Technical Project Manager

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Within the Communications & Infrastructure group, the programme delivery team is responsible for delivering programmes/projects across multiple countries and variety of technologies from Mobile, Broadband, Voice, CDN, Internet peering, Data Centres (Private and Public cloud), with a mix of physical and virtual network components and automation.

We are looking for a promising and seasoned Senior Project Manager who has worked on complex digital projects, with a focus on system integrations over Telco Cloud.

Successful candidates will have a technical project management background, be detail driven, and have experience in managing virtual teams to deliver complex projects. You will be a passionate and proven leader with the ability to gain stakeholder buy-in, communicate confidently at both the executive and project team level, and collaborate with a wide range of technical and non-technical teams, regardless of geographical or organisational boundaries. You will be a natural problem solver with a cool head, that can deal with ambiguity and work autonomously to deliver results. 

What you'll do:

·   Take end-to-end ownership of a Telco cloud project, part of the virtualisation of the Sky Mobile network, including 5G.

·   Manage Sky’s Telco Cloud suppliers through design, integration, and testing project phase.

·   Utilise your communication skills to interface with and influence a broad range of multi-disciplinary teams (solutions architecture, test & delivery, support, product, partners, customer team).

·  Ensure necessary governance and controls are in place to ensure successful delivery, demonstrate adherence to agreed time, cost, and quality deliverables.

·  Identify and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, forecast resources demand and prioritisation.

·  Develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels from stakeholders to project team members.

·  Lead the project team by example.  Motivate the team and create a collaborate ‘can do’ environment.

What you'll bring:

· You will be passionate about delivering a great seamless customer experience, driving innovation, and delivering successful projects (systems integration, upgrades, expansions, migrations)

· You will have a proven track record of successful complex transformation delivery projects, leading large teams in a multicultural environment.

· People leadership skills with proven experience.

· A strong background across network technologies IP, Voice, Core, Telco Cloud, and OSS.

·  Superior written and verbal communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to effectively deliver information at the C-suite/VP level

· Be able to act as a change agent in adoption of new collaboration tools and passionate about continuous improvement in project delivery methods/practices