
Technical Program Manager
Minor Hotels Europe and Americas
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Odesa • Ukraine
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About the role
- Responsible for Packet Core domain project delivery schedule creation
- Responsible to support Project Manager in creation of Project schedule and Resource Management plan
- Responsible for definition of the required resources, alignment of the resource demand with DDM, TDL
- Accountable for Project technical documents initiation, creation, and delivery, according to customer and internal procedures
- Accountable for Packet Core design documents delivery according to customer and project requirements
- Accountable for Packet Core technical project scope delivery, including network functions deployment, integration, upgrade, acceptance testing, system performance evaluation
- Accountable to consult Project stakeholders with all technical questions related to Packet Core
- Defines Packet Core SW implementation strategy, including specific SW version for Packet Core Network Elements (NE), their installation sequence, considering dependency from other NEs of the Nokia solution
- Defines the requirement for new SW features development, required for project completion
- Interworks with R&D and Product Managers to request those features
- Responsible for managing of project technical risks
- Defines and implement new tools to increase project execution effectiveness, including automation tools, provides feedback toward tools developers
- Manage Packet Core project technical team on daily basics, including specific tasks assignment and control of their execution, coordinate engineer’s work according to customer demands and expectation
- Schedule and facilitate regular Project technical meetings. Provides report about the status, existing issues, future plans according to responsibility area
- Accountable for quality of all technical process and procedures implemented at the project, e.g. customer network intervention: administrative and technical preparations of such Interventions, including development of all required procedures and their rehearsal testing in labs, instructing intervention engineers, making decision about the results of Intervention execution
- For failed Intervention or/and for customer network outages, caused by the Intervention, responsible to provide RCA, list of corrective and preventive actions, secure the actions implementation
- Accountable and responsible for closure and follow up of all Tickets raised towards Salesforce/4LS/R&D
- Accountable for tickets consolidation, prioritization and escalation
- Responsible for Kick of call of upgrade project and discuss the requirements during upgrade e.g. MW length, Traffic migration, SOW, Deliverables, exclusions etc.
- Defines Packet Core SW upgrade strategy, including recommendation & decision of target SW version for Packet Core Network Elements (NE), their upgrade sequence, considering dependency from other NEs of the Nokia solution
- Accountable for Project technical documents study, release notes study compatibility matrix compliance, according to customer and internal procedures
- Accountable for creation of upgrade assessment document for customer which explains what all SW bugs/problems fixed in SW version and new features etc
- Responsible for Assignments of Network Element for upgrade
- Responsible for Maintenance window coordination with various customer and internal SPOCs during upgrade execution
- Responsible for decision making on EME call and all relevant escalation on firsthand
- Responsible for coordination/communication with customer and other stake holders related to technical delivery
- Responsible for reporting project weekly updates to management
- Responsible for care handover of Project
- Responsible to contribute in improvement of SCD DQ(Delivery Quality) KPI by reviewing the need to raise Care case
Requirements
- Strong technical expertise in Packet Core domain (design, integration, upgrades, performance, troubleshooting)
- Experience leading technical teams in complex telecom projects
- Strong understanding of Nokia Packet Core solutions and related network elements
- Familiarity with R&D, 4LS, Care processes, release notes, SW lifecycle, and compatibility assessments
- Experience with stakeholder communication and escalation management
- Strong coordination, leadership, and decision‑making skills
- Ability to manage risks and handle critical technical escalations
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- English - Upper‑Intermediate or higher
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Packet Core designPacket Core integrationPacket Core upgradesPacket Core performance evaluationtroubleshootingSW implementation strategySW features developmenttechnical risk managementautomation toolsnetwork functions deployment
Soft Skills
leadershipdecision-makingstakeholder communicationescalation managementcoordinationdocumentationproject managementproblem-solvingteam managementcommunication