Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of transmission and access network infrastructure programs within a large-scale telecommunications environment. The role is responsible for managing end-to-end project lifecycles, ensuring delivery against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and operational objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of telecommunications infrastructure projects and programs.

• Manage scope, schedules, budgets, risks, issues, and governance.

• Deliver transmission network programs including fibre, microwave, IP and optical transport solutions.

• Manage vendors, contracts, SLAs, and delivery performance.

• Monitor CAPEX/OPEX budgets and provide accurate forecasting and reporting.

• Prepare executive reports, steering committee packs, and project dashboards.

• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and support network lifecycle, resiliency, and decommissioning initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, safety, and site access requirements.

Qualification:

• Any Relevant Project management certification - PMP, PRINCE2 , SAFe, or AgilePM

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

Experience

• Program / Project Management - Minimum 5 years of end-to-end program or project management experience in a telecommunications, utilities, or infrastructure environment

• Transmission or Access Network Delivery - Minimum 3 years of direct experience in transmission network infrastructure programs, including microwave, fibre, or IP/optical transport.

• Vendor & Contract Management - Demonstrated experience managing external vendors against contractual SLAs, milestone schedules, and performance obligations.

• CAPEX/OPEX Budget Management - Demonstrated experience tracking and reporting project budgets.

• Stakeholder Management - Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders in a large enterprise or telecommunications environment.

• Decommissioning or Network Lifecycle Programs - Experience in legacy equipment decommissioning, asset retirement, or network lifecycle management is highly desirable.

• Resiliency or Risk Uplift Programs - Experience delivering network resiliency, redundancy, or risk remediation programs is highly desirable.

Technical Competencies

Project Scheduling & Planning Tools — MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent enterprise project scheduling platforms; Microsoft 365 suite (Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Word), maintain risk registers and issue logs. publish status reports and milestone dashboards and steering committee reports.

Primary location: OCS-F3 on site 3 days per week or as required. Limited WFH

Behavioural Competencies: Accountability, Communication, Adaptability, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen

Change Control process: Customer reserves the right to terminate the services at any time, with a minimum of 30 calendar days’ written notice to the contractor.