support to the project team and coordinate with MDA Program managers

• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to all stakeholders

• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs

• Provide project evaluations and assessment of results throughout and post project deployment

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with Solution Architecture, BAs, and Dev team to translate business requirements into a solution, formal agreements and plans to culminate in business acceptance of results.

• Responsible for organizing and leading cross functional teams in developing and project deliverables; ensure that all project work streams and tasks are properly and realistically estimated, documented, scheduled and tracked.

• Convey to all team members a full understanding of the requirements of the project; work with project team members and external areas to identify and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner.

• Preparing project artifacts such as project plan, weekly status reports, RAID matrix, minutes of meetings and any other project documentation required

SKILLS:

• Sufficient functional/technical knowledge in BSS/OSS domain to enable effective communication and execution of the project

• Strong knowledge and experience of Agile delivery methods and tooling (SAFe, JIRA)

• Must be able to make quick, thoughtful decisions

• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and influencing skills to achieve successful results working closely with business areas and internal MDA resources

COMPETENCIES:

• Critical thinking

• Demonstrating tenacity and perseverance

• Displaying creativity

• Displaying functional/technical expertise

• Adapting to change

• Communicating and influencing effectively

• Outstanding presentation skills

EDUCATION & OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field – computer science, engineering, business or related experience

• Minimum 7-10 years’ experience of Project Management experience, managing and delivering complex, multi-vendor technology-based End to End projects, within a service provider environment.

• Strong preference for candidates with prior experience working with telco in the delivery of IT Wireless System Solutions or IT Telecommunication Solutions and other digital services companies

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to interact effectively with MDA management, software development and test teams, and infrastructure teams, and with business partners

• Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management, techniques and tools

• Working knowledge of IT systems, Agile, Waterfall and SDLC

• Strong negotiation/facilitation skills with an ability to gain consensus

• Ability to facilitate solutions in a complex IT technology and business environment and able to adapt quickly to change.

• Ability to manage expectations throughout the project implementation and delivery process.

• Formal knowledge of Project management principles, processes, and tools (PMP certification is desirable)

• Solid experience in MS Project Plan