For our client – worldwide leader in innovative IT and networking technologies – we are currently looking for a Professional Services Project Manager.
This is an exciting Program Management opportunity to manage a high-profile SW Engineering International program based out of Korea. We are seeking an individual with advanced Program Management skills who can hit the ground running with an already inflight program to assist through a critical time in the project.
This individual will work directly with the Customer, BP Product and Engineering teams. The PM will hold an integral role alongside a global execution team (Asia and North America emphasis) in this multi-year program and will interface to strategic customer in Korea.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads the strategic program to execute the vision and organizational goals communicated by our client Senior Leadership.
- Collaborates with cross-functional teams (customer/partner, product & engineering, and executives) across multiple geographies.
- Drives completion of all required deliverables, with a focus on customer communications, quality feedback and established deadlines
- Leads and participates in customer calls across many time zones and ensures actions items are captured and addressed on both sides.
- Manages project release dependencies across multiple projects and cross functional teams.
- Provides governance, oversight, risk and change control management on the program.
- Provides visibility and transparency to project status, issues, schedule and manage project deliverables.
- Createss and maintains project management artifacts such as schedule, resource and resource forecast, risk and issues logs.
- Ensures clear and crisp communication to effectively convey program status and timelines to all levels of the business.
Required Skills
- Fluency in English and Korean
- Senior level experience leading project management that delivered projects strong and programs on time & on budget in a fast-paced growing global environment.
- Customer facing project management experience with track record of managing cross functional teams across multiple programs.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills to be able to influence, collaborate and negotiate with high level executives across the company in both languages.
- Domain knowledge in Telecommunications / Mobile, 5G and software is an asset.
- Strong technical background and understanding of software development processes and methodologies.
- Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies, and methods
- Strong presentation and leadership ability, to work independently and with cross geography teams with diverse skill sets.
- Ability to proactively identify risks and work with relevant parties to implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Ability to work independently, while also leading and influencing others.
- Experience communicating with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- High cultural competency given the global nature of this program and geographical spread of the many teams involved.
- Personality that is intuitive, detail oriented, collaborative, accountable, and customer focused.
- Superb business judgment and ability to think through complex business issues.
- Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: Agile Project
- Management tools such as Jira, Aha! or equivalent. Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Microsoft Office Tools.
- PMP certification is nice to have.
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Location: South Korea | Remote
