IT Network Project Manager

IT Networks Project Manager – 12 Months Contract – Remote

Remote with Ad hoc travel to my clients’ sites, either Manchester or Bracknell as & when required.
I’m waiting on hourly rate but expect it to be between £40 to £45/hr inside IR35 via an umbrella company, based on a 36 hour week.
Initially 12 months contract with a strong opportunity to extend past this.

Essential:
- Must have strong WAN, LAN project management experience.
- Must have experience of delivering large scale network-based projects & solutions on a global basis.
- Excellent customer facing project management experience.
- 5 Plus years managing complex network projects across a global portfolio.
- Ability to multitask & to quickly familiarize yourself with complex project deliverables.
- Must be proficient or able to become proficient in Smartsheet; other industry PPM tool experience is required (e.g., MS Project).
- PMP certification desired.
- Demonstrated experience running multiple projects in excess of $1M.
- Strong knowledge of Local Area Network (LAN) technology is required.
- Experience working with external partners, vendors, & specifically external vendor project managers is required.
- Demonstrated ability to work with a geographically dispersed team of management, stakeholders, project managers, & task owners.

Description:
IT Network Project Manager should have solid experience at the lead or support level, a track record of delivering IT Projects on time & budget.

In addition to leading teams, it’s essential for the IT Network Project Manager to have a working knowledge of project management tools, processes, framework & reporting standards. It’s equally important that IT Network Project Manager understand how to manage stakeholder relationships.

IT Network Project Manager responsibilities:

1. Will be a customer facing Network specialist Project Manager, delivering updates to existing LAN/WAN infrastructure.
2. Manages business/project risks, produces an effective plan & risk assessment, so that timescales & project costs are understood & underwritten by all by the appropriate parties.
3. Stakeholder management.
4. Delivers the project on time, to budget & appropriate quality.
5. Develops integrated project schedules following industry standard procedures using Smartsheet.
6. Creates & manages action trackers with specific owners to ensure on time completion of tasks.
7. Manages risk register & develops a risk management plan to ensure that there is a strategy in place to avoid the identified risk.
8. Leads scoping exercise & provides project cost data to enable budgeting & reporting.
9. Works closely with Network Planning & Implementation teams to ensure project tasks are completed on time as expected. Effectively controls variances from the project plan as needed.
10. Responsible for coordinating timely project meetings, producing meetings notes, & following up on any necessary action items.

IT Network Project Manager experience:

1. Must have strong WAN, LAN project management experience.
2. Must have experience of delivering large scale network-based projects & solutions.
3. Excellent customer facing project management experience.
4. 5 plus years managing complex network projects across a global portfolio.
5. Ability to multitask & to quickly familiarize yourself with complex project deliverables.
6. Must be proficient or able to become proficient in Smartsheet; other industry PPM tool experience is required (e.g., MS Project).
7. PMP certification desired.
8. Demonstrated experience running multiple projects in excess of $1M.
9. Knowledge of Local Area Network (LAN) technology is required.
10. Experience working with external partners, vendors, & specifically external vendor project managers is required.
11. Demonstrated ability to work with a geographically dispersed team of management, stakeholders, project managers, & task owners.
12. Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical topics into layman terms in an enterprise environment while under time constraints.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK.