Location: Africa
Employment Type: Full Time
Team: Delivery Services
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We are looking for a Senior Project Manager with experience in managing Customer Activities,
Deployments, Discussions, Schedules, Communication, and handling budget and ownership of P&L for the
projects in the wireless telecom domain (Both at CORE Datacenter & remote Access Sites).
Good knowledge of various wireless telecom technology and their bearing on- field implementation.
Must have experience of project costing considering time and efforts during the Pre-Sales offer development stage.
This position will report to Regional Vice President- Africa, Services Delivery & Field Operations
Location: Nigeria
What you will do
• Managing the complete Lifecycle of complex wireless telecom Projects like new rollout, swap,
technology upgrade, (Both at CORE Datacenter & remote Access Sites), etc.
• Managing concurrently multiple projects in various geographies.
• Work with Customers and other team members to create & present weekly reports and track critical
milestones.
• Work with customers and team members to coordinate cross-functional activities and complete the
project on time.
• Balance multiple large and critical tasks.
• Communicate with customer operations/department heads in the wireless telecom Industry.
• Work independently from a Services delivery perspective.
• Support Sales in cost budgeting during Pre-Sales / Offer Development stage for Services Portion of
the Opportunity.
• Understand both internal and external organizations and processes.
• Know-how of HSE in the wireless telecom industry and local geographic and customer requirements.
• Handle multi-ethnic teams, multiple service vendors.
• Strong communication skills customer relationship and escalation management, issue resolutions.
What you must have
• Minimum 10-12 years of Hands-on Project Management experience and managing Project
Schedules, Scope, RAM, SLA, execution/deployment, Customer Acceptances, Cost, and Quality in
Wireless telecom space in the Africa region.
• Professional Project Management Credentials.
• Thorough understanding of the Project Risk assessment and Mitigation in the wireless telecom
industry.
• Thorough understanding of Project cost budgeting & spending’s during the Pre-Sales stage and
delivering the same during the order fulfillment stage.
• Thorough understanding of managing Services Partners / Vendors before, during, and after project
execution.
• Thorough understanding of spare part management including warranties and RMA management in
the wireless mobile industry.
• Thorough understanding of Shipments, Customs clearances, Inland logistics, and Warehousing.
• Ability to optimum utilization of tools, tackles, and machinery including vehicles across the projects.
• Ensuring that internal and external (Services Partners) teams are adhering to HSE norms of the
customer and local geography.
• Excellent Verbal and Communication Skills.
• Expert writing and communications skills.
• Ability to Travel as needed.
Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s (B.S) degree with 10-12 years of experience in the Telecommunication or Network
Industry.
• Professional PM Certification, ESI, PMP, or Equivalent is a plus
• Proficiency in tools like Primavera, MS Projects etc. is an added advantage
Location: Nigeria
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