Senior IT Project Manager

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead large, complex, cross-functional technology initiatives within a fast-paced telecommunications environment. This role requires a hands-on Project Manager with strong telecom knowledge, particularly within OSS/BSS environments, who can manage projects from initiation through delivery while coordinating across technical and business teams. The ideal candidate combines strong traditional project management fundamentals with a solid technical understanding of software development, system integrations, and application delivery.

This individual should be proactive, adaptable, highly organized, and comfortable driving accountability across development, engineering, product, architecture, operations, and business teams.

This position is W-2 only. We are not open to working with third-party firms or C2C arrangements for this role.

• Work Model:
  Hybrid

• Lead multiple medium-to-large, cross-functional IT projects from planning through delivery
• Coordinate across software development, engineering, architecture, QA, product, operations, business teams, and other stakeholders to manage deliverables and dependencies
• Build, maintain, and actively manage detailed project schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets, risks, issues, and action items
• Facilitate project meetings, stand-ups, reviews, and working sessions while documenting decisions, assigning action items, and driving follow-up through completion
• Manage project scope and assess the impact of changes to schedules, resources, budgets, and partner commitments
• Maintain accurate project status, dates, risks, milestones, and reporting within Jira and other project management tools
• Develop clear, leadership-ready status updates and presentations that communicate project health, risks, roadblocks, dependencies, decisions, and key milestones
• Partner closely with development and other technical teams throughout the SDLC to understand technical dependencies and drive successful execution
• Proactively gather information, resolve roadblocks, elevate issues when necessary, and keep initiatives moving forward in a rapidly changing environment
• Operate effectively across Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, and hybrid delivery environments

• Strong telecommunications industry experience with knowledge of OSS/BSS systems and environments
• Experience with telecom systems or applications involving areas such as service provisioning, activation, order management, billing, customer management, or related telecom operations
• Proven hands-on experience personally managing large, complex, cross-functional IT projects from initiation through delivery
• Strong traditional project management skills, including detailed scheduling, budget management, risk and issue management, dependency management, project reporting, and meeting facilitation
• Strong understanding of IT systems, software development life cycles, application delivery, system integrations, and technical dependencies
• Recent experience managing projects in Waterfall environments, along with working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Experience using Microsoft Project or comparable tools to build and actively manage detailed project schedules
• Experience using Jira for project tracking, status management, and reporting
• Strong executive and technical communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and decisions
• Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, adapt to changing priorities, and proactively drive decisions and deliverables

• Experience supporting a major telecommunications, cable, wireless, or broadband organization
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