Delivery Manager - Telecoms

DELIVERY MANAGER

PERMANENT

THEALE/HOME

We have an exciting opportunity for a Delivery Manager to join our busy Team. The Delivery Manager will be responsible for the delivery of design and build related projects contributing to the SRN project. The majority of the role will involve the management of new build sites but may also include some upgrades & outgoing site share applications

The Delivery Manager will track the delivery of sites across relevant programmes of work within the programme and ensure that business and customer timescales, budget and volume targets are achieved. To work with all internal and external stakeholders to achieve the optimum site solution and optimize the asset portfolio.

Key responsibilities of the Delivery Manager include:

• To deliver design and build activities across a defined group of sites to achieve our, Customer and Shareholder targets through effective management of internal stakeholders the 3rd party Agents and Suppliers.
• The programme of work will comprise design and build activity including new site acquisition, upgrades & outgoing site shares as applicable to the specific region or programme.
• To be aware of & manage dependencies within the region or programme and other internal teams (Demand, Finance, Legal) through planning, tracking & reporting to ensure our, Customer and Shareholder targets are achieved.
• To provide visibility of the future profile of all work streams by ensuring that forecasting is up to date & in accordance with agreed forecasting standards through the tracking of 3rd party supplier projections.
• To deliver defined Capex & Opex targets & agreement terms by applying agreed standards, policies & expertise and escalating exceptions to enable the business to make informed decisions.
• Apply design and build experience to support & validate the work of 3rd party suppliers and to ensure site specific issues are addressed.
• Build & maintain effective working relationships with the SRN team, Customer project & regional teams and other internal teams to ensure our policy is understood & applied consistently and improve certainty that objectives will be achieved by setting realistic expectations, delivering on commitments & effective communication.
• Identify areas for improvement & take ownership of specific issues through to resolution to drive improved performance and achieve targets.
• Manage 3rd party suppliers to deliver agreed targets on a defined group of sites by creating an environment that drives success & secures business targets through reporting and management of key deliverables.
• To proactively surface and record in our internal risk management systems all risk, issues & dependencies, subsequently managing their mitigation and resolution or escalating those that cannot be solved.
• To support and contribute actively to health and safety, environmental, business continuity and information security arrangements that meets our obligations to our customers.

The successful Delivery Manager will have:

• Experience of delivering large scale infrastructure build or network deployment projects within telecoms to agreed time, cost and quality targets.
• Considerable experience of managing 3rd party suppliers.
• Considerable experience of working under pressure in a complex & changing environment.

To apply for the Delivery Manager please send your CV to caroline.kennedy@projectepeople.com

Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.