Project Manager- 4G and 5G Core Deployment

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Vacation Time

Stock Options

Job summary

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company is seeking a Project Manager to lead 4G/5G core deployment projects in Richardson, TX or Harrisburg, PA. You will drive end-to-end delivery with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, from kickoff through operational handover.

The role emphasizes proactive leadership, strong communication, and hands-on use of MS Project, Jira, and Smartsheet to manage schedules, budgets, risks, and dependencies in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in mobile telecommunications project management.
• PMP or PRINCE2 certification or formal training.
• Experience managing complex deployments from initiation through delivery and handover.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet.
• Knowledge of 4G/LTE and 5G core networks (NSA/SA).
• Understanding of IP networking, signaling, OSS/BSS, SIP/VoLTE/VoNR.
• Experience with roaming relationships and MNO interactions.
• Proven ability to manage schedules, budgets, resources, risks and issues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience coordinating distributed teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build relationships with customers, vendors, and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex telecom deployments from kickoff to handover.
• Plan, execute, govern projects with defined milestones.
• Coordinate engineering and solution teams for HLD/LLD peer reviews.
• Maintain initiation docs, schedules, risk/issue logs, dashboards.
• Track progress, budget, and resource utilization.
• Provide weekly updates on progress and risks.
• Ensure deliverables transition to NOC with acceptance criteria.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and drive improvements.
• Develop familiarity with company platforms and deployment models.

Skills

PM Certification

Deployment Management

PM Tools

4G/5G Core

IP Networking

Roaming & SIP/VoLTE/VoNR

Stakeholder Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

PM Certification (PMP/PRINCE2)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Project Manager- 4G and 5G Core Deployment

Location: Richardson, Texas OR Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Employment Type: Full-Time

A growing mobile telecommunications company is seeking a full-time Project Manager in Richardson, Texas, or Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to lead customer telecommunications deployments and select internal projects. This role focuses on end-to-end project delivery, leveraging project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, and Smartsheet, alongside next-generation telecommunications technologies, including 4G/LTE, 5G NSA/SA, IP networking, roaming, OSS/BSS, SIP, VoLTE, and VoNR.

Are you ready to take ownership of complex telecommunications projects and help shape the future of mobile network deployments? This opportunity offers the chance to work with cross-functional engineering, architecture, operations, and customer teams to deliver innovative solutions from project kickoff through operational handover. The ideal candidate is a proactive, organized project leader who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, enjoys solving technical challenges, and can balance multiple priorities while building strong stakeholder relationships. This is an opportunity to expand your telecommunications expertise, strengthen your leadership skills, and contribute to scalable delivery processes that support business growth.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3–5 years of experience in mobile telecommunications project management.
• Project management certification or formal training, such as PMP or PRINCE2.
• Experience managing complex customer deployments and internal projects from initiation through delivery and operational handover.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of 4G/LTE and 5G core network architectures, including NSA and SA.
• Understanding of IP networking, signaling protocols, OSS/BSS platforms, and voice technologies such as SIP, VoLTE, and VoNR.
• Working knowledge of mobile roaming relationships and functions involving other Mobile Network Operators.
• Proven ability to manage project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer-facing communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience coordinating distributed teams and managing multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong working relationships with customers, colleagues, vendors, and technical teams.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience coordinating telecommunications hardware and software deployments.
• Familiarity with Statements of Work (SoWs), High-Level Designs (HLDs), and Low-Level Designs (LLDs).
• Experience preparing Project Initiation Documentation (PID), Gantt charts, project schedules, risk registers, issue logs, and status dashboards.
• Understanding of Network Operations Centre (NOC) handover procedures, acceptance criteria, operational playbooks, and support readiness.
• Experience conducting post-implementation reviews and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ability to monitor budgets, resource utilization, staff time entries, milestones, and delivery performance.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• A proactive, detail-oriented, adaptable, and results-driven approach.
• Ability to thrive in a startup environment, take ownership of outcomes, and adjust priorities as business needs evolve.

What You Will Be Doing

• Mobile Telecommunications Technologies: 4G/LTE, 5G NSA/SA, roaming, and next-generation voice technologies.
• Networking & Platforms: IP networking, signaling protocols, OSS/BSS, SIP, VoLTE, and VoNR.
• Project Management Tools: Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
• Technical Documentation: HLDs, LLDs, network architecture documentation, and operational handover materials.

Daily Responsibilities

• 40% Project Planning, Execution & Governance
• 25% Stakeholder Communication & Team Collaboration
• 15% Resource Management, Operational Handover & Process Improvement
• Lead complex, long-duration customer telecommunications deployments and internal projects, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Participate in formal project handovers following contract execution, reviewing signed SoWs, approved network architecture, and delivery assumptions.
• Coordinate engineering and solution architecture teams to ensure HLDs and LLDs are developed and peer-reviewed before solution designs are finalized.
• Define project objectives, milestones, dependencies, schedules, and resource requirements in alignment with contractual commitments.
• Maintain project initiation documentation, delivery schedules, risk registers, issue logs, Gantt charts, and project dashboards.
• Track project progress, budget consumption, resource utilization, and staff time entries using internal tracking tools.
• Facilitate project meetings and provide weekly management updates covering progress, tasks, milestones, and risks.
• Maintain effective communication with customers, engineering teams, management, and external partners while proactively escalating issues and deviations.
• Ensure all project deliverables are documented and formally transitioned to the NOC or designated operational owners, including acceptance criteria, playbooks, and support readiness.
• Lead post-implementation reviews and collaborate with project leadership to improve delivery processes, governance, templates, and tools.
• Develop technical awareness of the company's platforms, services, and deployment models to support increasingly complex projects.

The Offer

• Opportunity to contribute to a growing mobile telecommunications company.
• Exposure to advanced mobile network technologies and complex customer deployments.
• Opportunities to develop project leadership, technical knowledge, and delivery governance expertise.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to influence project delivery processes and operational efficiency.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Vacation Time.
• Stock Options, subject to company plan terms.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.