Project Manager, Enterprise Telecom

Company Profile 

At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally-native, data-empowered solutions.  Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team.  Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.  

Overview 

We are looking for a Project Manager to support multiple projects in an enterprise telecom/broadband organization. This Project Manager will execute critical projects related to process optimization, engineering, and service delivery. This Project Manager role is responsible for reducing inefficiencies, creating and maintaining relevant project documentation and reports, in addition to ensuring discipline in standardizing and optimizing processes and procedures. This position is located in Stamford, CT and will require an on-site work schedule.  Qualified candidates must live in the area and be willing to work on-site every day.

Duties & Responsibilities 

·       Facilitate regular workstream meetings, to ensure cross workstream collaboration.

·       Ensure team(s) maintains focus on quality, continuous delivery and objectives

·       Provide visibility into delivery targets, commitments, and progress

·       Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves using network of peers and formal channels (including escalation if required)

·       Utilizes team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve

·       Communicates with leaders across the organization on a regular basis to ensure transparency into delivery, risks, issues, etc.

·       Execute Project Management across multiple workstreams to ensure a cohesive delivery plan is achieved

·       Ensure the respective readiness reviews and tests are coordinated and conducted in a timely manner

·       Support integrated reporting, status, and deliverable tracking across the project

·       Support the administration of Project status meetings and forums, including capturing action items and decisions

·       Establish risk management, escalation paths, and take corrective measurements, supporting issue and risk tracking and mitigation

·       Holds project team accountable for deliverables and commitments.

·       Support Program Manager to summarize workstream status, escalations and next steps

·       Utilize PMI PMP methodology

·       Integrate business policies and governance processes into planning and accountability for project roadmaps and strategy

·       Facilitate and lead project meetings and manage stakeholders’ communication

·       Coordinate, manage and monitor the workflow of cross-functional teams

·       Provide and perform quality assurance checks on project artifacts and deliverables.

·       Align deliverables (outputs) to the program/project workstream’s “outcome”

·       Own overall integrated project plan and manage cross-functional resources, ensuring on-time delivery, meeting of budgetary demands, and achievement of business goal

Requirements

Desired Skills and Experience 

Candidates must have strong practical experience in program and/or project management, which was gained through managing large and complex projects. Candidates must have the following:

·       Minimum of 5-7 years program/project management experience managing multiple workstreams within telecom- broadband, phone, or satellite industry is required

·       Previous experience in either Engineering, IT and/or systems management with a strong focus on process optimization and process mapping

·       Willingness and ability to dive deep and learn, including retention of important information is critical

·       Must be a strong driver to consistently keep team focused on task at hand and overall objectives

·       Proven knowledge of project and program management methodology

·       Strong leadership, stakeholder, and management skills

·       Excellent oral and written communications skills to stakeholders including the ability to influence, strategize and negotiate

·       Ability to think analytically and process information quickly, presenting it in a succinct and insightful format suitable for executives

·       Experience working with PMO stakeholders in engineering, network infrastructure, or voice operations team environments

·       Strong analytical, documentation and organizational skills desired

·       Direct hands-on proficiency with Sma