Systems & Technology Careers: Roles & Qualifications

Project Manager
(CP2 and CP3)

Top responsibilities
Interaction
Main challenges
Qualifications

Top responsibilities:

Project Managers work with cross-functional project delivery teams. The Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of a variety of projects related to upgrades to existing technologies or the Introduction of new and emerging technologies.

The successful candidate will:

• Serve as a focal point for all aspects of projects, including project planning, execution, timing, functionality, quality and cost.
• Utilize expertise to lead staff and resolve issues with customers to ensure project goals and contractual agreements are met and customer requirements are fulfilled.
• Formulate and manage project plans by defining deliverables, identifying key milestones, regularly reviewing project progress and engaging in ongoing risk management.
• Coordinate and direct all the functional groups involved with a pre-defined project in order to meet objectives on content, quality, costs and schedules.
• Plan and manage the execution of project releases based on input from the product manager and on the capabilities and capacity of research and development, operations and other key areas.

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Interaction:

• End-users in Operations, SMB, Enterprise, and Consumer and Corporate Groups.
• Other teams within BST, including Infrastructure, Architecture, and Testing.
• Different vendors, e.g. CGI, IBM.

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Main challenges:

To negotiate and positively influence decisions when faced with competing strategic and tactical needs of multiple client groups.

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Qualifications

Management level

Top six essential skills:

• Strong core business knowledge
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• The ability to be self-motivated, responsible, independent and flexible
• Strong tolerance for ambiguity
• Excellent writing skills are required for documentation
• Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Project

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingualism
• Knowledge of 3-D Project Management methodology
• Knowledge of SAP
• Knowledge and understanding of Bell's network (switch, transport, access)

Competencies:

• Project management methodology
• Project management scope
• Project cost management
• Project quality management
• Project time management
• Project communications management
• Project human resources management
• Project risk management
• Project procurement management
• Foundation leadership
• Foundation business/technical

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