Senior Engineering Consultant- Tech Project Management

Job Description

When you join Verizon You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. What You’ll Be Doing... We’re investing in our network to improve the way we live, work, and communicate. Our network transformation will be critical for all our future connectivity businesses including new products such as IoT, 5G, and future smart cities. As part of this network transformation, We are seeking highly skilled and enthusiastic candidates with expertise in Release Management Governance using JIRA, CI/CD Pipeline knowledge and data driven decision making. The ideal candidate will play a key role in managing the release governance, ensuring seamless coordination across teams, automating processes and leveraging data insights for story telling and reporting. Strong analytical skills, proficiency in excel and expertise with BI Tools are a plus. You will be managing all aspects of implementation of Network Transformation in assigned city. You will be preparing the overall delivery schedule and time line, escalating issues internally and externally to meet deliverables, managing project budget internally and with vendor, and reporting status of deliverables. Driving complex projects and programs to achieve targeted and measured business goals and key objectives. Coordinating and scheduling resources across multiple organizations to align project requirements with business goals and objectives. Identifying, monitoring, reporting and escalating project-related issues to achieve timely resolution. Developing and implementing corrective action plans to mitigate impact to project schedules and overall business objectives. Utilizing project tracking tools and systems to accurately document milestones completions, project issues, corrective action plans, project jeopardies, and overall project completions. Maintaining excellent communication with functional team members and direct management to ensure early identification of issues a timely reporting of status Overseing release management processes and governance ensuring adherence to timelines and best practices. Coordinating with Development, QA and Operations teams to streamline release cycles and ensure CI/CD best practices. Identifying opportunities to enhance existing processes and implement innovative solutions Identifying and mitigate release risks by tracking dependencies and conflicts. What We’re Looking For... You are the type of person who sees a problem and gets it fixed no matter what. You enjoy the challenge of working through complex, cross-functional issues towards a transformational solution. You’re great at being detail oriented and thrive under the pressure of a deadline, but are also willing to be flexible when the situation is right. You are able to negotiate effectively at all levels of the organization and influence decisions that yield the best results for our company. You’ll Need To Have Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience. Four or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work experience and/or military experience. Proficiency in Excel, JIRA & Automation of processes and workflows Experience with data analysis, handling high volume data sets Strong problem solving skills with the ability to drive actionable insights from complex data Exceptional Project management and organizational skills Ability to multitask, prioritize and work effectively under pressure Excellent troubleshooting, problem solving and communication skills Technical or project management experience. Knowledge of PC and software applications including Windows and MS Office. Even better if you have one or more of the following: A degree. PMP certification. Military experience. Engineering, Planning, and/or Operations knowledge, especially with Local and Long-Haul Telecommunications networks. Experience with SRM/SAP as well as expense and/or capital budgets. Excellent verbal and written skills for inter-organizational communications. Strong organization skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple, often conflicting priorities to successful completion. Experience making independent decisions based on policies, practices and project requirements. If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above. Where you’ll be working In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager. Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Equal Employment Opportunity Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics. Show more Show less