EMEA Senior Project Manager

SSP Innovations, LLC; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A telecommunication firm is seeking an EMEA Senior Project Manager to oversee large-scale projects. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of project management experience and a strong background in the telecommunications industry. You will be responsible for leading project teams and ensuring successful project delivery. This full-time position is based in the United Kingdom, requiring a high degree of leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project management experience.
• 5+ years in Telecommunications professional services industry.
• PMI PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management oversight for large-scale projects.
• Lead and motivate the project team toward desired outcomes.
• Manage project scope and changes effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Project management methodology

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline or equivalent work experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office applications

Job description

The EMEA Senior Project Manager (SPM) is responsible for providing project management oversight and leadership for large-scale projects (or multiple medium-sized projects) delivering 3-GIS technology into Tier 1 and Tier 2 Telecommunication companies. This role will be part of a highly motivated, self-supporting project management team that plays an integral part in delivery of projects and are key enablers of 3-GIS’s strategic goals.

Essential Functions:

• Provides project management to large-scale projects or programs (or multiple medium-sized projects)
• Leads and motivates the project team toward desired project objective and outcomes
• Sets and continually manages project expectations with all stakeholders while delegating and managing deliverables with appropriate project staff
• Defines project success criteria and disseminate to the project team
• Manages project scope and changes to the scope of assigned projects; updates the Project Schedule for each project
• Identifies, documents and manages project issues, risks, action items, and decisions; resolves escalated issues in a timely manner
• Plans, organizes, directs, and control the activities of each assigned project, including budgeting, resource utilization, and financials
• Follows through on the day-to-day details of each assigned project including managing costs, hours, scope, quality, and schedule
• Reports financials during monthly PMO meetings to keep 3-GIS management apprised of project progress
• Leads internal and client-facing project meetings
• Provide weekly status reporting to internal and external stakeholders regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, action items, and decisions
• Conduct weekly time entry and billable hours review for entire project team
• Monitor project team member performance and escalate if there are any performance issues that may impact the project
• May directly manage others; actively monitors performance, participates in performance reviews, conducts training and ensures that deliverables are accomplished accurately and efficiently
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and coaching to PMO team members to encourage skill development and professional growth
• May attend and/or present at industry conferences, lead workshops or write articles for the 3-GIS website
• Actively participates in all company and department meetings and events
• Maintains excellent knowledge of all 3-GIS products, policies and PMO procedures
• Evaluates PMO processes and make recommendations to continuously improve operational efficiency and productivity
• Continues professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods, and best practices in project management
• May perform other duties as assigned in support of the overall success of the company
  
  

Competencies:

• Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills; ability to effectively lead high-performing cross-functional teams
• Expert level knowledge in project management methodology and best practices
• Ability to understand and apply project management principles, methods, and techniques and train others accordingly
• Demonstrates a high degree of personal and professional integrity
• Ability to prioritize work assignments and shift work efforts based on the needs of the project or department goals
• Ability to work independently, be self-motivated and work effectively in a team environment
• Strong leadership, interpersonal and organization skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to represent 3-GIS externally with professionalism and poise up to C Level client sponsors
• Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making capabilities
• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability; able to handle multiple initiatives concurrently
• Passionate about traditional project management activities
  
  

Work Environment:

• Works in an indoor office/home office environment
• Sit for long periods, standing and walking intermittently
• Use office equipment such as computer, mouse, keyboard, printer
• Occasionally lift or move up to 20 pounds
• 40 hours per week (100%) is mandatory
  
  

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline (or equivalent work experience)
• 15+ years of project management experience; minimum 5 years in Telecommunications professional services industry
• Experience of working with legacy technology (Smallworld and Ericsson Network Engineer) a preference
• Prior supervisory experience desired
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong PC skills required, including use of standard MS Office applications and Microsoft Project
• PMI PMBOK understanding; PMI PMP certification a differentiator
  
  

Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time position expected to work 40+ hours per week.
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Internet Publishing

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