Project Manager - French Speaker

We have an immediate opening for Project Manager role in Paris , France.

Please find the job description given below.

ROLE: PROJECT MANAGER

JOB LOCATION: PARIS -FRANCE

DURATION OF CONTRACT: 6 MONTHS

LANGUAGE: FRENCH MUST

PROJECT MANAGER

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages medium to large or multiple small customer facing projects

Creation of a project schedule and plan with financial, resource and material requirements.

Participates in the preparation of proposals and agreements.

Oversees project staff including project engineers, vendors, partners and subcontractors.

Manages the project from start to completion including the resolution of project issues.

Accountable for the Project Budget

Presents service business value to customers for new or existing business

May manage internal projects/programs within Cisco

May manage ongoing optimization service to deployed customer network

Maintains customer satisfaction score of 4.5 or higher

RELATED BUSINESS/TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

Project Management experience in the deployment of leading edge technologies in a complex commercial environment.

Has completed significant part of formal Project Management training program

Has basic knowledge of routing, routing protocols, switching, Internet and general network architecture.

Has leadership skills and experience working with large project teams and strategic account teams.

Has a working knowledge of the sales process including risk assessment and scoping

Has a good understanding of the legal issues with contracts

Has advanced negotiation and presentation skills

Understands the organization, aims and processes

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Typically requires BS/BA degree or equivalent plus 4-5 years related experience in networking/telecommunications industry

OR min 4-5 years managing LAN and/or WAN network implementation and support PLUS 2-3 years in a Clearly defined Project Management role.

PROJECT COMPLEXITY

Manages medium to large, or multiple small customer deployments with clearly defined objectives.

Projects utilize existing or new Cisco technologies, multiple third party vendors and cross multiple functions, have high organization visibility and may include multiple locations or Regions.

Manages multiple critical tasks in tight time frames

CORE COMPETENCIES

Project plan and schedule creation.

Service level contracts.

Ability to balance multiple large and critical tasks.

Advanced Negotiation, communication and presentation skills.

Major account experience.

Partner services delivery model experience.

Ability to work independently in remote customer sites.

Service solutions sales skills.

Ability when required to control multiple project managers in the delivery cycle

Familiar with the organization goals, vision and processes

PREFERRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Should have some formal project management qualification ideally PMP, PRINCE 2, ESi or equivalent or be studying for such a qualification