Technical Project Manager

Zayo Group is a leading provider of mission-critical bandwidth, supporting innovations that transform society. They are seeking a Technical Project Manager to oversee projects related to network performance, security, and monitoring, ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery of initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain project plans based on groom migration and optimization initiatives
• Coordinate large project kickoff meetings; inter - regional coordination meetings, etc
• Perform daily PM operational tasks for the business, working across multiple internal and external teams
• Build, maintain, and report operational metrics for end-to-end milestone management
• Manage existing reports and dashboards
• Monitor project pipeline for additional optimization synergies with ongoing projects
• Update internal systems to forecast budget and prepare internal expense change orders
• Report weekly and quarterly metrics and deliverables
• Be able to report to management updates and modifications of any process changes to the existing planning, engineering or grooming process
• Communicate and coordinate plans and strategies with other functional areas including sales, product, engineering, procurement, network operations and field operations
• Provide cost and schedule analyses for projects
• Program manage the large project queue (project tracker)
• Assist in defining automation next steps to the existing engineering migration process, by working across multiple internal functional groups including Corporate IT, Fiber Solutions, Engineering, and Network Control Center

Requirements:

• Bachelors' degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or 5 years' of relevant telecommunications engineering experience
• Minimum of five (5) years project management experience required with network planning experience preferred
• Advanced knowledge of optical fiber technical specifications, testing, and link engineering fundamentals
• Familiarity with DWDM network architectures (i.e. FOADM/ROADM/PON/fixed and flex grid) and signal flow
• Advanced familiarity with telecommunications service protocol structure and testing (i.e. Ethernet/OTN/SONET/SDH/SAN)
• Familiarity/experience with the following network platforms: Ciena / Cyan / Nortel Infinera, Nokia, Juniper, Cisco, ADVA, Fujitsu
• Familiarity with Metasolv/M6 database is a plus
• Understanding of telemetry (DCN) network design, IP subnetting, and routing protocols (i.e. OSPF)
• Experience with data center and carrier hotel connectivity and telecommunications facility environments
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite of tools with emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint is required or similar Google G Suite tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication/negotiating skills required toward technical/non-technical audiences
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while being a constructive contributor to a team
• Effective time management skills and critical thinking
• Ability/willingness to operate in a fast-paced, demanding environment