Project Manager (VoLTE Core)

at Nokia
Location Nairobi, Kenya
Date Posted October 17, 2021
Category Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency KES

Description

Nokia Corporation, stylised as NOKIA, is a Finnish multinational communications and information technology company, founded in 1865. Nokia is headquartered in Espoo, Uusimaa, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area.

Job Details

The Customer Project Manager is accountable for an external customer programme (collection of projects managed together for business benefits) or project for an assigned product and / or service scope. Assigns tasks to the project team and manages project resources and stakeholders, ensuring the project is delivered in scope of contractual obligations and within forecasted costs, time, and required quality. Responsible for the overall project success with respect to external customer satisfaction, financial results, health & safety control activities, and operational services delivery performance. End-to-end project planning and risk and opportunity management.

Responsibilities

  1. Manages customer programme (collection of projects managed together for business benefits) or project* for a defined product and / or service scope for a medium / large and / or complex customer contract with medium / high risk probability.
  2. Contract might be defined as key project by BG / market. Delivers the operational and project single/multiple BG / BUs scope to the customer.
  3. Ensures all project and operational management is in full alignment with Nokia Mode of Operation (MoO), BG / BL guidelines and the PM@Nokia methodology.
  4. Plans customer project and keeps plan updated to reflect and anticipate changes by coordinating change management on all aspects affecting cost, scope, schedule and quality (CSSQ).
  5. Assures consistency among project financial, product and service forecast activities.
  6. Participates in pre-sales and sales process activities.
  7. Determines delivery approach alternatives and manages the selection of the final recommended approach to delivery.
  8. Ensures hand over from Sell to Execute and from Delivery to Care is done and monitors progress against it.
  9. Ensures project contract management process is initiated and executed.
  10. Defines the customisation of any global operational processes together with relevant point of contacts to meet project requirements (for example, network operations, supply chain, logistics, and acceptance).
  11. Manages the customer relationship during delivery and serves as the primary interface towards the customer in all activities-related to the own scope of the contract, including customer complaints, corrective actions, and changing requirements.
  12. Prepares a clear and effective communications plan and ensures proactive communication of all relevant information to the customer and to all stakeholders.
  13. Monitors and controls that the project is delivered within the approved budget, profitability forecast, and planned scope.
  14. Ensures that the project meets all objectives for quality and looks continuously for quality improvement and customer satisfaction.
  15. Actively applies appropriate best practices and lessons learned throughout the life of the project. Monitors, controls and reports KPIs defined in customer contract.
  16. Ensures data in all project-related tools and repositories is kept up-to-date and with high quality.
  17. Conducts thorough risk management for all project risks and opportunities.
  18. Seeks to define new opportunities to expand and renew contracts with the customer.
  19. Leads the project team and may perform some line manager responsibilities.
  20. Completes the project closure and / or handover as required (for example, complete contractual requirements, post calculation, lessons learned). (The term customer project refers generally to all forms of Nokia customer contracts, projects with a definitive start and end, and programmes as collections of projects managed together for business benefits which may contain an ongoing operations business).

Your skills and experience

  1. Prior experience with deploying and upgrading Nokia SBC VNFs essential
  2. Experience with deploying SBC VNFs on VMware environment
  3. Experience with upgrading SBC VNFs on VMware environment, including scratch install of Media Plane and upgrade of Signalling Plane
  4. Experience with SBC VBOM planning
  5. Knowledge of R&D escalation process for SBC SW and configuration issue
  6. Knowledge of SBC resource escalation processes
  7. Knowledge of SBC features such as Transcoding, SIP Filters, Scale-In/Scale-Out

Competencies:

  1. Project Management
  2. Risk Management
  3. Quality Management
  4. Change Management
  5. Communication and Public Speaking
  6. Cost Management
  7. Consultative Selling
  8. Customer Focus
  9. Builds Effective Teams
  10. Drives Result

What we offer

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

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