Senior Project Manager - Telecommunications Sales & Service

About the role

A large-scale telecommunications environment is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to own complex initiatives in the Sales & Service area, focused on introducing and implementing new systems and solutions. The project spans modern AI solutions, Data Engineering, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and existing enterprise data platforms and legacy systems, and the manager coordinates complex initiatives across technical teams, business stakeholders and organizational units.

Key responsibilities

• Take end-to-end responsibility for planning, coordination and delivery of complex IT projects, including their introduction, implementation and rollout.
• Define scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, dependencies and delivery plans.
• Coordinate multiple technical and business workstreams across interdisciplinary, potentially distributed teams, and manage dependencies between AI, Data Engineering, Cloud/GCP, integrations and legacy systems.
• Act as central interface between stakeholders, technical teams, architects, external partners and management, ensuring transparent communication on status, risks and decisions.
• Proactively manage risks, issues and blockers, coordinate resources and priorities, and facilitate governance, steering meetings and status reporting.
• Support decision-making with clear status, options, risks and recommendations, and deliver projects within agreed scope, timeline, quality and budget.
• Drive implementation and rollout and ensure organizational and technical readiness for new solutions.

Required profile

• Several years of experience as a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager, ideally in large and complex IT environments.
• Proven track record of introducing and implementing complex IT systems, with strong multi-team, multi-stakeholder experience.
• Experience with technical teams such as software, data, cloud engineers, architects and AI specialists.
• Strong stakeholder management, including with senior management; ability to translate business requirements into technical delivery.
• Agile and/or hybrid project environment experience.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English; telecom or large enterprise experience is an advantage.

Required skills

• Solid understanding of software development, data, cloud and system integration environments.
• Project planning, risk and dependency management, and delivery tracking.
• Nice to have: PMP or comparable certification, GCP, Data Engineering, AI/ML knowledge, experience with transformation or migration programs, and familiarity with enterprise governance and project portfolio management.