IE Project Manager

Job description / Role

Role purpose:

Within Vodafone Business Ireland there is a requirement to conduct a Network Evolution program that will facilitate the retirement of various network elements as well as migrating customers onto optimised transport network that will yield significant Opex savings for Vodafone Ireland.

To progress the ambitions of the network evolution, Vodafone seeks a customer facing project coordinator who is enthusiastic, proactive and technically aware of network solutions. You must enjoy working in technical environments on a range of projects and be part of the strong multi-disciplined Customer Engineering Team and be a good team player with a desire to develop technically. You will gain experience working on complex network projects while developing your potential and accreditations.

The primary role of the project coordinator will be to assist and organise activities within the program team to keep multiple streams of activities on track to achieve the milestones set out for the Network evolution program.

Essence of role - Key accountabilities :
- As a project manager, the job will be to coordinate people and processes to ensure that the projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results
- Acts as a Go-to person for everything involving a project's organization and timeline
- Develop detailed project plans, ensure resource availability/allocation and delivering every project on time within the budget and scope
- Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
- Specific project manager responsibilities include implementation, deployment of Services to deliver agreed solution
- Responsible for tracking key project milestones and deliverables from multiple teams / individuals
- Act as a point of contact for projects as necessary to help manage delivery/implementation
- Adhere to change management processes to ensure implementations are controlled and managed with minimal impact to the network

Requirements

Knowledge and Experience:
- Proven track record of building and delivering to agreed scheduled timelines
- Strong communication skills - written & verbal
- Time & Customer focused
- Strong business acumen and proactive approach
- Highly confident and self-motivated
- Multitasking - Able to handle multiple projects simultaneously

Skillset/Tools :
- Great educational background, in the field of computer science or engineering
- Certified Project management (PRINCE2/PMP/Agile)
- Proficient in Microsoft tools, including MS Project
- Knowledge of document management systems
- Excellent client facing and internal communication skills
- Strong communication and decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting needs
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Experience of Vodafone's working environment
- Vodafone Spirit Behaviours

About the Company

At Vodafone, we are known for our technology, but the truth is, it is humanity that drives our business forward. With the global pandemic raising so many questions for tech brands, it has highlighted the leading role that we need to play.

We believe that, when working together, humanity and technology can find the answers and create a better future for all.

Working at Vodafone is all about helping people feel ready to benefit from new technology. We bring the future to even the most remote places, using technology to help families in disaster zones, showing young people that a phone is not just for fun and thinking about technology that doesn’t even exist yet.