Project Manager

Summary

Network Wireless Solutions (NWS) is seeking a dynamic and results-driven Project Manager to join our Corporate Project Management Office (CPMO). The Project Manager is responsible for leading cross-functional projects from definition through implementation, stabilization, and closeout, applying project-management standards to translate business priorities into practical plans and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead assigned cross-functional projects from intake and definition through implementation, stabilization, and closeout
• Translate approved strategic or operational priorities into clear scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, decision requirements, and ownership
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans that distinguish target dates from committed baselines and do not create false precision before scope, resources, and dependencies are validated
• Coordinate project activity across business functions, locations, and external partners while ensuring that functional leaders retain accountability for subject-matter decisions and resource commitments
• Maintain execution discipline through action tracking, decision logs, dependency management, issue resolution, change control, and timely escalation
• Challenge unclear objectives, weak assumptions, unsupported deadlines, and activity that does not materially advance the approved business outcome
• Assess how each initiative will affect processes, roles, controls, systems, customers, suppliers, and day-to-day operating practices
• Define business-readiness, adoption, and transition requirements early enough to influence the project plan-not as an end-stage communications exercise
• Ensure process owners, business sponsors, and affected leaders understand and accept their responsibilities before implementation
• Coordinate practical communications, training, documentation, and reinforcement activities based on the needs and risk of the initiative
• Establish measurable adoption and outcome indicators with the sponsor and functional owner before launch
• Support post-implementation reviews to determine whether the change is being used as intended, whether expected benefits are emerging, and what corrective action is required
• Select communication, training, engagement, and reinforcement methods that are proportionate to the needs and risks of the initiative, while ensuring that direct accountability, process clarity, leadership action, and operational follow-through remain central to delivery
• Structure ambiguous business problems through research, stakeholder interviews, process mapping, data analysis, and root-cause assessment
• Document current-state and future-state processes, operating requirements, risks, handoffs, controls, and ownership
• Use available data and evidence to test assumptions, identify constraints, and support decisions; clearly distinguish verified findings from estimates or AI-generated content
• Partner with Data Analytics and functional subject-matter experts to define useful measures and convert insights into executable actions
• Identify opportunities to simplify work, remove duplication, strengthen controls, improve service, reduce risk, or increase commercial and operational effectiveness
• Apply CPMO governance, intake, prioritization, baselining, reporting, risk, change-control, and closeout standards proportionate to project complexity and risk
• Maintain concise, decision-oriented project documentation, including the charter, plan, RAID log, stakeholder and ownership map, decision log, change record, status report, and closeout assessment
• Provide executive reporting that clearly differentiates progress, risk, dependency, decision required, owner, due date, and business consequence
• Escalate unresolved decisions, resource constraints, scope conflicts, and dependency failures early enough for leadership intervention
• Support portfolio reporting by maintaining accurate and timely project information; the role does not own enterprise prioritization, funding approval, or functional resource allocation
• Build productive working relationships with executives, department leaders, project sponsors, subject-matter experts, front-line employees, customers, suppliers, and external partners as required
• Facilitate working sessions and governance meetings that result in decisions, commitments, and clear next actions-not discussion without ownership
• Translate complex information into clear business language and adapt communication to executive, operational, and technical audiences
• Address resistance, misalignment, and missed commitments directly and professionally
• Promote accountability, transparency, practical problem solving, and continuous improvement across project teams

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Organizational Development, Operations, Communications, Data Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
• Three or more years of progressive experience leading or coordinating cross-functional projects, business improvement initiatives, organizational change, program delivery, or enterprise implementation work
• Demonstrated experience converting broad leadership priorities into structured plans, coordinated execution, and measurable outcomes
• Demonstrated experience working across functions where authority is indirect and delivery depends on influence, clarity, and escalation
• Demonstrated project planning, organization, dependency management, risk management, issue resolution, and follow-through across cross-functional initiatives
• Strong business analysis, research, process mapping, problem definition, and continuous-improvement capability
• Ability to produce concise executive briefings, project documentation, presentations, and decision materials
• Ability to interpret operational and performance data and use it to support project decisions and outcome measurement
• Ability to manage difficult conversations, challenge assumptions, and escalate appropriately without damaging working relationships
• Sound business judgment and the ability to assess whether proposed solutions are practical, proportionate, and aligned with the underlying business need
• Working proficiency with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, and common project-management or work-tracking tools
• Responsible use of digital and AI-assisted tools, including appropriate validation of facts, calculations, recommendations, and deliverables
• Experience in distribution, telecommunications, technology, operations, professional services, or another complex multi-stakeholder environment is preferred
• Formal project management, change management, Lean, or process-improvement certification is preferred but not required
• Enterprise process improvement or operating-model implementation
• Business adoption, organizational readiness, training, or structured change implementation
• Executive reporting, performance measurement, or analytics-enabled decision support
• Vendor, customer, or supplier-facing project coordination
• Projects involving technology or data platforms where the role managed business delivery and adoption rather than performing technical implementation

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Organizational Development, Operations, Communications, Data Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
• Three or more years of progressive experience leading or coordinating cross-functional projects, business improvement initiatives, organizational change, program delivery, or enterprise implementation work
• Demonstrated experience converting broad leadership priorities into structured plans, coordinated execution, and measurable outcomes
• Demonstrated experience working across functions where authority is indirect and delivery depends on influence, clarity, and escalation
• Demonstrated project planning, organization, dependency management, risk management, issue resolution, and follow-through across cross-functional initiatives
• Strong business analysis, research, process mapping, problem definition, and continuous-improvement capability
• Ability to produce concise executive briefings, project documentation, presentations, and decision materials
• Ability to interpret operational and performance data and use it to support project decisions and outcome measurement
• Ability to manage difficult conversations, challenge assumptions, and escalate appropriately without damaging working relationships
• Sound business judgment and the ability to assess whether proposed solutions are practical, proportionate, and aligned with the underlying business need
• Working proficiency with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, and common project-management or work-tracking tools
• Responsible use of digital and AI-assisted tools, including appropriate validation of facts, calculations, recommendations, and deliverables

Nice to Haves

• Experience in distribution, telecommunications, technology, operations, professional services, or another complex multi-stakeholder environment is preferred
• Formal project management, change management, Lean, or process-improvement certification is preferred but not required
• Enterprise process improvement or operating-model implementation
• Business adoption, organizational readiness, training, or structured change implementation
• Executive reporting, performance measurement, or analytics-enabled decision support
• Vendor, customer, or supplier-facing project coordination
• Projects involving technology or data platforms where the role managed business delivery and adoption rather than performing technical implementation

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) participation with company contributions beginning on their first day of employment
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Critical illness Insurance
• Identity theft protection
• Financial Planning Resources
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Voluntary Benefits and Wellness Programs