About Us
Join us at Orange Business!
We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.
Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.
About The Role
The role of the DPM is to lead large and complex projects and to take responsibility for the achievement of the agreed goals and objectives. A DPM will spend the majority of their time project managing a large or strategically important project, which may be part of a program. The key differentiator will be their project management skills. Whilst probably using established methodology and processes, the DPM is moulding them to provide a better solution.
Professional capability in project management is displayed when the leader of the project delivers the results required by all stakeholders. This requires managing the many variables that occur, during the life of the project. The projects that a senior project manager is responsible for are likely to be large and strategically important. The following responsibilities show the range of requirements the DPM needs to manage.
Financial: Managing the finances of a project is of primary concern and an important part of the Senior Project Manager's responsibilities. The authority levels and tolerances should be as defined in the governance arrangements and approved in the project plan. Any expenditure above the agreed tolerance needs to be approved by the sponsor, or if responsible for a sub-project, the overall Project/Program Manager.
Staff: DPM uses staff resources provided by the line organization. It is the responsibility of the DPM to ensure that his/her level of authority regarding the resources is clearly defined and understood by all parties as part of the project governance.
Key Responsibilities include:
Project Integration Management
- Develop Project Charter
- Develop Preliminary Scope Statement
- Develop Project Management Plan
- Direct and manage project execution
- Monitor and control project work
- Integrate change control
- Close project
Project Scope Management
- Scope planning
- Scope definition
- Create Work Breakdown
- Structure
- Scope verification
- Scope control
Project Time Management
- Activity definition
- Activity sequencing
- Activity resource estimating
- Activity duration estimating
- Schedule development
- Schedule control
Project Cost Management
- Cost estimating
- Cost budgeting
- Cost control
Project Quality Management
- Build Insurance Quality Plan
- Perform quality assurance
- Perform quality control
Project Human Resources Management
- Human resource planning
- Build project team
- Develop project team
- Manage project team
Project Communications Management
- Communications planning
- Information distribution
- Performance reporting
- Manage stakeholders
Project Risk Management
- Risk management planning
- Risk identification
- Qualitative risk analysis
- Quantitative risk analysis
- Risk response planning
- Risk monitoring and control
Project Procurement Management
- Purchases and acquisitions plan
- Contracting Plan
- Request seller responses
- Select sellers
- Contract administration
- Contract closure
About You
Knowledge and Abilities:
- Ability to engage and partner with customer and internal staff as required.
- Ability to work in a virtual matrix team environment.
- Ability to identify problems and work to resolution as required.
- Ability to embrace methodology and find improved ways of doing things
- Good understanding of the telecoms and IT industries.
- Integrating project work with Knowledge Management concepts and principles
Education:
education, qualifications, and certifications:
- Degree in business, science (or other relevant area), or equivalent relevant experience
- Project Management Certification ie PMI PMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Synergy Practitioner Certification
E xperience
Minimum of 5 years project management experience in the telecom or IT industry managing external customer facing projects.
Virtual team management.
Working in an international environment.
Key Behaviors:
- Customer Centric
- Solutions Focus
- Results Driven
- Able to cope in a high stress environment
- Requires little direction takes initiative
- Highly Confident without being Arrogant
- Ability to cope with highly irregular work hours / work across multiple timezones
- Takes Entrepreneurial Approach
- High Level of Personal Credibility and Integrity
- Leadership, Teamwork and Business Acumen
- Influencing and Negotiating
- Industry Insight & Thought Leadership
- Multi-cultural Diversity
You bring passion, energy, taste for exploration and adaptability. You seek the opportunity to expand your knowledge and develop new skills.
What We Offer
- Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.
- Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).
- Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.
- Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.
- Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.
- Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.
Only Your Skills Matter
Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neuroatypia, disability, veteran status or appearance, we encourage diversity within our teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation. Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer: don't hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.
