ICT Program Manager

at  Ericsson

Date: Aug 5, 2019
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in IT transformation project with high complexity
• Experience in setting up virtualized infrastructure
• Cloud deployment experience will be a plus
• Strong financial acumen
• PMP or similar certification is desireable
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• Responsible for the implementation of Program and Project governance as per current governance model
• Monitor, safe-guard and improve the profitability of the project/contract implementation
• Review the contract/project progress and performance on regular basis with the project/contract manager to ensure customer expectations are met and Ericsson contractual obligations are delivered
• Ensure the Ericsson Processes (e.g. Sales Process, PROPS-C TG model) and Business Line Ways of Working are followed for the programs and projects
• Assist marketing to achieve market and business objectives as part of the offer and contract negotiation team
• Act as a point of escalation for customers’ operational issues
• May be required to travel to the customer location as and when need arises or business requires, e.g. during operationally critical interventions, as well as cut-overs, migrations, launch of new services etc.
• Identify need and requirements for Customer Project Managers to be part of the delivery within the program
• Articulate requests for services and / or resource assignments to the services organization to realize contracts goals and meet customer expectations
• Based on inputs from and alignment with KAM, provide forecast on opportunities and services delivery needs to the service delivery line management
• Prime customer interface for services/operational issues
• Building a strong Customer Relationship at C-Level (IT, Engineering, Marketing, Finance etc.). Daily presence at customer site, becoming a sort of Ericsson “agent” at the customer premise to increase the customer’s trust in Ericsson as a system integrator.
• Driving up-sales opportunities
• Coaching the team, to interact with them and to support them in their professional growth, and to identify and recognize talents.
• Supporting asset and organizational set-up and growth; a main contributor to the Professional Service culture growth, delivery methodology fine-tuning as well as harvesting the best practices from the programs driven.
• Key Qualifications:
• Education: BE in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science
• Minimum years of experience: 12 years in Telecom/ICT field which should include at least 7 years of program management experience
• Area of expertise – Telco Core & Cloud