Senior Project Manager - Telecom

Tata Communications Limited; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Communications Limited in Singapore is seeking a Lead to schedule and monitor project management activities for Hybrid Network Services with a focus on improving customer experience, turnaround time, and cost efficiency. This tactical role shapes mid-term operating plans aligned to business strategy and aims at first-time-right execution across diverse projects.

The role requires 8+ years of technical support and project delivery experience, with strong budgeting, vendor management, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technical support and project delivery in technology industries.
• B.Tech or Diploma; MBA preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management, budgeting and financial planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan execution across small, medium, large and complex projects.
• Oversee hardware planning, environment provisioning, documentation and deployments for applications/services.
• Allocate resources based on skills and capabilities for projects.
• Oversee procurement lifecycle related to project procurement.
• Guide and mentor technical leads and program management in design and delivery within schedule and cost.
• Lead customer review meetings for large, complex projects.
• Drive performance reviews with OEMs, partners or vendors.
• Review business processes and performance metrics (turnaround time, cost, usability).
• Coordinate with sales support, commercial and sales teams to identify issues and opportunities.
• Escalate issues effectively to senior management and ensure on-time revenue realization.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve project issues; ensure smooth integration of network and systems.
• Define service realization and SOPs for Service Delivery and post-delivery handover to Operations.

Skills

Integrated service delivery

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Budgeting & cost management

Customer service

Project management

Quality control

Financial planning

Vendor performance reviews

Industry adoption & market dynamics

Education

B.Tech/Diploma (preferably MBA)

Job description

Lead, schedule, and monitor project management activities for all customer deliveries in Hybrid Network Services domain with the objective of improving customer experience, turnaround time, managing cost efficiency, productivity, achieving first time right and making processes and systems easy to use and follow. This is a tactical role which contributes to defining the direction of the operating plans based on the business strategy, with a significant mid-term impact on business unit s overall results.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• B.Tech/Diploma (preferably MBA)
• 8+ years of experience in technical support, project delivery in technology industry

Other Knowledge & Skills

• Expertise in integrated service delivery of complex and large projects
• Understanding of Industry adoption and utilization of the Technology and Domain
• Internal and external stakeholder management and consultative skills
• Commercial acumen and broad understanding of market dynamics
• Strong customer service, project management, and quality control skills.
• Knowledge of budgeting, cost management, and financial planning

Key Responsibilities

• Plan for execution across various types of projects (small, medium, large and complex)
• Responsible for hardware planning, environment provisioning, documentation, and application deployments for variety of applications and services
• Allocate resources based on skill and capability required for the projects.
• Oversee and guide procurement lifecycle related to project procurement.
• Guide and mentor technical implementation leads and program management team for low level design, project execution within schedule and cost.
• Participate and drive customer review meetings for large and complex projects.
• Coach and guide team for handling all the projects.
• Drive OEM or Partner or Vendor performance reviews
• Periodically review business processes and performance against various parameters (turnaround time, ease of use, first time right, cost)
• Track success of complete projects against their specific KPIs .. ..…. (others?)
• Participate in review calls to provide status update, resolve any dependencies,
• Oversee roll out of change plan and drive course correction where required.
• Collaborate with various teams within the business (such as sales support, commercial, sales, etc. ) to identify issues and opportunities.
• Drive mitigation of delivery issues and timelines through effective escalation management with senior management when necessary
• Review progress and margins of projects on a periodic basis and ensure faster revenue realization through appropriate prioritization of orders.
• Conduct periodic meetings with customers or stakeholders or vendors to discuss issues and related action items. Identify areas of improvement and drive specific initiatives to address issues raised by customers around order delivery.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve problems, and take corrective action when necessary. Provide technical expertise, business planning and workflow management for ensuring smooth integration of network and system.
• Define service realization and SOPs for Service Delivery and resolve escalated issues.
• Ensure that all projects are handed over to the Operations team post completion of all deliverables.