Job Description
Overall Purpose of Job –
The primary role of the Project Manager (Infrastructure) is to lead infrastructure related project and support Enterprise Network & Security (ENS) project initiatives. This involve assisting the project sponsor to drive and manage the end-to-end deliverable for the project lifecycle from Conceptual, solutioning, Implementation and then transiting the project into Operation. Expectation is for the role to oversee the technical implementation of the solution against the SoW while working closely with the business and other infrastructure team to achieve the desired outcome.
Key Responsibilities –
- Define and determine the project scope and objectives
- Identify the resources needed to reach the objectives and manage them in an effective and efficient manner
- Prepare budget based on scope of work and resourcing requirements.
- Track project costs to meet the budget.
- Develop and manage a detailed project schedule along with the associated work breakdown structure
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about overall status, project change and the progress.
- Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables
- Utilize industry best practices methodology, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution
- Monitor progress and adjust as needed
- Comfortable with Stakeholder Management
- Conflict management
Job Profile
Required Skills & Knowledge –
● Experience in managing project with minimal budget exceeding $300,000
● At least 5 to 7 years of project management experience handling enterprise-wide upgrade or technology refresh projects is a must
● Extensive knowledge and experience in implementing large scale ICT infrastructure projects, particularly around Disaster Recovery, Server & Storage and Network infrastructure would be required
● Familiarity in technical services delivery and management, preferably ITIL would be advantageous
● Competency with spoken and written English to facilitate communication
Experience managing projects across multi-vendor environments and matrix organizations is a must
● Strong Knowledge in networking & infrastructure operation components would be good to have.
Required Competencies –
● Excellent communication, good interpersonal and problem-solving skills
● Familiarity with project management methodology, approach, tools, and phases of the project lifecycle is essential
● Pragmatic and flexible mindset to succeed in an ever-changing and dynamic environment would be required
● Capacity to learn and adapt to new technologies fast
● Ability to proactively carry out task independently is a must
● Manage conflict while focusing on the deliverable
● Multi-tasking and able to prioritize the task accordingly
Required Work Experience (Brief description of the job-related experience needed to perform the job)-
● Experience in project planning, scheduling, tracking, control, and customer handling
● Demonstrates in-depth understanding of organisational operational policies, processes, and methodologies applicable to project management
● Ability to communicate effectively with expertise from the different layers related to project management methods
● Experience with “on-premises to cloud” migrations or IT transformations is a plus
● Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
● Proven operation experience in managing Network and security operations or infrastructure related role would be advantageous.
Required Qualifications (Brief description of the educational background needed to perform the job)
- Degree in IT or equivalent
- Professional certifications:
- Project Management Certification (PRINCE2, PMP, etc)
- ITIL Certification
