Project Manager III

altafibercareers; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Altafiber seeks an experienced Project Manager to coordinate customer implementations from contract through delivery and first billing for medium to complex telecom projects. You will manage schedules, risk analyses, budgets, and cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery.

Requires 5+ years in telecom/IT project management, strong leadership, and PMP certification or equivalent. On-site role based in Cincinnati area with extensive stakeholder coordination.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• 5+ years Telco/IT project management experience.
• PMP certification strongly preferred or equivalent experience.
• Strong vendor management and stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate customer implementations from contract through delivery and first billing.
• Lead project activities and teams; publish risk analyses.
• Prepare and publish program reports for budgets and capex.
• Lead project team meetings; maintain logs/minutes for collaboration.
• Perform administrative duties as required.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Risk analysis

IT/Telecom know-how

Client/Server/Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Telecom or related field

PMP certification

Six Sigma training

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office Suite

Job description

Job Purpose:

Coordinate with Altafiber customer implementations from contract phase through project delivery and first billing of projects with medium to difficult complexity and scope. Utilize Project Management tools (project schedules, risk analysis, etc.), maintain customer and project team collaboration, manage customer expectations and status meetings, and identify project risks. Contribute to Altafiber PMO initiatives to increase productivity, recognize hard and soft cost savings, and deliver increased customer satisfaction.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate with customers to manage the implementation of projects that have simple to difficult complexity; construct and publish dedicated project schedules
• Manage and coordinate project activities and lead project teams; identify and publish risk analysis as appropriate
• Construct and publish program reports for budget and capital expenditures
• Conduct and lead project team meetings; publish and maintain meeting logs and minutes to ensure team collaboration
• Administrative duties as required; other duties as dictated by business and management

Experience:

• 5+ yrs Telco - IT experience; supervisory or team leader experience
• 5+ years experience managing technology/telephony projects
• Experience working with customer's technical, business, operational, and financial staff
• Experience directing technical hardware and software vendors
• Experience directing communication vendors
• 5+ years experience with Client/Server applications, Networking Technologies, TCP/IP, Metaframe, Windows server, Storage Systems, Network Security Methodologies, and other related business technologies
• 5+ years Project Management experience delivering technical solutions

Education:

Four years of College resulting in a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Certifications, Accreditations, Licenses:

• PMP certification is strongly preferred or additional work experience
• Six Sigma training is preferred

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to utilize Microsoft project and experience with the entire Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to lead multiple diverse projects (projects with many facets)
• Customer-focused interpersonal skills, professional conduct, and strong communication skills to effectively gather information, ask questions to clarify technical requirements, discuss technical solutions with the customer, and discuss problems with internal personnel, external vendors, and clients
• Knowledgeable within related technical disciplines including IT Services, Disaster Recovery (D/R), and IP Telephony
• Ability to establish customer-focused project delivery expectations
• Experience with CBTS tools - PM methodologies

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Leads Work Teams for employees doing similar work
• May supervise two or more exempt employees