Senior Project Manager – Network Architecture

Global Consulting Practice

Work from Home (East Coast of the United States)

One of the most important technology companies you have never heard of has retained @Orchard LLC, to support their plans for growth. Our client is responsible for the underlying networks supporting many of the innovations that wow us (driverless cars), and those we now take for granted (the ability to mobile-stream your favorite show), as well as critical infrastructure that keeps us safe and serves critical missions. For more than 25 years, our client has been the global leader in networking strategy, and their technology has been part of the critical infrastructure running within the most advanced companies and government institutions in the world.

Our client is building an Analytics Solutions Consulting Team (ASC), on a global level with opportunities in North America and Europe for highly motivated and talented professionals, working within the Telecommunications Sector. It is the objective of the ASC to provide world-class consulting, data analytics, and analytical solutions that empower clients to transform their business, realize their strategic vision, reach their operational goals, and achieve their timetable of needs. The ASC team applies deep communications industry experience and unrivaled analytical skills to provide our clients the knowledge to;

• Make sound data-backed decisions through our insightful strategic consultancy.
• Analyze and re-engineer operations and technology through unrivaled project consultancy.
• Maximize business efficiency by providing innovative custom analytical solutions.

​About the Senior Project Manager role;

• Do you regard yourself as a master systems architect, networking expert, project team leader, and project manager?
• Do you get energized being the main point-of-contact for clients; delivering presentations, conducting negotiations, managing expectations, and scope, actions tracking, and providing technical direction of analytical solutions development and delivery?
• Do you know how to judge and balance client needs across multiple stakeholder viewpoints, maintain program plans, and ensure delivery under exacting conditions?

Are you ready to;

• Lead and manage all aspects of complex, high-value client engagements with global clients within the network architecture sphere? To include;
  • Gaining client support and adoption of proposed strategies and deliverables.
  • Collaborating to adapt to changing client needs and constraints, while innovating alternative strategies.
  • Ensuring adherence to the scope and definition of deliverables.
  • Maintaining and tracking project cost, adherence to statements of work, and contract requirements.
• Function as the Technical Lead and Master Systems Architect for implementation and delivery? To include;
  • Leveraging deep expertise in a broad range of networking technologies, OSS, data analysis, process, and IT systems.
  • Demonstrating expertise in custom analytical solutions delivery, systems integration and process mapping, and workflow automation.
  • Leading a team of Solutions Consultants and Analysts, problem-solving, specifying solutions and approaches, and providing oversight, direction, mentoring, and feedback.
  • Maintaining knowledge of developing solutions and best practices within the global community.

Your background will include;

• 10+ years’ experience in supporting consulting engagements, working directly with clients and leading teams. Demonstrated skills in the following;
  • project management
  • analytics definition, design and implementation
  • master systems architect
  • networking expert
  • data analysis
  • operational tools
  • workflow automation
  • systems integration of back-office systems
  • visualization solutions for the replacement of existing methodology and tools

• 5+ years’ experience as a Project Manager overseeing complex client engagements specializing in communications and/or IT Infrastructure, performing:
  • project team management
  • client main point-of-contact
  • negotiation and expectation management,
  • scope, change and schedule management
  • task priority and actions tracking
  • technical direction of analytical solutions development and delivery
  • resource management and margin attainment

• Demonstrated technical knowledge of
  • Communications networks L0 – L3, signaling protocols, IP networking
  • Network management systems, and element management systems
  • OSS, BSS and Inventory Management systems ancient to modern
  • Data analysis – cleansing, normalizing, integrating and rendering
  • Database technologies particularly NoSQL
  • NMS – such as Ciena, Huawei, Infinera etc. products and tools an advantage
• Commercial and contractual experience, with proven written contract skills
• Excellent engaging and persuasive visual and written communications materials.

If you match the requirements for this opportunity and believe you have the experience and talent to be a success in the role, we need to hear from you!

Established in 2010, @Orchard LLC, also known as, Talent Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atOrchard.com.