Infrastructure/ Network Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Manage infrastructure projects, covering areas such as WAN / circuit connectivity for remote facilities, data center, building renovations, security architecture, network configuration and upgrades.

Projects may include outside vendors

PM manages those contracts.

Position may require occasional out-of-town travel.

If a project requires travel, it would typically be a trip once every 2-3 months. Travel expenses are reimbursable.

Candidate(s) will be expected to comply with client hybrid office and work-from-home policies, which generally specify alternating weeks in the office and working from home.

Candidate(s) will be responsible for finding and paying for parking.

Responsible for budgets of teams at least 15 people.

Accountable for managing budgets and resource plans.

Qualifications:

* Experienced managing major projects in large corporate or enterprise environments.

* Driver, not a passenger: Demonstrated owner with accountability for project success. Not a facilitator, coordinator, or project historian.

* Experience with waterfall / predictive methodologies strongly preferred.

* Skilled at developing project schedule and budget estimates, tracking against them and reporting progress.

* Demonstrated understanding of project risk management.

* Experienced with process for selecting vendor through RFP, negotiating SOW and managing vendor performance.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills at all organization levels, including senior leadership.

* Experienced establishing and maintaining project governance plan including working with project sponsor, steering committee and stakeholders.

* PMP preferred.

* Six-sigma blue or black belts a plus.

* Proficient with Microsoft Project. MS Project Online and SAP user experience are beneficial.

* Agile is nice-to-have, but not required.