Remote TEM Project Manager - Cost Optimization & Savings

Unity Communications; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote work

Mon-Fri schedule

Career development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

Unity Communications seeks a TEM/Project Manager to plan and deliver Telecom Expense Management projects from kickoff through savings realization. You will coordinate inventories, audits, disputes, contract optimization, and carrier migrations as the main client contact, accountable for timelines, budgets, and measurable savings.

You will lead end-to-end TEM projects, validate inventories against invoices, and drive cost reductions while collaborating with IT, finance, procurement, and carrier

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of TEM, telecom procurement, IT project management, or similar experience.
• Working knowledge of carrier billing across voice, data, wireless, and circuits.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Multitasking ability to handle several projects and priorities.
• Flexible, go‑getter attitude beyond core responsibilities.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills to derive savings.
• Clear written and verbal communication with client executives and carriers.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end TEM projects from scoping to closeout.
• Build and validate inventories of circuits, lines, devices, and contracts.
• Audit invoices for rate errors, duplicates, taxes, and surcharges.
• Manage billing disputes and credit recovery with carriers.
• Identify cost reductions: disconnects, right-sizing, consolidation.
• Support contract negotiations, RFPs, and renewals.
• Coordinate carrier transitions and new service installs.
• Configure TEM platforms, workflows, and cost allocations.
• Track savings and report status, risks, and savings to leadership.
• Collaborate with IT, finance, procurement, and carrier teams.
• Document processes and create repeatable playbooks.
• Take on additional tasks as business needs arise.

Skills

Telecom expense management

Project management

Vendor negotiation

Excel & data analysis

Executive communication

Legal work authorization (US)

Tools

Tangoe

Calero

Job description

Unity Communications seeks a TEM/Project Manager to plan and deliver Telecom Expense Management projects from kickoff through savings realization. You will coordinate inventories, audits, disputes, contract optimization, and carrier migrations as the main client contact, accountable for timelines, budgets, and measurable savings.

You will lead end-to-end TEM projects, validate inventories against invoices, and drive cost reductions while collaborating with IT, finance, procurement, and carrier