Project Manager bei Granite Telecommunications, LLC

General Summary of Position:

A Project Manager will oversee the completion of large business projects for Granite’s enterprise clients. They direct teams made up of Project Coordinators and other Granite employees to ensure successful completion of each project.  These project managers will focus on the NI business that occurs today with primary responsibility to the field work.  A Project Manager is responsible for identifying, promoting and addressing Customer needs and requirements while ensuring alignment within the business. They focus on constructing detailed plans and leading stakeholders from across departments towards successful achievements of each milestone, with the goal of getting projects completed on time and within budget.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Constant communication with Stakeholders throughout the project
• Chair regularly scheduled stakeholder meetings
• Ensure project deadlines are met, keeping various tasks moving toward this goal
• Creating long and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
• Delegating project tasks to employees best positioned to complete them
• Working across departments with teammates and leaders to ensure that all project timelines and requirements are met.
• Making effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project
• Serving as the main point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy
• Communicating with clients and executives to keep the project aligned with their goals
• Performing quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected
• Potential opportunity for up to 25% Travel

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or 3-5 years’ worth of relevant business experience
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to meet project deadlines
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Intermediate (or better) knowledge of MS Office tools
• Ability to self-motivate, both for task completion and knowledge increase
• Availability to work outside the traditional 8-5 workday when needed based on project requirements
• Leadership skills
• Decisiveness
• The ability to delegate effectively
• Able to motivate teammates and promote productivity
• Expectation is that PM reports to one of Granite’s offices

Preferred Qualifications:

• Baseline understanding of Routing/Switching relating to networking
• Working knowledge of networking principals such as NAT, DHCP, MPLS networks, and SDWAN concepts
• Functional understanding/experience in IP Voice and SIP messaging standards/principals
• PMP Certified
• Developed negotiation skills