Technical Project Manager

About the role

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...

The wireless network is the core product of the Verizon brand, and as a Technical Project Manager, you will be a leader on the Network team in charge of managing a major Plan of Record (POR) to grow and upgrade the Radio Access Network.

You will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

• Managing a database of projects and project milestones, complete with forecasting and completions across multiple facets of the network business
• Leading cross-functional meetings to drive program productivity, completing and sharing meeting notes, and assigning action items
• Collaborate, negotiate, communicate and execute across multiple cross-functional teams external and internal teams in order to achieve monthly and yearly goals
• Using AI, logical algorithms, project flows, and other strategies to improve data integrity and decrease the time to build. Operate with little or no supervision

What we’re looking for...

You’re an excellent communicator with strong presentation skills, you can cut through the technical jargon to describe complex concepts in a way everyone can understand. People count on you for your excellent prioritization and project management skills because you always meet your deadlines, even in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You enjoy collaborating with others and interacting with leaders to manage, meet, and exceed customer expectations.

You’ll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Three or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through work experience and/or military experience.
• Experience in technical project management in wireless industry.
• Understanding of wireless network architecture and the network engineering organization.
• Experience in data processing and working with large amounts of data across multiple projects, identify trends, logic-based filtering.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Master’s degree.
• Certification in project management.
• Manage successful relationship building techniques, develop relationships with engineers and stakeholders across multiple disciplines to create an effective environment for success, ability to work with different personality types.
• Possess good communication skills, ability to lead productive meetings with key contributors and with leadership, take meeting notes, assign tasks, and measure progress.

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 remote role, you'll work from home with occasional in-person trainings and meetings.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.