Hybrid Project Manager

at Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

• Job title: Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $74,000 - $125,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Broomfield, United States

About the role

• Project Manager overseeing deployment activities for telecom projects at Comtech. Ensuring on-time delivery, managing budgets, and coordinating resources in dynamic environments.

Responsibilities

• Plan, lead, facilitate, track, communicate, and complete deployment activities for assigned internal and/or external telecommunication industry customers within SOW scope, budget, and timeline metrics established for the project.
• Oversee OSP ingress tasks, including coordination with originating carriers, validation of ingress trunk groups, routing design, and interconnection agreements.
• Lead project and technical update status meetings in customer facing environment – often managing multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Ensure timely provisioning and testing of ingress paths from originating service providers.
• Collaborate with engineering and carrier teams to manage number porting, call routing, and signaling configurations.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Identify, track and manage risks to deployment projects and programs which could impact cost, schedule and/or quality.
• Manage and communicate Program and Project Plans to internal and external leadership.
• Develop Program and Project Playbooks, and SOPs to support standardized planning and deployments.
• Work with vendors and internal Operations, Program Management, and Product Management teams to define project requirements, establish incremental delivery plans and track delivery according to plan.
• Resolve internal and external issues in a timely manner by efficiently utilizing appropriate resources, methods, and procedures while minimizing the cost and impacts on other internal teams and employees.
• Implement the established ISO processes for repeatable process flow, Records Matrix artifacts, and project metrics.
• Coordinate internal resources and third-party vendors for flawless execution of projects.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify and mitigate risks and issues.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
• Manage stakeholder expectations through regular updates, reporting, and communication.
• Conduct post-project evaluations and implement lessons learned for continuous improvement.
• Maintain project charters, status reports, change requests, and close-out reports.
• Continually expand operational knowledge of Comtech products used on assigned projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with project stakeholders by providing education, guidance, input, and initiatives to support project work.
• Project meeting facilitation and support, taking and distributing minutes, and tracking action items and decisions with project team members.
• Escalate project risks and issues and work with project team and executive leadership on solutions where applicable.
• Conduct post-project lessons learned and develop processes to improve future project practices.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Additional project tasks and duties as required.

Requirements

• Experience working with telecom carriers, ISPs, and infrastructure vendors.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks (e.g., FCC, ITU).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proven experience managing complex internal and external deployment and software projects.
• Proficiency with project management software and tools.
• Familiarity with 911 and NG911 call flows.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational skills, planning skills.
• Adaptability/Flexibility – able to rapidly assess situations, formulate plan and adapt as needed to achieve goals under conditions of uncertainty.
• Ability to prioritize and escalate where appropriate.
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, self-directed environment.
• Quality orientation with a strong eye for detail.
• Meeting facilitation, team motivation, and team building experience.
• Competency with MS Project, ClickUp, Confluence or other collaboration-based (social) project management tools.
• Competency with MS Office Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, Powerpoint, Sharepoint.