Project Manager - Technical

Red Hat's Telco Consulting team is looking for a Project Manager to help guide the adoption of Red Hat's solutions in our key Telco accounts and service provider partners. In this role, you’ll actively manage projects to successful completion from initiation through delivery and closure specializing within the Telco services industry. As part of our team, you’ll plan, execute, and deliver projects on time, in budget, and within scope in accordance with business priorities.

You’ll manage the project lifecycle, track project status, and manage project teams to mitigate issues and risks.

What you will do:

Direct complex projects involving multiple stakeholders

Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders

Define, create and execute project plans for project, portfolio, and product prioritization and implementation

Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value

Proactively manage changes in project scope.

Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and with other groups which have an impact on the project success.

Build, lead, and coach multiple project teams throughout project life-cycles

Provide frequent on-site monitoring and enforcement of schedules, milestones, and vendor accountability

Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects

Create risk mitigation strategies to anticipate, assess and resolve project risks

Prepare project status reports and present project performance updates to relevant business stakeholders

Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan Ensure all projects meet success parameters and return on investment (ROI) targets stated in the original project proposal.

What you will bring:

PMP Certification Agile methodologies are a plus (i.e SAFe)
Telcom or Service Provider background

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills

Experience with stakeholder management and building relationships

Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment

Awareness of organizational change management practices

Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability

Understanding of software development life cycles

In depth understanding of project management concepts

Coordinate with geographically distributed teams and assist in training and coaching in order to achieve project goals

Ability to collaborate with a diverse, global, cross-functional team Experience working with project and portfolio management tools

Experience in an agile environment

More than four years of project management experience

Bachelor’s in computer science, information technology, management or related field (Master’s preferred)
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