Project Manager - Subsea Projects (Submarine)

Lennor Group; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,116,000 - 1,451,000; Full time

Job summary

Lennor Group in Makati City seeks an experienced Project Manager for Subsea Projects to oversee submarine cable initiatives within Philippine territorial waters. You will lead design, planning, vendor negotiations, and budget management across global teams.

This onsite role requires strong leadership and stakeholder coordination. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience in submarine cable route engineering, project delivery, and cross‑functional collaboration, with readiness to travel

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years in subsea cable systems with route design and project delivery.
• Experience with budgeting, contracts, and cross‑functional leadership.
• Proven ability to coordinate across time zones and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of submarine cable landings and interconnection facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead submarine cable project implementation from feasibility to service.
• Review cable route design, planning, surveys, and risk management.
• Develop long‑term partnerships with vendors and negotiate contracts.
• Manage budgets, billing milestones, and cross‑functional teams.
• Coordinate with procurement, legal, and executive leadership.

Skills

Subsea projects

Project management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Scheduling

Contract management

Cross-time zone collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Route design software

MS Office

Job description

About Lennor Group

As a proud Filipino company, we are committed to providing world-class business and workforce solutions. Our deep market expertise, combined with a global perspective, empowers us to serve businesses of all sizes and industries efficiently

About Lennor Group

As a proud Filipino company, we are committed to providing world-class business and workforce solutions. Our deep market expertise, combined with a global perspective, empowers us to serve businesses of all sizes and industries efficiently. Our brand, Lennor Metier, is a leading recruitment agency and headhunting firm in the Philippines, partnering with reputable companies to source top talent for direct-hire opportunities. It specializes in IT, Finance, Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, HR, and Executive Search.

Job Title: Project Manager - Subsea Projects (Submarine)

Industry: Information Technology (IT)

Salary Range: ₱100,000 - ₱130,000

Work Setup: Onsite

Shift Schedule: Day Shift

Location: Makati City

About The Role

The Project Manager for Subsea Projects will support submarine cable systems being implemented within the Philippine Territory. The candidate should be an experienced, courageous, and adaptable professional with strong hands-on experience in submarine cable route design, route engineering, and project implementation who can support, influence, and deliver network infrastructure. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong analytical, communication, people-management, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across diverse teams, influence stakeholders, and deliver measurable business impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as an active and key contributor in consortium and committee meetings, particularly CCM, IPG, MWG, and TWG, to effectively represent the company’s needs and interests.
• Lead and support successful submarine cable project implementation, including reviewing cable route design, route planning, desktop studies, route engineering, marine survey coordination, permitting/interface considerations, and implementation risk management across complex marine environments.
• Develop long-term partnership strategies with key vendors and industry peers, including bringing parties together for submarine cable projects and supporting negotiations for ITTs, JBAs/C&MAs, supply contracts, and non-supply contracts.
• Ensure billing milestones and payments are met predictably through effective long-range and detailed budgeting across supply and non-supply contracts, with strong engagement across headquarters and the Philippine operations team.
• Plan, communicate, and execute against budgets for system upgrade plans.
• Work closely with the Philippine procurement team to plan purchase orders, execute contracts as required, and maintain a predictable business rhythm.
• Serve as the escalation point and remediation expert for matters related to cable systems being implemented in Philippine waters.
• Partner with the Legal team to ensure contract clarity, integrity, compliance, and fulfillment of contractual obligations.
• Clearly communicate company obligations to executive leadership, including executive briefings on system status, health, cost reviews, and partner relationships.
• Develop and maintain internal repositories to ensure secure access to information related to all aspects of the company’s involvement in contracted subsea programs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, communications infrastructure, or related discipline.
• Strong executive communication, organizational, and presentation skills, executive-level budgeting capability and strong financial acumen.
• Demonstrated contract-management skills, including contractual risk assessment, priority evaluation, and obligation management.
• Minimum 5+ years of proven experience and deep understanding across one or more major subsea cable systems with significant exposure to submarine cable route design from early feasibility through construction and ready-for-service delivery including:
  • Project planning and implementation
  • Submarine cable engineering
  • Operations and maintenance
  • Terrestrial fiber optics
• Experience with networks, optical line systems, and related technologies within carrier, cloud/AI, big-tech, or OEM environments.
• Ability to work effectively with stakeholders across different time zones.
• Demonstrated command of existing subsea systems topologies, cable landings and top interconnection facilities regionally.
• In-depth knowledge of performance metrics, excellent communication and leadership skills, organizational and time-management skills, decision-making skills.
• 3+ years of daily operational experience with submarine cable systems, with a solid working understanding of domestic and global carrier networks.
• Strong problem-solving, strategic-thinking, and technical skills.
• Demonstrated business acumen through prior work experience or education.
• Self-driven, with the ability to work effectively with minimal direction.
• Previous direct experience working with a telecom provider and/or OTT subsea team.
• Willing to travel between 25% and 50% of the time.