Short Description:
Manages Smart City projects under direction of Smart City lead. Convenes, coordinates, and facilitates solutions internally and with stakeholder partners. Applies strong project management and writing skills to projects on schedule, troubleshoot issues.
Complete Description:
• Drives completion of engineering and operations work for all approved Smart City projects. Works closely with DC-Net OSP, ISP, and network, voice, and wireless engineering and operations teams.
• Interacts with counterparts in OCTO and across District Government agencies to effectively perform duties
• Tracks all approved projects against milestones, enabling DC-Net executives, functional managers, and customer facing project managers to see project status at all times.
• Maintains a shared interface for projects that includes project status and related documentation.
• Tracks resource allocations for all projects against estimates.
• Reports on project status, resource allocation to Smart City Program lead and DC-Net Operations Director, functional managers, and project managers. Provides alerts to stakeholders when project is at risk.
• Works with functional managers to coordinate project tasks with other engineering project schedules and troubleshoot conflicting schedule issues.
• Shares project-based data with decision-makers to help improve processes, resource allocation, and other factors that will help DC-Net more effectively manage its projects.
• Works with DC-Net groups to analyze, document, and monitor processes and workflows to identify opportunities for greater efficiencies and process improvements.
• Participates actively in coalition building and maintaining a positive working relationship with external groups and agencies
• Contribute to white papers, framework documents detailing OCTO’s Smart City engagements
• Creates and maintains process documentation in compliance with best practices and standards.
can motivate and interact well with a variety of different technical people; self motivated and versatile when confronting roadblocks.
Strong technical background in telecommunications
Strong project management background
Ability to inspire
Detail oriented
Ability to take project-based data and extract meanings in it.
Ability to manage multiple projects at same time.
Adapts to changes well, keeps cool, and can make sound decisions; is articulate; is accountable; works well on a team; is self-directed and focused
Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
Behavior Characteristics:
Able to manage multiple projects, work effectively across a range of disciplines from highly technical to non-technical stakeholders. Highly proficient in time sensitive, results driven environment; understands engineering costs and project scheduling
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Expertise Rating
Project management experience in Smart Cities related technology (Wireless, Big Data, Broadband) projects
Required
7
Years
3 - Expert
Develops project plans and schedules
Required
7
Years
3 - Expert
Manages on-time and under-budget project delivery
Required
7
Years
3 - Expert
Formulates and enforces defined processes, procedures & work standards
Required
7
Years
3 - Expert
Ability to interact with stakeholders, build consensus
Required
7
Years
3 - Expert
Provides presentations and work status reports to senior management & client
Required
5
Years
2 - Proficient
Experience in operations & program management with commercial, transit or government wireless projects (Wi-Fi and LTE)
Required
5
Years
2 - Proficient
Ability to write technology-based white papers
Required
5
Years
2 - Proficient
Proficient in MS office applications, planning tools
Required
7
Years
2 - Proficient
Defines and manages the project schedules for deliverables and allocates writing/creative/development resources to meet established schedules
Required
7
Years
3 - Expert
Ability to write proposals and responses to proposals
Required
5
Years
3 - Expert
Strategic planning abilities
Required
5
Years
2 - Proficient
Background in advanced wireless technologies, open data, data analytics
Desired
3
Years
2 - Proficient
Exposure to Smart City efforts globally
Desired
Master’s in Business Administration
Highly desired
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Required