Senior Project Manager - Wireless - Telecommunications

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Job description:
We are always looking for Senior IT Project Managers with experience managing medium to large sized projects within an IT organizations. Candidates must have experience in the wireless telecommunications industry ideally as a manager or team lead with PM responsibilities, and (ideally) experience as a consultant. We are expecting tremendous growth in our Wireless/Telecommunications project practice and we want to hear from you.

These Senior Project Managers will be responsible for successfully managing the development and implementation of custom applications across a variety of disciplines to include PMO. You will be required to document the project goals and objectives, as well as define detailed project plans, schedules, and deliverables according to a defined project management methodologies

The primary responsibilities of our project managers include:
- Establishing project scope, goals, timelines and constraints
- Developing a resourced plan to achieve the goals within the constraints
- Establishing and providing guidelines for development and delivery of training
- Coaching and mentoring project teams on project delivery techniques
- Accepting accountability for the project success
- Developing detailed project plan, schedule and resource assignments
- Tracking and reporting overall project status to executives
- Resolving and escalating project impacting issues
- Managing business and stakeholder expectations
- Facilitating discussions and issue resolutions between the client, the business teams, and IT project team
- Introducing and enforcing project standards
- Managing the project budget and project resources

Required qualifications:
- 5+ years of Project Management Experience
- Wireless/Telecom IT project experience
- Demonstrated initiative, creativity, and motivation during successful projects
- Strong, end-to-end understanding and experience with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Experience with waterfall and iterative software development methodologies
- Demonstrated knowledge of project planning, tracking and reporting
- Ability to work with business clients and stakeholders to define and clarify project scope and objectives
- Ability to assess changes to existing projects based on new business requirements
- Experience setting priorities for technical professionals
- Strong understanding of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Methodology or extensive experience with another project management methodology
- Ability to effectively manage competing priorities and delegate tasks as needed
- History of successful project planning, analysis, metrics, risk / cost / change management skills
- Proficient with MS Office Tools (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to present to groups and executives
- Strong interpersonal skills

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- PMO Development or Operations

NICE TO HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Software development experience with third level (or below) languages