Head of Projects – Telecommunications
Location | JHB - Northern Suburbs, South Africa |
Date Posted | August 27, 2020 |
Category |
Telecom
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | ZAR |
Description
The Head of Projects will be an exceptional hands-on Project Manager and have strong management and leadership skills as the Head of the Project management team.
Responsibilities will include; being a point of escalation, helping to mitigate project risks, actively managing own project portfolio and engaging with suppliers and partners to ensure the smooth project delivery.
Responsibilities will include; being a point of escalation, helping to mitigate project risks, actively managing own project portfolio and engaging with suppliers and partners to ensure the smooth project delivery.
Duties & Responsibilities
Experience & Qualifications:
Minimum Qualification:
- Diploma in PMP
- ITIL Foundation
- Prince 2
Minimum Experience
- Minimum of 5 years management of projects and project teams
- Should be from a Telco environment. LAN & Cisco WAN skills and knowledge & Cisco routing and switching knowledge mandatory.
- Worked on projects in heterogenous technical and telco environments. Worked with multicultural and diverse teams across Africa / other geographic regions.
- Experienced in influencing at senior stakeholder level with decision makers and directors. Effective collaborative working at a senior level, at times assisting and working alongside the VP.
- Able to build strong relationships and credibility with customers and both internally and externally
Other Requirements
- Must be willing to work weekends shifts on a monthly basis or after hours