Project Manager

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Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Essential job Responsibilities:

- Manages medium to large or multiple small customer facing projects
- Creation of a project schedule and plan with financial, resource and material requirements.
- Participates in the preparation of proposals and agreements.
- Oversees project staff including project engineers, vendors, partners and subcontractors.
- Manages the project from start to completion including the resolution of project issues.
- Accountable for the Project Budget
- Presents service business value to customers for new or existing business
- May manage internal projects/programs
- May manage ongoing optimization service to deployed customer network
- Maintains customer satisfaction score of 4.5 or higher

Related Business/ Technical Knowledge, Skills and Expertise

- Project Management experience in the deployment of leading edge technologies in a complex commercial environment.
- Has completed significant part of formal Project Management training program
- Has basic knowledge of routing, routing protocols, switching, internet and general network architecture.
- Has leadership skills and experience working with large project teams and strategic account teams.
- Has a working knowledge of the sales process including risk assessment and scoping
- Has a good understanding of the legal issues with contracts
- Has advanced negotiation and presentation skills
- Understands the organization, aims and processes

Requirements

Education and Experience

- Typically requires BS/BA degree or equivalent plus 7-8 years related experience in networking / telecommunications industry
- OR min 4-5 years managing LAN and/or WAN network implementation and support PLUS 4-5 years in a Clearly defined Project Management role.

Project Complexity

- Manages medium to large, or multiple small customer deployments with clearly defined objectives.
- Projects utilize existing or new technologies, multiple third party vendors and cross multiple functions, have high organization visibility and may include multiple locations or Regions.
- Manages multiple critical tasks in tight time frames

Core Competencies

- Project plan and schedule creation.
- Service level contracts.
- Ability to balance multiple large and critical tasks.
- Advanced Negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
- Major account experience.
- Partner services delivery model experience.
- Ability to work independently in remote customer sites.
- Service solutions sales skills.
- Ability when required to control multiple project managers in the delivery cycle
- Familiar with the organization goals, vision and processes

Preferred Skills / Qualifications

- Should have some formal project management qualification ideally PMP , PRINCE 2, ESi or equivalent or be studying for such a qualification
- Bilingual, Arabic speaking is a huge plus
- Experience in the Local market is preferred
- Multinational background is also a plus
- Project experience with the designing and deployment of Technologies

About the Company

We lead in the creation and delivery of innovative workforce solutions and services that enable our clients to win in the changing world of work.

ManpowerGroup powers the success of many of the world's most dynamic organizations. We deliver innovative workforce solutions that enhance competitiveness, increase efficiency and spur productivity. Combining global reach with local expertise - 3600 offices in over 80 countries - we know the changing world of work and bring a deep understanding of the companies we work for and the industries we service.

ManpowerGroup entered the Middle East in December 2007 after acquiring local company Clarendon Parker, thus bringing 15 years in-depth local knowledge combined with a global footprint and industry shaping expertise and thought leadership. Manpower Middle East supports clients in the Middle East and North Africa regions. Our business is aligned to key skill specializations to ensure our clients requirements are met by expert and knowledgeable consultants that understand your industry and role requirement.

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