ICT Program Director
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Company Details
Name:Ericsson
Industry:
Information Technology and Services
Website:
https://www.ericsson.com/
Description:
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks. Using innovation to empow…
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Job Details
Job Type:
Full Time
Workplace Type:
On-site
Qualification:
Diploma
Job Experience:
Mandatory
Job Location:
Nairobi County, Kenya
Closing Date:
Undisclosed
Salary:
Undisclosed
Other Pay:
Benefits
Job Category:
Telecommunications
Job Description
What you will do:
- Drive sophisticated 5G and 4G Core and Cloud engagements from initial scoping through delivery for Ericsson’s Customers in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry
- Lead and empower local and global teams to deliver on-time, enhance profitability, and improve continuously, through strong governance and project controls
- Identify all milestones, obstacles, recommend and implement workable solutions, identify and mitigate risk, raise and resolve issues
- Lead change management including the definition of impacts to scope, budget, timeline, and quality with stakeholder agreement
- Build strong internal and external relationships
- Harvest and optimize best practices, create and share knowledge assets to industrialize delivery processes
- Promote a “one team” atmosphere and coach project team members to support their professional growth
The skills you bring:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Minimum 6 years of experience as Program Manager, including Core and Cloud delivery
- Experience delivering physical, virtualized, and containerized Network Function projects
- Expertise in automating test and deployment processes
- Experience to Support sales teams to drive new business opportunities.
- Strong project control skills, with the ability to manage projects to meet targets and deadlines.
- Solid financial background and experience with business case development
- Highly developed risk-management skills
- Demonstrated accountability, customer-focused mindset, positive outlook, willingness to help others outside your assigned activities
- Strong relationship management experience with leadership, engineers, developers, support, and sales teams
- Innovative and creative problem-solving abilities.
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent project management certification is preferred.
- Experience with solutions in the Packet Core and communication services platforms (e.g., Dual Mode Core, PCC/PCG, MME, EPG, SAPC, UDM, IMS VoLTE, IoT)
- Experience using automation and software management tools such as JIRA, Confluence or SharePoint.
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