Technical Project Manager- Networking

Job Title: IT Project Manager

Duration: 8 Months

Location: Onsite in Houston, TX

Job Description

Solutions Consulting & Engineering is an organization that is Customer Focused and Solutions Led. We deliver end-to-end (E2E) and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction, increase profitability and growth. Our success is enabled by our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence and engineering brilliance. We embody the OneWWT mindset by bringing the right talent at the right time from anywhere within WWT to solve our customer's problems. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients' most complex challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Manages the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple and large complex projects with multiple work streams (Federal)
• Ability to create in depth WBS with interdependencies and a defined critical path
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple moving parts in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to quickly learn the Empower platform and accurately track project financials
• Excellent customer service mindset with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills; Develop and execute an efficient internal and external communication strategy for ensuring communication with all levels of management within the team
• Monitor and report on project progress to stakeholders
• Build and strengthen relationships with the customer and stakeholders (internal and external)
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of resource plans ensuring effective resource allocation and distribution across portfolio of projects
• Utilize project management tools and techniques to improve execution and drive efficiencies.
• Implements engagement review and quality assurance procedures in accordance with our methodology
• Ensure profitable and successful execution of all assigned engagements as measured by regional goals and customer feedback
• Proactively manage changes in project scope
• Effectively create and execute risk management plans
• Manage and analyze profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization across projects
• Understand and manage key project financial components to ensure projects are delivered within budget
• Responsible for quality and timely execution of deliverables across projects
• 4+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager
• Experience in a Professional Services or Managed Services environment is required (***critical: must have led external customer facing projects not internal operational projects)
• Must have experience supporting Global Financial customers
• Networking, Storage, Virtualization, Cloud, Security or Collaboration (Unified Communications) Project Management experience required
• Multisite deployment experience (Wireless, Wi-Fi, POS, etc.)
• Knowledge of both the theoretical and practical aspects of project management
• PMP and/or CAPM certification is desired
• Understanding of financial processes; ability to understand, analyze and create financial reports preferably in Clarity
• Extensive experience with people management, strategic planning, and change management
• Proven experience with risk management; demonstrated ability to communicate appropriately to leadership
• Understanding of and the ability to utilize the process of stakeholder analysis
• Ability to work independently and aggressively track to project timelines
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate well with customers and co-workers
• Experience in effectively influencing and leading personnel and the ability to write business reports in a well-organized manner
• Strong team building skills
• Excellent problem solving, and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation)
• Proficiency with project management software