Project Manager (Telecom) — IP Tube Conversion

Location:             Remote

The PM-IPT serves as the acting Project Manager for IP Tube conversion network engineering and deployment activities, coordinating all per-circuit and per-site activities from initial identification through final circuit cutover. Periodic support outside standard business hours may be required to address critical network events or outages.

• Host and facilitate daily/weekly IP Tube team meetings; document decisions, action items, and blockers; distribute meeting notes to all stakeholders.
• Serve as primary liaison between network engineering and architect, access engineering, maintenance engineering, COEI, field engineering, transport, broadband ISP, operations, and TDM Force Disconnect program management.
• Upload and organize all site documentation (engineering packages, survey reports, close-out packages) in SiteTracker and Google Shared Drive per naming conventions.
• Maintain a centralized per-circuit/per-site tracker and all shared project folders (e.g. Google Shared Drive); ensure all team members have current, accurate circuit and site status.
• Manage site survey logistics: coordinate with the Network Architect & Engineer (Site Survey & Deployment), facilitate building access coordination.
• Manage TEC EWO workflow in M6: create and track engineering work orders, manage IP Tube related queue, escalate stalled orders.
• Identify, document, and escalate stalled or at-risk orders; follow up with carriers and internal teams to resolve order issues and document resolutions and lessons learned.
• Coordinate the deployment phase: manage site clustering, connectivity testing, and link cutover readiness confirmation; track all sites through each deployment phase gate.
• Schedule T1 migration events in coordination with the broader IP Tube project team; verify traffic stability post-cutover.

Key Qualifications: 

• Minimum 5 years of telecommunications technical project management experience
• Proven expertise leading multi-site, multi-phase network deployments and carrier projects, including circuit migration, decommissioning, circuit emulation or conversion, and vendor management
• Thorough knowledge of the TDM and Ethernet circuit ordering and provisioning lifecycle
• Familiarity with AI tools and automation
• Outstanding written, verbal, and executive communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage parallel workstreams and engage cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong background in technical workflow development, process optimization, risk and issue mitigation, and documentation administration
• Experience managing complex technical escalations. 
• PMP certification preferred.

KGI Wireless is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.