Project Manager in Cary, NC

The Project Manager will report to the Project Services Manager and is responsible for the management of assigned projects conforming to PMI standards. 

The Project Manager can be made responsible or assume responsibility for any type of projects within the Project Office such as Customer oriented, Internal, Transition and Transformation, and small (standard) projects. 

Key Responsibilities 
The Project Manager has the following key responsibilities: 
• Familiar with LAN, WAN, SDWAN, WLAN, IPT, SIP solutions 
• Ability to manage multiple projects / project teams simultaneously; 
• Efficient delivery of projects to the Customer, within agreed timescales and budget; 
• Forming project teams with required resources and ensuring resource availability throughout project lifetime; 
• Initiation of projects through project kick-offs; 
• Setting and managing expectations throughout the project lifecycle; 
• Involving internal departments, as required, in the project to ensure successful delivery; 
• Liaising with the CLIENT Business, CLIENT organisations as required by the scope of the project; 
• Delivery of project work plans including clear deliverables and associated delivery dates; 
• Defining and measuring key project milestones; 
• Defining project risks and accompanying risk management plan; 
• Regular project status reports to the internal manager and customer as required; 
• Management of, or involvement of a manager for Vendors involved in the project; 
• Ensure successful project implementation via Change Management processes and procedures; 
• Delivery of project information required for billing purposes; 
• Adhere to the standard processes and procedures and project management tools as defined within Verizon and relevant to the Customer Project Management Office; 

Skills and Qualifications 

The Project Manager will have the following skills and qualifications: 
• Minimum of 2 years of project management experience; 
• PMI / Prince2 Practitioner / IPMA certified in Project Management; 
• Good verbal and writing skill; 
• Strong communicator both internally and to the Customer and third parties such as vendors; 
• Experience and understanding of complex, global networks; 
• Good understanding of Internet family of protocols with special emphasis on MPLS/BGP VPNs, BGP, OSPF etc. 
• Understanding of Carrier Networks, circuit ordering/provisioning, and circuit delivery; 
• Experience with managed network services; 
• Knowledge of network devices (routers, switches); 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project 

The successful candidate is someone who is adept at formal project management practices and can function effectively in a dynamic and global environment. The candidate must be able to work independently, is an effective problem solver, and can lead and manage their projects and teams in an effective an efficient manner.

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