ADTRAN
Project Manager
Atlanta, GA, USA · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 91 days ago
ComplianceProject ManagementExcelCommunicationMentoringMicrosoft Office
About the role
- They will act as a single point of contact for the customer, including the executive level, and project team, facilitating effective communications, resource management, customer negotiations, and escalations for the overall project.
- Establish a Communications Plan that facilitates regular and managed exchange of information both within and between ADTRAN and the customer.
- Generate periodic reports concerning project and issue status as specified in the agreed-upon Communications Plan.
Responsibilities
- The Manager, Projects will be responsible for providing overall direction and management, often over a project team, to implement large, complex projects within a Customer Network, or a large volume of various size projects.
- Manage the project scope through implementation of the ADTRAN JCO process.
- Partner with the customer to proactively manage scope changes through the duration of the project, including cost, quality, and schedule impacts.
- Develop and maintain the Project Schedule, providing timely updates regarding any schedule changes to both the customer, ADTRAN, and contractor primes.
- Proactively manage project financials and ensure that all changes (positive or negative) to revenue, cost and gross margin are documented, via the JCO process, approved and communicated in a timely manner
- Manage project risk through risk identification, quantification and mitigation, focusing particularly on SOW and implementation plans, to minimize impacts to cost, schedule and quality.
- Ensure that project schedules remain consistent with revenue, cost and gross margin projections, and drive quarter-end project-related actions to achieve targets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in related field is required
- Equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
- 5-8 years of experience in the communications industry
- 5+ years of project management or service operations experience required
- Solid understanding of applicable ADTRAN products and services required
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suits (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.) required
- Experience negotiating at a project level, with customer, internal project team, and Contractor partners is required
- Basic Qualifications
- Experience directly interfacing with customers (internal and external) required
Skills
- Utilize & comply with documented ADTRAN Process & tools to ensure consistent and effective management of assigned projects.
Company info
- Other projects and assignments may result and be assigned to accommodate the changing needs of the department and the Company.
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