Telecoms Senior Delivery Manager

TECHNOLOGY - DELIVERY MANAGER

My client a leading Cable operator based in Amsterdam are looking to Senior Telecoms delivery manager on a contract basis. This role will involve delivering key projects and engagement with stakeholders for my client's customers across multiple countries.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

MAJOR JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Quality Mgmt - Ensure the project is run to quality standards and adheres to the project delivery framework; provide coaching and guidance to workstream leads and business teams within your portfolio to meet team standards; manage risks and resolve issues that impact quality, scope, and schedule.

2. Project Governanceoversee project team resources up to 50 staff (internal/external) in a Matrix environment; develop and gain agreement to project plan; determine, procure and manage appropriate resources internally/externally to deliver the projects; implement and maintain a consistent project mgmt. methodology; be accountable for all aspects of cross project risk, issues and contingency; ensure business sponsorship and engagement, including steering group activities for project escalation; provide project reporting and updates; communications complex issues in simple report format to all levels the organization

3. Financial Mgmt. - Manage, forecast, and track budgets; facilitate the definition and gain agreement to the budget; work with Finance to understand the impact of any tasking or re-phasing on project; ensure project delivers the capability to enable the stated benefits; tracks benefits.

SENIOR:

Supervisory/advisory role; Highly specific skill set or technical training; Advanced educational credentials required; Greater prior experience in this role (5+ years)

SUMMARY:

Responsible for the day-to-day delivery of specific outputs within cost, quality and time parameters, the scope and shape of the project, and to deliver capability to realize benefits within governance and to budget. This includes both the technical delivery and the associated revision to business processes to use that technology.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's Degree; experience in portfolio/project planning processes, techniques, and methodology, especially in a multi-functional and commercial environment; preferably experience in the telecom sector; leadership, coaching and mentoring of a team; PRINCE 2, PMP, IPMA, Lean Six Sigma, APMP or MSP or other recognized industry qualification

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

Projectrelationshipinterpersonal skills; awareness of politics/environment; self-drive; team/people leadership; communicationdelivery mgmt.