Senior Project Manager Services Delivery Eastern Africa at Parallel Wireless

What you will do :

• Managing the complete Lifecycle of complex wireless telecom Projects like new rollout, swap, technology upgrade, (Both at CORE Datacenter & remote Access Sites), etc.
• Managing concurrently multiple projects in various geographies.
• Work with Customers and other team members to create & present weekly reports and track critical milestones.
• Work with customers and team members to coordinate cross-functional activities and complete the project on time.
• Balance multiple large and critical tasks.
• Communicate with customer operations/department heads in the wireless telecom Industry.
• Work independently from a Services delivery perspective.
• Support Sales in cost budgeting during Pre-Sales / Offer Development stage for Services Portion of the Opportunity.
• Understand both internal and external organizations and processes.
• Know-how of HSE in the wireless telecom industry and local geographic and customer requirements
• Handle multi-ethnic teams, multiple service vendors.
• Strong communication skills customer relationship and escalation management, issue resolutions.

What you must have:

• Minimum 10-12 years of Hands-on Project Management experience and managing Project
• Schedules, Scope, RAM, SLA, execution/deployment, Customer Acceptances, Cost, and Quality in Wireless telecom space in the Africa region.
• Professional Project Management Credentials.
• Thorough understanding of the Project Risk assessment and Mitigation in the wireless telecom
• industry.
• Thorough understanding of Project cost budgeting & spending’s during the Pre-Sales stage and
• delivering the same during the order fulfillment stage.
• Thorough understanding of managing Services Partners / Vendors before, during, and after project
• execution.
• Thorough understanding of spare part management including warranties and RMA management in
• the wireless mobile industry.
• Thorough understanding of Shipments, Customs clearances, Inland logistics, and Warehousing.
• Ability to optimum utilization of tools, tackles, and machinery including vehicles across the projects.
• Ensuring that internal and external (Services Partners) teams are adhering to HSE norms of the customer and local geography.
• Excellent Verbal and Communication Skills.
• Expert writing and communications skills.
• Ability to Travel as needed.

Education:

• Bachelor’s (B.S) degree with 10-12 years of experience in the Telecommunication or Network Industry.
• Professional PM Certification, ESI, PMP, or Equivalent is a plus
• Proficiency in tools like Primavera, MS Projects, etc. is an added advantage