Project Manager (Telecom) - IP Tube Conversion

The PM-IPT serves as the acting Project Manager for IP Tube conversion network engineering and deployment activities, coordinating all per-circuit and per-site activities from initial identification through final circuit cutover. Periodic support outside standard business hours may be required to address critical network events or outages.

• Host and facilitate daily/weekly IP Tube team meetings; document decisions, action items, and blockers; distribute meeting notes to all stakeholders.
• Serve as primary liaison between network engineering and architect, access engineering, maintenance engineering, COEI, field engineering, transport, broadband ISP, operations, and TDM Force Disconnect program management.
• Upload and organize all site documentation (engineering packages, survey reports, close-out packages) in SiteTracker and Google Shared Drive per naming conventions.
• Maintain a centralized per-circuit/per-site tracker and all shared project folders (e.g. Google Shared Drive); ensure all team members have current, accurate circuit and site status.
• Manage site survey logistics: coordinate with the Network Architect & Engineer (Site Survey & Deployment), facilitate building access coordination.
• Manage TEC EWO workflow in M6: create and track engineering work orders, manage IP Tube related queue, escalate stalled orders.
• Identify, document, and escalate stalled or at-risk orders; follow up with carriers and internal teams to resolve order issues and document resolutions and lessons learned.
• Coordinate the deployment phase: manage site clustering, connectivity testing, and link cutover readiness confirmation; track all sites through each deployment phase gate.
• Schedule T1 migration events in coordination with the broader IP Tube project team; verify traffic stability post-cutover.

• Minimum 5 years of telecommunications technical project management experience
• Proven expertise leading multi-site, multi-phase network deployments and carrier projects, including circuit migration, decommissioning, circuit emulation or conversion, and vendor management
• Thorough knowledge of the TDM and Ethernet circuit ordering and provisioning lifecycle
• Familiarity with AI tools and automation
• Outstanding written, verbal, and executive communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage parallel workstreams and engage cross-functional stakeholders
• Strong background in technical workflow development, process optimization, risk and issue mitigation, and documentation administration
• Experience managing complex technical escalations.
• PMP certification preferred.