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What you’ll be doing...

The Transport Project Manager will be responsible for the project management of cell site, switch and COIN transport related projects for the Illinois Wisconsin network team. In addition to the customer solutions, this position would also be key to drive data integrity for transport circuit details while ensuring all possible projects to support the network evolution were identified and driven towards cost analysis and completion where needed. This position will partner with several groups within the Verizon network organization to project manage telco projects to increase reliability through enhanced circuit design projects, uplift in bandwidth to meet customer backhaul requirements while driving telco solutions to enhance the hardware evolution within our existing network.

• Developing a plan to achieve local market plan of record goals by month, quarter and year.
• Tracking, reporting and adjusting to changing business environment.
• Driving local goal to provide transport solutions to support macro, in building, small cell and modification projects.
• Applying project management skills to organize and drive a program that consists of thousands of projects.
• Utilizing existing knowledge of wireless network and operations to drive efficient communication streams across various teams and organizations.
• Managing external vendors for equipment forecasts and delivery.
• Driving construction teams to hit monthly goals.
• Managing Capital budget and forecasting.

This job will need to be located in the geographic areas posted

Where you’ll be working…

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we’re looking for...

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Three or more years of relevant work experience.
• Willingness to travel up to approximately 25% of the time.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Knowledge of Telecom Engineering, Network Build Process, Transport Capacity Management.
• Experience in Telecommunications networks.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Knowledge of LIT, Ethernet, DWDM rings, and dark fiber.
• Experience in vendor management, equipment ordering, and forecasting.
• Experience in project leadership, including successful project/program launches and conclusions.
• Experience in 5G network architecture and equipment.
• Experience in managing large scale projects that interface between multiple teams.
• Experience in reading, understanding, and commenting on construction drawings.
• Experience in 4G/5G network architecture and CRAN architecture.
• Experience in driving troubleshooting efforts.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

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