Senior Project Manager, GSP - Tier 1 Telco (Contract)

Senior Project Manager, GSP - Tier 1 Telco

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Why WWT?

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Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution, and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution, and integration capabilities.

With over 12,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

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What is the Solutions Consulting & Engineering (SC&E) Team and why join?

Solutions Consulting & Engineering is an organization that is Customer Focused and Solutions Led. We deliver end-to-end (E2E) and emerging solutions to drive customer satisfaction, increase profitability and growth. Our success is enabled by our world-class management consulting, delivery excellence and engineering brilliance. We embody the One WWT mindset by bringing the right talent at the right time from anywhere within WWT to solve our customers problems. Our goal is to bring together business acumen with full-stack technical know-how to develop innovative solutions for our clients' most complex challenges.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Telecom Project Manager to lead and coordinate complex projects with Tier 1 telecommunications providers. This individual will serve as a critical point of contact between internal teams and client stakeholders, ensuring that delivery, implementation, and operational excellence align with strategic objectives.

Youll play a pivotal role in managing end-to-end delivery of telecom infrastructure and services across multi-functional teams in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead full lifecycle project management of telco-specific deployments, upgrades, and service initiatives.
• Serve as the primary liaison for Tier 1 Telco clientsowning communications, expectations, and escalations.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, resource allocation, risk mitigation strategies, and status reporting.
• Drive alignment across engineering, operations, product, legal, and finance teams to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.
• Maintain a deep understanding of client-specific requirements, business goals, and network technologies (e.g., 5G, fiber, cloud, OSS/BSS).
• Manage vendor coordination and ensure compliance with SLAs, regulatory guidelines, and security protocols.
• Track KPIs and project performance; provide regular executive updates and insights.
• Facilitate post-project reviews to identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of resource plans ensuring effective resource allocation and distribution across portfolio of projects
• Utilize project management tools and techniques to improve execution and drive efficiency.
• Implements engagement review and quality assurance procedures in accordance with our methodology
• Proactively manage changes in project scope
• Effectively create and execute risk management plans
• Understand and manage key project financial components to ensure projects are delivered within budget
• Responsible for quality and timely execution of deliverables across projects

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of project management experience within the telecom industry, preferably supporting Tier 1 Telco clients.
• 10+ years of experience as a Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
• Proven experience managing large-scale, cross-functional telecom projects involving network infrastructure, 5G, Ethernet, Backhaul, Fiber Transport, or OSS/BSS.
• Strong understanding of carrier-grade services, network operations, and service delivery processes.
• Experience in a Professional Services or Managed Services environment is required (critical: must have led external customer-facing projects not internal operational projects)
• Understanding of financial processes; ability to understand, analyze and create financial reports preferably in Clarity
• Ability to work independently and aggressively track to project timelines
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate well with customers and co-workers
• Experience in effectively influencing and leading personnel and the ability to write business reports in a well-organized manner
• Strong team building skills
• Excellent problem solving, and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated communication skills (written, verbal, and presentation)
• Proficiency with project management software

Nice to Have:

• Background in engineering, network planning, or telecom service delivery.
• Familiarity with Telco-specific systems and delivery models.
• Agile or SAFe certification.
• Experience working in vendor or systems integrator environments.
• Networking, Storage, Virtualization, Cloud, Security or Collaboration (Unified Communications) Project Management experience

Want to learn more about Infrastructure Services? Check us out on our platform: https://www.wwt.com/infrastructure-services

World Wide Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!

Remote USA, preferably East Time Zone

Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current hourly rate range for this position is $55-$65 per hour. Actual hourly rate will be based on a variety of factors, including location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ.

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