Project Manager

Washington  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Will be supporting the project management for validating/deploying wireless infrastructure technologies. Will include traditional Scope, Requirements, Design, Test, Deploy project life cycle. Will oversee new technologies thru the Design, Lab Validation, First Office Application (FOA), and Deployment phases

SKILLS:

Minimum Required Skills/Competencies:
Awareness of the wireless industry/network structure required.
Need experience doing wireless network infrastructure projects (HW installs/upgrades, SW upgrades) - with awareness/understanding of both RAN and Core wireless technologies
RAN technologies: UMTS, HSPA, LTE, base station HW/SW upgrades, transport to the cell sites.
Core technologies: Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load balancers, Call Servers, IMS Core, VoLTE, HLR/HSS, Messaging, GPRS, MMEs, S-Gateways, PDN-Gateways.
Sound understanding of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Discipline.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Need excellent meeting facilitation skills.
Exceptional problem solving skills.
Quick recall of multiple work streams.
Calming demeanor in difficult circumstances.
Ability to motivate project teams to build team morale and group commitment to project goals and deliverables.
Ability to effectively manage time, prioritize work, and multi-task across several project assignments.
Ability to manage, control and report on project budget
Ability to interact and communicate professionally with all levels of staff and management as required to coordinate project deliverables, deliver status reports, and facilitate meetings.
MS Office Tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook)

Education & Experience:
Need to have true Project Management experience working in an IT or (ideally) Engineering environment.
Need to have experience working with Design Engineers, Lab Validation Engineers, Tier 2/NOC, etc.
Working with and in IT and wireless environment
Experience working with multiple vendors within tight timelines.
Past experience understanding and communicating multiple work stream schedules.
Prior cross-functional team management experience required.
Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering solutions and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Proven experience managing geographically diverse teams and/or teams in a Matrix organization.
Bachelor's degree from a four-year college/university or equivalent work experience required.

Preferred skills:
Wireless, Telecommunications, and/or Sales industry experience preferred.
Awareness of the wireless industry/network structure a plus.
Previous PM experience in an IT or ENG environment a requirement.

Start date
n.a
From
Synectics
Published at
13.11.2014
Project ID:
807059
Contract type
Freelance
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