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Senior Enterprise Program Manager – Custom Networks & Infrastructure

Iconma Portal
4 days ago
Remote
$75 - $97.85 USD hourly
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Our client, a Communications company, is looking for a Senior Enterprise Program Manager – Custom Networks & Infrastructure for their Remote location.
 
Responsibilities:
  • This role as a Sr Project Manager serves as the enterprise program management leader for strategic Custom Networks initiatives.
  • The successful candidate will own end-to-end program execution from initiation through closeout, including scope definition, baseline development, integrated planning, deliverable management, risk mitigation, dependency management, governance, financial oversight, and customer commitments.
  • This individual will align executive stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams, and drive program outcomes across complex deployment initiatives spanning multiple organizations, regions, vendors, and customers. 
  • Own end-to-end accountability for program scope, deliverables, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and customer commitments. 
  • Develop and maintain integrated program baselines including scope, schedule, cost, milestones, resources, and deliverables. 
  • Govern baseline changes through formal change control processes and executive approval mechanisms. 
  • Identify, manage, and resolve cross-functional dependencies across Operations, Engineering, Construction, Product, Finance, Sales, and Customer organizations. 
  • Drive executive governance forums, steering committees, and operational reviews while serving as a trusted advisor to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align priorities, decisions, and execution.
  • Lead organizational and deployment change management efforts, ensuring stakeholders understand changes, impacts, required actions, and adoption strategies necessary for successful program delivery.
  • Drive portfolio prioritization and resource planning discussions across competing initiatives. 
  • Govern deployment data integrity, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment between schedule data, deployment intent, and business commitments.
  • Leverage analytics, predictive insights, and structured risk analysis to identify issues early, evaluate impacts and trade-offs, develop mitigation strategies, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
  • Partner closely with Cost Controls to monitor budgets, forecasts, risks, and variances; assess financial impacts associated with schedule shifts, change requests, incentives, and penalties.
  • Deliver clear, concise, audience-tailored communications on progress, risks, escalations, and successes; ensure actions, owners, and due dates are defined and tracked.
  • Drive continuous improvement through process standardization, lessons learned, automation, modern tools, and AI-enabled insights that improve efficiency, predictability, and decision-making.
  • Set clear standards, coach best practices, and foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and growth.
 
Requirements:
  • PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum Master, or equivalent project management certification
  • Knowledge of fiber, data center, or custom network deployment environments
  • Program Governance, and Strategy & Roadmap Development 
  • Integrated Planning & Baseline Management 
  • Scope & Deliverables Management 
  • 7+ years leading large-scale, cross-functional programs with accountability for delivery outcomes. 
  • Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise telecommunications, infrastructure, network deployment, construction, technology, or transformation programs. 
  • Experience managing strategic programs with executive visibility and significant business impact. 
  • Proven ability to influence decisions at the Director, VP, and executive levels without direct authority. 
  • Expert knowledge of scope management, integrated planning, baseline management, change control, and program governance. 
  • Strong expertise in risk management, issue management, dependency management, and executive escalation management. 
  • Experience establishing PMO governance frameworks and delivery standards. 
  • Experience managing multi-workstream programs involving multiple organizations and stakeholders. 
  • Strong financial acumen and experience evaluating cost, schedule, and business tradeoffs. 
  • Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management capabilities. 
 
Why Should You Apply?