Project Manager- 4G and 5G Core Deployment

A growing mobile telecommunications company is seeking a full-time Project Manager in Richardson, Texas, or Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to lead customer telecommunications deployments and select internal projects. This role focuses on end-to-end project delivery, leveraging project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, and Smartsheet, alongside next-generation telecommunications technologies, including 4G/LTE, 5G NSA/SA, IP networking, roaming, OSS/BSS, SIP, VoLTE, and VoNR.

Are you ready to take ownership of complex telecommunications projects and help shape the future of mobile network deployments? This opportunity offers the chance to work with cross-functional engineering, architecture, operations, and customer teams to deliver innovative solutions from project kickoff through operational handover. The ideal candidate is a proactive, organized project leader who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, enjoys solving technical challenges, and can balance multiple priorities while building strong stakeholder relationships.

This is an opportunity to expand your telecommunications expertise, strengthen your leadership skills, and contribute to scalable delivery processes that support business growth.

• 3–5 years of experience in mobile telecommunications project management.
• Project management certification or formal training, such as PMP or PRINCE
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• Experience managing complex customer deployments and internal projects from initiation through delivery and operational handover.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of 4G/LTE and 5G core network architectures, including NSA and SA.
• Understanding of IP networking, signaling protocols, OSS/BSS platforms, and voice technologies such as SIP, VoLTE, and VoNR.
• Working knowledge of mobile roaming relationships and functions involving other Mobile Network Operators.
• Proven ability to manage project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer-facing communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience coordinating distributed teams and managing multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships with customers, colleagues, vendors, and technical teams.

• Experience coordinating telecommunications hardware and software deployments.
• Familiarity with Statements of Work (SoWs), High-Level Designs (HLDs), and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Experience preparing Project Initiation Documentation (PID), Gantt charts, project schedules, risk registers, issue logs, and status dashboards.
• Understanding of Network Operations Centre (NOC) handover procedures, acceptance criteria, operational playbooks, and support readiness.
• Experience conducting post-implementation reviews and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to monitor budgets, resource utilization, staff time entries, milestones, and delivery performance.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• A proactive, detail-oriented, adaptable, and results-driven approach.
• Ability to thrive in a startup environment, take ownership of outcomes, and adjust priorities as business needs evolve.

• Mobile Telecommunications Technologies: 4G/LTE, 5G NSA/SA, roaming, and next-generation voice technologies.
• Networking & Platforms: IP networking, signaling protocols, OSS/BSS, SIP, VoLTE, and VoNR.
• Project Management Tools:
  Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet,…