Ericsson kenya
ICT Program Director
Nairobi • Kenya

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Head of Retail & Consumer Business
Nairobi • Kenya
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Profession (Telecommunications, Senior-level)
Industry (Senior-level)
Agriculture, fishing, forestry,Banking, microfinance, insurance,Communications, media, radio, tv,Computers, software development and services,Consulting, business support, auditing,Education, academic,Energy, utilities, environment,Engineering, architecture,Finance & FinTech,Governmental,Health care, medical,Manufacturing,Non-profit, social work,Real estate,Restaurant, hospitality, travel,Telecommunications,Transportation, logistics, storage,
Seniority (Telecommunications)
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Ericsson kenya
Telecommunications
Description
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.
Responsibilities
- 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
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