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Job Description
The Customer Project Manager Job Role purpose is to manage assigned customer projects to secure that project goals are met, customer’s expectations are fulfilled & that the customer relation is handled in the best possible way within the scope of the contract.
Responsibilities & Tasks
- Establish project plan baseline: define project scope, secure the necessary resources & plans & monitor all activities
- Drive project execution: track project activities , monitor & handle changes, conflicts & escalations
- Handle customer & stakeholder engagement: manage customer relationship building confidence & trust , ensure project progress arranging meetings & customer events
- Manage project finance: ensure financial system monitoring
- Develop the business: participate to contract preparation & to pre-sales meeting
- Develop the CPM discipline: simplify processes, methods & tools with innovative ideas
Core Competences
Position Requirements
- Leadership skills
- Consultative skills
- Stakeholder management skills
- Financial understanding
- Business understanding
- Sales & business development skills
- Customer insight
- Negotiation & argumentation skills
- Project management skills
- Problem solving
- Presentation & communication skills
- Entrepreneurial & Commercial Thinking
- Persuading & Influencing
- Analyzing
- Leading & Supervising
- Relating & Networking
- Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
- Planning & Organizing
Minimum Qualifications & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, preferably in telecommunication, science, engineering or business discipline
- 5+ years’ experience as a Project Manager - leading and managing complex projects
- Several years experience in delivering IT/Telecommunications projects, in particular, Systems Integration (OSS/BSS) projects
- Have excellent planning and scheduling skills
- Have excellent financial understanding and the ability to manage cost efficient service deliveries
- Proven experience in effectively managing subcontractors and stakeholders across large projects
- Knowledge in root cause analysis/problem solving and the ability implement/drive corrective actions and efficiencies
Preferred Qualifications & Experience Requirements
- PMI certification (or PRINCE II)
- Experience in scoping and selling projects
- Contract management
- 3rd pp suppliers management experience
- Project sales process
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