IMS Project Manager

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 6 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
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Skills

  • Clarity
  • Real-time
  • Collaboration
  • UPS
  • Telephony
  • SIP
  • Routing
  • Media
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Incident Management
  • RAID
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Communication

Summary

Location: Chicago,Illinois
Expected Start Date: Jan 13, 2026

Swoon is actively seeking an IMS Project Manager to join the team!

What will your day-to-day look like?
  • Drive day-to-day execution across multiple IMS/telephony platform initiatives, translating evolving technical needs into clear milestones, owners, and delivery dates.
  • Actively manage cross-team dependencies and sequencing (engineering, operations, vendors/carriers), ensuring handoffs are aligned and timelines don't conflict across upgrades, cutovers, and decommissions.
  • Maintain and continuously update RAID artifacts (risk log, issue log, decisions, assumptions), escalating early with context, options, and recommended paths forward.
  • Partner with engineers to validate rollout approaches for production changes-confirming maintenance windows, cutover plans, rollback procedures, and operational readiness before go-live.
  • Track vendor and carrier commitments, push for clarity when timelines slip, and surface external constraints early to prevent internal teams from being blocked unexpectedly.
  • Provide concise, grounded status communications to leadership and operations, focused on outcomes, critical risks, and what support/decisions are needed to keep delivery on track.
  • Participate in incident-driven execution when platform instability occurs, supporting real-time coordination, post-incident follow-ups, and improvements to monitoring/telemetry and deployment safeguards.


What's required?
  • 5+ years of Proven delivery in complex, ambiguous environments - ability to execute when requirements are incomplete, priorities shift, and the end-state evolves as teams learn more.
  • Working IMS / telephony platform knowledge (not engineering-level) - understands how changes can impact SIP call flows, SBCs, routing, signaling/media, and downstream dependencies in a live call environment.
  • Strong production mindset - experienced with maintenance windows, cutovers, rollback planning, operational readiness, and minimizing customer-impacting risk during deployments.
  • Exceptional dependency and sequencing management - naturally maps cross-team handoffs, identifies timing conflicts early, and prevents parallel work from creating rework or hidden assumptions.
  • High ownership of risk and issue management - maintains an active RAID process, escalates early with context/options, and can clearly distinguish "hard" vs. "unsafe to proceed."
  • Vendor/carrier management experience - comfortable tracking external commitments, pushing back on slips, and keeping external dependencies visible to leadership and delivery teams.
  • Clear, direct communication style - delivers concise, meaningful updates focused on outcomes, risks, and decisions needed (not noise), and can confidently state when something isn't ready.


What else should you know?
  • Location - Company based in California
  • REMOTE role - must reside in the United States
  • 12-month contract to hire
  • Hourly Rate - $70-$80 an hour
    What's Next?

    Apply Now!


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  • Dice Id: 10360791
  • Position Id: 96385
  • Posted 30+ days ago
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