Key Responsibilities

Lead projects through the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, IT, operations, product, business, and other stakeholder groups.
Establish project scope, objectives, success criteria, timelines, and resource requirements.
Track project progress and provide regular status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints.
Develop and execute mitigation and contingency plans as required.
Manage project budgets, resources, timelines, and priorities.
Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, executive reviews, and status calls.
Maintain project documentation, dashboards, RAID logs, action items, and decision records.
Ensure clear communication among technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Manage changes to project scope, requirements, schedules, and priorities through appropriate change-control processes.
Collaborate with engineering and technical teams to identify project dependencies and resolve blockers.
Coordinate with vendors, partners, and third-party teams when applicable.
Ensure project deliverables meet quality, compliance, and organizational standards.
Drive accountability for action items and ensure timely completion of project milestones.
Support continuous improvement of project management processes, methodologies, and reporting.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in project/program management, preferably within a large enterprise or technology organization.
Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional technology projects.
Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices.
Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, and dependencies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong stakeholder and executive management capabilities.
Ability to work effectively with distributed and geographically diverse teams.
Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent project management certification.
Experience working in Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project environments.
Experience with enterprise networking, cloud, cybersecurity, infrastructure, software, or telecommunications projects.
Experience working with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, or similar project management tools.
Previous experience working with Cisco technologies or within a large networking/technology organization.
Experience preparing executive-level presentations, dashboards, and project status reports.