Job Description

It is a contract role for 6 months, possibility to extend further, based in the UK or Germany. It is a fully remote role offering up to EUR 600 per day. You must be a fluent German speaker to qualify for this role.

About the Role:

Senior Project Manager will lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple Optical Network Deployment projects within scope, quality, time and cost constraints that may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value.

Highly Desirable:

• Experience working for or into Vodafone Germany will be desirable.
• Preference will be for a Project Manager with experience of deployment for Optical networks & NMS related projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full Account Level management responsibilities of the Optical Network Project Management team responsible to lead, oversee and ensure successful implementation, delivery and management of customer projects, with high complexity, within a Customer network.
• Ensure Service target margins are achieved, contributing to accurate revenue recognition, ensuring committed schedules and deliverables are met, and that projects meet Customer’s expectations for quality and service.
• Analyze project proposals to determine time frame, funding limitations and appropriate process for accomplishing projects.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline work plan.
• Establish work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
• Implement project Communication plan.
• Document and communicate project status, obstacles and resolutions to management.
• Perform risk assessment and implement mitigation plans.
• Project Manager may support pre-sales activities, providing project management subject matter expertise and contributing to Customer proposals and RFP responses, as required.
• Interface across internal teams and Customer operations teams, Sales, Bid Management, Service Delivery Groups, and Finance to ensure project deliverables and financial targets are met.
• May be required to contribute to process management optimization efforts associated with project management

You should have:

• Ability to drive large volume of complex projects meeting scope requirements and meeting or bettering on-time commitments and financial objectives
• Delivers superior customer experience built on responsiveness and quality
• Demonstrates value of services through superior performance
• Galvanizes project delivery team in unified action and mindset
• Possesses positivity and strong work ethic to ‘”never give up” attitude
• Mature business “customer first” demeanor
• Attention to detail critical from the collective project team
• Recognizes failures and responds constructively

Ideal Candidate:

• Critical Thinking / Analysis- Analyzes Multi-dimensional problems; gathers information over extended periods of time and applies complex concepts to generate possible solutions.
• Judgment - Makes Complex decisions/Judgment taking into account multiple alternatives.
• Decisiveness - Delivers decisions in the face of competing alternatives
• Outstanding planning, scheduling, and coordination skills
• Breadth of technology, Services and business acumen.
• Strong business judgment and ability to think through complex business issues.
• Works collaboratively in matrix environment, with many stakeholders
• Results oriented, Collaborator and Accountable
• Outstanding verbal and written communications.
• Must have proficiency with Project Management tools

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or six to eight years related project mgmt. work experience strongly preferred
• PMP Certified Required
• Experience having worked in matrix organization that includes demonstrating strong influencing and collaborative skills across multiple teams

Competencies:

• Customer First
• Velocity
• Building Relationships
• Business and Financial Acumen
• Influencing Others