Project Manager, Service Delivery
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Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
The Project Manager position manages Lit and Dark Fiber services Customer projects in one or more of the following product areas:
Waves services, Ethernet Services, IP Services
Dark Fiber metro and/or Long Haul services
Fiber to the Tower (FTT) services for Dark Fiber and Lit Services
Responsibilities
End-to-End Project ownership to include project kick off meetings with stakeholders, scheduling, scope and budget tracking, project management of internal and external team members.
Orchestrate internal and external customer project communication dependencies, timeline, milestones and progress
Provide Service Delivery Performance metrics and analysis to support cross-functional Customer Business Reviews.
Customer ownership and advocacy; the PM provides ‘Voice of the Customer’ project feedback
Develop and maintain customer project plans based on contractual requirements and service designs
Budget ownership including monitoring, forecasting and gap closure planning with Outside Plant when applicable.
Perform and oversee daily PM operational tasks working cross-functionally.
Build, maintain, and report operational metrics for end-to-end milestone management.
Manage existing reports and dashboards to provide weekly and quarterly forecasting, metrics and deliverables. Partner with PM teams to identify new metrics and tracking to drive improvements
Communicate and coordinate plans and strategies with other functional areas including sales, product, engineering, procurement, network operations and field operations.
The Project Manager candidate possesses the following skills and expertise
Subject Matter advocate for process and program management and driving improvements
Excellent project leadership, critical thinking skills, ability to manage projects to the customer’s technical specifications and contract requirements.
Excellent customer management skills (verbal and written) including prioritization, risk analysis, conflict management/resolution
Strong system and process knowledge in Lit and Fiber services implementation.
Strong internal and external collaboration and relationship skills across Zayo teams, partners, and all levels of customer organizations supported.
Known as a go to person/trusted advisor that willingly assists other team members.
Ability to define project dependencies, manage project milestones, meet and exceed project KPIs.
Key Project Leader collaborating cross-functionally with Customers, Sales, Sales Leadership at a Project, Market, Product/Services level nationally.
Qualifications
Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in managing Telecom services projects
Bachelor's degree in a related field required
Experience with data center and carrier hotel connectivity and telecommunications facility environments
Proficiency in the MS Office suite of tools with emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint is required. Knowledge of Salesforce.com platform is a plus
Excellent written and verbal communication/negotiating skills required toward technical/non-technical audiences
Ability to work with minimal supervision while being a constructive contributor to a team
Effective time management skills and critical thinking
Ability/willingness to operate in a fast-paced, demanding environment
Preferred Qualifications and Expertise
Systems and Processes
Thorough knowledge of systems/tools, processes, and application of project management methodology at strategic and tactical levels.
Knowledge of Fiber Engineering, Outside Plant, and field operations processes required for each project inclusive of budget, design, engineering, permitting, construction, splicing, and scheduling.
Communication, Relationship, and Leadership
Exceptional project leadership and critical thinking skills; Excellent customer management skills (verbal and written) including risk analysis, conflict management/resolution
Ability to influence teams to action that are not in a direct reporting relationship to drive toward company goals
Self driven and motivated to provide exceptional customer service
Ability to see and close personal gaps/growth areas; desire to continually improve and move up in the organization
Estimated base salary range: $77,100 - $118,600 USD/annually.
The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.
Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
- Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Zayo is an equal opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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