Erion Hiring for Customer Project Manager_ Bahrain Job at Bahrain Full Time

About this Opportunity

We are now looking for a Customer Project Manager, to lead assigned customer projects securing those project goals are met, customer expectations are fulfilled, and that the customer relation is handled in the best possible way within the scope of the contract.

What you will do

• Establish the project plan baseline: define project scope, secure the necessary resources and plans and monitor all activities
• Drive project execution: track project activities, monitor, and handle changes, conflicts, and critical issues
• Handle customer and partner engagement: manage customer relationships build confidence and trust, ensure project progress arrange meetings and customer events
• Handle project finance: ensure financial system monitoring
• Develop the business: participate in contract preparation and pre-sales meeting
• Develop the CPM discipline: simplify processes, methods, and tools with creative ideas

You will bring

• University degree in Engineering or Technology or Economics, preferably MSC, MBA, or equivalent
• 5 to 7 years of experience in leadership with most focus on OSS, Core, and Cloud solutions within the telecom and/or ICT industry
• Strong professional experience in project/program management (traditional waterfall model and agile methodologies), preferably with relevant certifications, with an extensive set of technical and business skills, with a long and proven practice of customer-facing and presentation engagements demonstrating consultative skills
• Proficient within the overall telecommunications industry and evolution trends
• Explicit customer-focused business mindset with a clear orientation to practical results, revealing accountability and independence in performing his or her work based on defined objectives
• Strong domain experience: OCC (OSS, Telecom Core & Cloud)
• Project manager certification (PMP) or equivalent certification!
• Experience/knowledge of Agile methodologies and certification as an ACP/Scrum Master is an added advantage
• Have personally assumed leading roles as lead program manager and lead services responsible for the creation of customer proposals and also as part of delivery projects of highly complex consulting and SI intensive solutions, preferably those involving Automated Network Operations OSS (Orchestration, Analytics, and Assurance, Network Management), Core and Cloud (PC, UDM, IMS, MSS, Cloud), related technologies, and have been personally involved in the financial and cost analysis, project and service structuring and delivery phases of such projects
• Familiar with the main implementation aspects and challenges of Automated Network Operations OSS (Orchestration, Analytics, and Assurance, Network Management), Core and Cloud (PC, UDM, Cloud, IMS, and MSS solutions). In PC, preferably when extending to the evolution to 5GC
• Proven leadership skills in leading cross-functional teams in either sales or delivery capacity
• Available to travel around the hub with an expectation to remain outside of the home country between 25% of the time

Additional Requirements

• Financial Acumen & Analysis Skills
• Business Understanding
• Consultative Selling Skills
• Customer and Market Insight
• Negotiation, Persuading & influencing Skills
• Project Management Skills
• Occupational Health & Safety (OHS)
• Leading & supervising
• Planning & organizing
• Proficiency in the English Language
• Project sales process
• Contract management
• 3rd pp suppliers management experience

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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