What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Manager - Network Engineering position at Ekman Associates, Inc.?
Job Details
Title: Senior Technical Project Manager Network Engineering
Location: Remote / Multiple Time Zones
Ekman Associates, Inc. is a Southern California based company focused on the following services: Management Consulting, Professional Staffing Solutions, Executive Recruiting and Managed Services.
Summary : We are seeking a Sr. Technical Project Manager (PM) in Network Engineering. The expectation of this role is to combine technical expertise (network / infrastructure) with project management skills to oversee and deliver network infrastructure projects, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with business needs. This role requires someone who is able to manage multiple complex programs / projects and drive results.
Key Skill Set:
Responsibilities :
Location: Remote / Multiple Time Zones
Ekman Associates, Inc. is a Southern California based company focused on the following services: Management Consulting, Professional Staffing Solutions, Executive Recruiting and Managed Services.
Summary : We are seeking a Sr. Technical Project Manager (PM) in Network Engineering. The expectation of this role is to combine technical expertise (network / infrastructure) with project management skills to oversee and deliver network infrastructure projects, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with business needs. This role requires someone who is able to manage multiple complex programs / projects and drive results.
Key Skill Set:
- Program / Project Management (PMP or CSM Preferred)
- Network Infrastructure Expertise (Mandatory)
- Experience managing projects focused on rearchitecting corporate networks.
Responsibilities :
- The right candidate will possess strong network / infrastructure program management skills, will have demonstrated experience overseeing large projects domestic and international.
- Must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment and not be hindered by ambiguity or multiple priorities. This means you are not only able to develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, but can also roll up your sleeves, dig in and get the job done.
- Program Manager complex, multi-disciplinary Network engineering projects using your engineering expertise. Plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders.
- An ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner is expected.
- Oversee high-impact projects, anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
- Ability to take large multinational, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner is expected.
- Program Manager complex, multi-disciplinary Network engineering projects using your engineering expertise. Plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders.
- Serve as the single point of contact for assigned engineering teams as program manager, project manager, or scrum master depending on assignments
- Lead and manage multiple programs and projects and activities of varying methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban), types, and sizes, ensuring objectives and project deliverables are accomplished according to plan
- Deliver timely, effective, easily understandable, concise project deliverables including detailed project work plans, presentations, budget reviews, cross-project dependencies, risks analyses and mitigation, strategies, stakeholder coordination and status communication.
- Communicate across audiences, effectively understanding and utilizing escalation paths, and updating stakeholders.
- Accountable for driving delivery of projects from start to finish.
- BA/BS in business, computer science preferred or other technical field or appropriate work experience 10 years of applicable experience in a technology environment, preferably for a large company.
- Demonstrated success in the delivery of multiple projects.
- PMP or CSM Certifications.
- This position requires strong communication, project management, and Agile skills.
- Experience managing corporate network redesigns from start to finish.
- 10 years' experience leading complex engineering programs and projects.
- Excellent organization and communication skills, as well as strong and consistent attention to detail.
- Understanding of software and infrastructure engineering technologies (data center, compute, storage, network, database, cloud, devops, infrastructure as code, front/back-end development, security, etc.)
- Technical depth in corporate networks (backbone, ISP, bandwidth, etc.), architecting, WAN/LAN, network reliability, etc.
- Ability to effectively summarize status and communicate with senior leadership.
- Adaptable performer who can lead effectively with a lot of ambiguity.
- Ability to manage multiple programs and projects independently.
- Results-oriented with initiative to work until job is complete
- Exceptional technical, analytical, organizational, and research skills
- Detailed oriented and strong communicator.
- Results-oriented, high energy, self-motivated.
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