Project Manager

Description/Role:

We are looking for a Junior Infrastructure Project Manager to provide temporary coverage within the Infrastructure team. The Project Manager will oversee a portfolio of telecom infrastructure projects, ensuring successful delivery, customer satisfaction, proactive stakeholder management, and operational follow-up.

The role requires someone who can quickly become operational in a dynamic and fast-changing environment while maintaining oversight across multiple projects and stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee a portfolio of telecom infrastructure projects.
• Act as the primary escalation point for project-related issues and bottlenecks.
• Ensure customer satisfaction towards internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive project delivery and achievement of agreed milestones.
• Identify risks, propose mitigation actions, and ensure timely resolution of issues.
• Coordinate with project leads, design teams, planners, operations teams, and customers.
• Monitor project progress and report status to management and stakeholders.
• Follow up operational priorities and ensure commitments towards customers are met.
• Maintain oversight across multiple parallel projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication and alignment across teams.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant Project Management experience.
• Experience managing telecom infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical affinity and ability to understand telecom network deployment activities such as fibre delivery, civil works, blowing, splicing, and infrastructure rollout.
• Proven experience in stakeholder management and customer-facing environments.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership from day one.
• Experience working in dynamic environments with frequent changes and shifting priorities.

Must have skills:

• Telecom sector experience.
• Project Management experience.
• Ownership mentality.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Operational and result-oriented mindset.
• Escalation management.
• Risk management.
• Problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Strong reporting and coordination skills.
• English and/or Dutch communication skills.
• Leadership and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to function effectively in a fast-changing environment.

Nice to have skills:

• Experience within utility, infrastructure, or government-related projects.
• French language skills.
• Process improvement experience.
• Experience managing design and operational delivery activities.
• Negotiation skills.