Project Manager And Project Coordinator

Title: Project Manager

Location: Remote, but Denver, CO is preferred

Duration: FTE on W2

Hi all! These are 2 position as we are looking for a Project Manager (a senior level candidate) and a Project Coordinator (a junior level candidate).

Required Qualifications:

• Min. 6+ years of direct project management experience
• PMP or Project Management Certifications a plus
• Experience in implementing projects from begin to end for mid-size to large companies.
• 3-5+ years in a Telecommunication industry and/or previous experience
• Bachelors in computer, business, engineering, or related field preferred
• Working and hands-on knowledge of network upgrade, Datacenter operations and infrastructure upgraded is highly preferred.

Additional Skills:

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, constantly changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships, effectively work and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Quantitative / analysis skills using Excel and other software tools.
• Exceptional organization and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Effective data reduction and presentation skill
• High degree of individual judgement, planning and initiative
• Strategic thinking skills, drive for results, action oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience using project management tools systems for data entry, gathering and reporting.
• Proficient presentation, oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Go/No Go Decision – Ready for Production
• Identify the automation and optimization opportunity to accelerate the migration and cutover.
• Solution Design approval
• Working with leadership, determine the objectives and measures upon which the implementation will be evaluated at its completion.
• Serve as the project manager, technical, and planning liaison with all Datacenter, ISP, Network, Firewall and Infrastructure, and business throughout the life cycles of network device migration project.
• Project Baseline Established (Scope, Schedule, Estimate, Requirements)
• Implementation Review / Training Materials Finalized /BAU Plan
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders and leadership at each stage of implementation and provide on-going support.
• If needed, Data analysis of all the collected information from various internal tools by working with system/business analyst and guide them to convert into meaningful data.
• Validation of migration plan and post migration & Results Signed Off
• Implementation and updating documents, operating procedure.
• Closely collaborate with engineering to support the migration process and coordinate the following:
• Technical Specification Document approval
• Track potential risks, provide routine schedule, and risk updates to all the stakeholders.
• Manage the progress of the implementation and adjust as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the implementation.
• Utilize Project management tools and system to monitor/track status of project, report the progress to leadership and escalate when needed to unblock critical deliverables.
• Good understanding of Data Center Operations, Network devices, Migration, Infrastructure Operations life cycle, ITSM process in telecom domain.
• Develop a schedule for migration completion; review the implementation schedule with leadership and all other team members who will be affected by the implementation activities; revise the schedule as required.
• Test Strategy approval
• Traceability Matrix: BRD and Tech Spec Mapping
• Create detailed work plans which identify and sequence the activities and deliverables needed to successfully complete cutover/migration/upgrade/implementations.