Project Manager

3-Gis, LLC; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications firm in Warsaw is looking for an experienced Project Manager to oversee large-scale projects within Tier 1 and Tier 2 telecommunication companies. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of project management experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and strong leadership and communication skills. This full-time role entails managing project expectations, leading a cross-functional team, and ensuring project success through effective methodologies. Join us in driving impactful technology solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with legacy technology preferred.
• PMI PMBOK understanding; PMP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide management oversight for large-scale projects.
• Lead and motivate the project team towards objectives.
• Manage project scope and changes.
• Conduct project meetings and weekly status reporting.

Skills

Project management methodology

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving capabilities

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office

Job description

The Project Manager (PM) 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).
• 7+ years of project management experience;
• 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.