Technical Project Manager- 5G Core- Telecom- Onsite

Calance; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Calance in Richardson, TX (or Harrisburg, PA) is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee mobile telecom deployments after contract signing, including planning, risk management and governance.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, produce PID and delivery artefacts, track progress and provide dashboards to clients and executives. A strong background in 4G/5G and OSS/BSS is preferred.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in a mobile telecoms project management role.
• Experience with end-to-end deployments, from initiation to handover.
• Formal project management certification or training (Prince2 or PMP).

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and lead complex, long-duration telecoms projects ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Coordinate handover to NOC and operations teams with clear acceptance criteria.
• Ensure HLDs and LLDs are generated and peer reviewed before solution design is frozen.
• Review scope, risks and resources to confirm delivery readiness and escalate discrepancies.
• Lead initiation activities with objectives, milestones and resource needs in line with contracts.
• Produce and maintain PID, schedules, risk registers and issue logs.
• Track progress, budget consumption and resource utilization using PM methodologies.
• Facilitate meetings, maintain documentation, and provide status dashboards to stakeholders.
• Ensure complete deliverables are transitioned to NOC/operations with acceptance criteria.
• Provide weekly management updates using project tracking and Gantt charts.
• Track time entries for all staff on projects.
• Lead post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Team leadership

Education

Prince2 or PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Position: Project Manager
Location: Richardson, Texas OR Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Role:

The Project Manager is responsible for management of assigned customer mobile telecommunications solution deployments post-signing of an agreement as well as selected internal projects.
The Project Manager is accountable for planning, execution, coordination, risk management, delivery governance, and operational handover. This role is also expected to contribute to the continuous improvement of project management processes, templates, and delivery practices to support scalable deployment operations.

Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Plan, manage, and lead complex, long-duration (weeks or months) internal and external (i.e. customer) projects ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Participate in formal project handover following contract execution, receiving signed Statements of Work (SoW), approved network architecture and delivery assumptions from Sales and Pre-Sales (Solution Architects).
• Ensure HLDs (High Level Design) and LLDs (Low Level Design) are generated by the engineering staff after Pre-Sales (Solution Architect) has finalized on the architecture of the customer project solution but prior to creating the solution for the customer project. These HLDs and LLDs need to be peer reviewed by Pre-Sales (Solution Architect) before any solution design can be frozen.
• Review project scope, dependencies, risks, and resource requirements to confirm delivery readiness and formally elevate any discrepancies prior to project initiation.
• Lead formal project initiation activities, including definition of objectives, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements in alignment with contractual commitments and company strategy.
• Produce and maintain core project artefacts, including Project Initiation Documentation (PID), delivery schedules, risk registers, and issue logs.
• Track and manage project progress, budget consumption, and resource utilization using agreed project management methodologies and tools.
• Facilitate regular project meetings, maintain accurate project documentation, and provide clear status reporting and dashboards to internal stakeholders and customers.
• Ensure effective internal and customer communications throughout the project lifecycle, proactively identifying risks or deviations and escalating issues in a timely and structured manner.
• Ensure all deliverables are fully documented and formally transitioned to the Network Operations Centre (NOC) or operational owners, including acceptance criteria, playbooks, and support readiness.
• Provide weekly update report to management using project tracking including Gantt Charts and tasks with risks.
• Track time entries of all staff on projects using internal tracking tools.
• Lead post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned and identify opportunities to improve future deployment efficiency and quality.

Desired Expertise & Experience:

• A minimum of 3-5 years in a mobile telecoms project management role.
• Recognized project management qualification or training, such as Prince2 or PMP.
• Experience using project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
• Working understanding of 4G / LTE and 5G (NSA and SA) core network architectures, IP networking, signalling protocols, OSS / BSS platforms, and next-generation voice technologies including SIP, VoLTE, and VoNR.
• Working understanding of Roaming relationships and functions with other Mobile Network Operators.
• Successful experience of building trusting relationships with colleagues, clients and vendors to deploy solutions consisting of hardware and software components.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven capability for successfully driving a distributed team in a fast-paced start-up environment.