ICT Program Director Ericsson

We are now looking for a well-rounded and experienced Customer Program Director to drive the delivery of 5G and 4G Core and Cloud solutions! You will be delivering the latest technology in a highly dynamic, fast-paced, competitive, and challenging multi-vendor environment.

What you will do

•    Drive sophisticated 5G and 4G Core and Cloud engagements from initial scoping through delivery for Ericsson’s Customers in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry
  •    Lead and empower local and global teams to deliver on-time, enhance profitability, and improve continuously, through strong governance and project controls
  •    Identify all milestones, obstacles, recommend and implement workable solutions, identify and mitigate risk, raise and resolve issues
  •    Lead change management including the definition of impacts to scope, budget, timeline, and quality with stakeholder agreement
  •    Build strong internal and external relationships
  •    Harvest and optimize best practices, create and share knowledge assets to industrialize delivery processes
  •    Promote a “one team” atmosphere and coach project team members to support their professional growth

  You will bring

•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  •    Minimum 10+ years of experience as Customer Project Manager, Solution Architect, or   Program Manager, including Core and Cloud delivery
  •    Experience delivering physical, virtualized, and containerized Network Function projects
  •    Expertise in automating test and deployment processes
  •    Experience to Support sales teams to drive new business opportunities.
  •    Strong project control skills, with the ability to manage projects to meet targets and deadlines.
  •    Solid financial background and experience with business case development
  •    Highly developed risk-management skills
  •    Demonstrated accountability, customer-focused mindset, positive outlook, willingness to help others outside your assigned activities
  •    Strong relationship management experience with leadership, engineers, developers, support, and sales teams
  •    Innovative and creative problem-solving abilities.
  •    Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent project management certification is preferred.
  •    Experience with solutions in the Packet Core and communication services platforms (e.g., Dual Mode Core, PCC/PCG, MME, EPG, SAPC, UDM, IMS VoLTE, IoT)
  •    Experience using automation and software management tools such as JIRA, Confluence or SharePoint.

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.