Technical Project Manager III - Twin Cities, MN

Job Title: Technical Project Manager III
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Position Type: Contract (Possible Contract-to-Hire)
Work Status: US Citizen / Green Card / EAD
Interview Process: Face-to-Face required
Rate: DOE (W2/1099 Only)

***Locals only***

Description:

• Sits in Twin Cities (Min, St. Paul), possible contract to hire
• Local, must be in office
• Technical, prefer Telecom or Cable Background
• Works with Video and Engineer deployment teams
• Will Manage 4 Regions

*** Partners with Regional Engineering team to help them transition out of Microsoft Project/Spreadsheet and onto WORKFRONT Software***
Will Interview with PMO Director in Twin Cities and Engineer Manger in Twin Cities.
Technical Deployment Project Manager: Twin Cities Region

• Base/work out of PMO office located at 10 River Park Plaza St Paul, MN and Engineering at 2611 Fairview Ave N Roseville, MN, with a dotted line report to Region PMO Director and Engineering Management.
• Functionally reports to NVDE (National Video Deployment Engineering) manager based out of Centennial, CO.
• Managing video centric projects that include but are not limited to NVDE initiated programs.
• Act as a partner and liaison for the Region/Division and NVDE working side by side with employees in the Region that are not part of NVDE.
• Regular interface and facilitation of activities with a variety of cross functional teams in a highly complex matrix organization.
• Requires solid technical understanding of Cable/Broadband technology with a strong focus on video.
• Requires solid communication/interpersonal skills with an enthusiastic and actionable focus on evolving NVDE's partnership with the West Division as a whole.
• Role includes interfacing with various project team managers both in NVDE and in the field requiring ongoing priority alignment and status updates.
• Manage clear and concise project plans (Workfront - formerly AtTask) and ensure data integrity for automatically generated database reporting.
• Facilitate the transition (when approved) of all Region Engineering projects from spreadsheet to Workfront portfolio management.
• Ensures that all project intake, end to end management and rules of engagement with the West Division and NVDE are followed.
• Closely manage scope and ensure that projects are well defined and scope change process is properly followed.

Examples of Region responsibilities (dotted line to Region):

• Attend
  • daily scrum meetings
  • weekly project meeting
  • monthly team meeting
  • monthly 1:1
• weekly project updates
• quarterly project and/or best practice presentation
• bi-yearly team event