ICT Program Director at Ericsson

What you will do:


Drive sophisticated 5G and 4G Core and Cloud engagements from initial scoping through delivery for Ericsson's Customers in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry
Lead and empower local and global teams to deliver on-time, enhance profitability, and improve continuously, through strong governance and project controls
Identify all milestones, obstacles, recommend and implement workable solutions, identify and mitigate risk, raise and resolve issues
Lead change management including the definition of impacts to scope, budget, timeline, and quality with stakeholder agreement
Build strong internal and external relationships
Harvest and optimize best practices, create and share knowledge assets to industrialize delivery processes
Promote a "one team" atmosphere and coach project team members to support their professional growth


The skills you bring:


Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
Minimum 6 years of experience as Program Manager, including Core and Cloud delivery
Experience delivering physical, virtualized, and containerized Network Function projects
Expertise in automating test and deployment processes
Experience to Support sales teams to drive new business opportunities.
Strong project control skills, with the ability to manage projects to meet targets and deadlines.
Solid financial background and experience with business case development
Highly developed risk-management skills
Demonstrated accountability, customer-focused mindset, positive outlook, willingness to help others outside your assigned activities
Strong relationship management experience with leadership, engineers, developers, support, and sales teams
Innovative and creative problem-solving abilities.
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent project management certification is preferred.
Experience with solutions in the Packet Core and communication services platforms (e.g., Dual Mode Core, PCC/PCG, MME, EPG, SAPC, UDM, IMS VoLTE, IoT)
Experience using automation and software management tools such as JIRA, Confluence or SharePoint.