Overview
OSP Program Manager – Damascus Based Jobs in Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria at Norconsult Telematics
Title: OSP Program Manager – Damascus Based
Company: Norconsult Telematics
Location: Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
This position is based in Damascus, Syria
Position Objectives:
To assume the overall management of the Outside Plant expansion program.
Job Description and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the leadership, management, execution, and control of all activities within the project to ensure timely, efficient, and professional execution of all project tasks
- Build a successful team of subordinate Project Managers and Section Managers
- Establish efficient reporting and escalation mechanisms for both the client and Norconsult Telematics
- Perform risk management activities by ensuring that critical project tasks and blocking issues are thoroughly analysed and that proper corrective actions are timely implemented
- Specify requirements for project staff in terms of number, qualifications, and time needed according to project demands and within the contract budget
- Ensure proper screening, evaluation, and recommendation of candidates (new and replacements)
- Establish and maintain a good relationship with the corresponding client management level
- Ensure project control, engineering review, and supervision processes are established to verify that project work and equipment deliveries are in accordance with approved project specifications and contractual obligations
- Plan vacations and time off to ensure the availability of manpower when and where required
- Ensure qualified deputies are appointed for all managers and other key staff members when unavailable
- Assess staff performance, placement in the organisation according to qualifications, and suitability for project work
- Prepare regular staff and manpower utilisation reports to management
- Ensure reporting tasks are timely executed and that reports are complete, covering all project needs, including progress status and financial status versus project timelines, contractual obligations, and other commitments
- Prepare regular and ad-hoc project reports for the client as well as NT Management
- Direct and follow up on overall planning for OSP expansion projects in collaboration with client management
- Coordinate project tasks as assigned to vendors, contractors, and client districts
- Participate in meetings with vendors, contractors, and the client and ensure inter-party dependencies are identified and communicated to all concerned parties
- Ensure Norconsult Telematics QA processes and client project processes are implemented and followed by the project team
Qualification and Required Skills
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or Engineering
- Minimum 15 years of documented professional experience within an operator or vendor organisation, with at least 5 years in a management position running large-scale, multi-disciplined telecommunications projects
- Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of Outside Plant
- Excellent organisational, management, and interpersonal skills, with experience working in a multi-cultural and multi-national environment
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English; Arabic is considered an asset
- PMP project management certification or equivalent
