New Job Vacancy at Ericsson South Africa - Head of Customer Interactive System Program

Ericsson South Africa

Jobs in South Africa 2020: New Job Vacancies at Ericsson South Africa, 2020

Head of Customer Interactive System Program
Location: Johannesburg, GT, ZA
Company: Ericsson
Our Excellent Opportunity!
Ericsson is looking for Senior Program Director in the BSS domain based in. This role will be accountable for handling sophisticated and/or large programs, leading its program teams and collaborating with key customer contacts from its early pre-sales to delivery conclusion phases manly in telecom area.
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You will

• Develop and execute on delivery strategy/processes from pre-sales to realization.
• Steer planning, forecasting, dimensioning and optimization of delivery based on business needs for programs.
• Responsible for the delivery of services (scope, cost, quality, time and customer happiness) within Consulting & System Integration from sales to delivery phase. Leading project and program activities in the analysis, planning, establishment (execution), realization (execution), handover (execution) and conclusion phases.
• Assist and provide ITC SME knowledge for engagement and sales teams with regards to delivery methodology, cost, scope, and risks of ITC activities and accurate alignment of customer requirements.
• Manage and retain highly empower people in teams with varied strengths and geography, and matrix capacity – including definition of teams, interviewing and selecting process.
• Evaluate and lead third party relationships to ensure that margin levels are met and that the business case is being realized
• Responsibility to assemble add-on sales into client environments and develop and maintain strong and positive customer relationships
• Identify and address the end to end implications of changes either in IT, network, operations, services or business models and creative corrective actions to preserve or improve program goals.
• Optimal build and lead key internal & external partners including the customer C-Level – articulates themselves well and able to have compelling arguments with the customer.
• Identifying add on sales/opportunities and supports the account manager from a solution & delivery perspective.

Additionally the Program Manager provides support and shares their expertise during customer engagement activities & supports the organization during the RFP process and responsible for

• The overall solution
• The overall cost estimation
• The delivery model (mix of on-shore, near-shore and off-shore resources)

To be successful in the role you must have

• 10 + years of experience, from within the Telco/Systems Integration Industry (consulting or Systems Integration) on driving IT SI transformation programs or projects of high complexity
• Must have consistent record in leading IT / Telco type of Integration Engagements, at least 5 years leading sophisticated SI-Projects/Programs;
• Well validated ability to transform customer requirements and expectations at a high level into a solution that Ericsson can realize as customer engagement.
• Ability to lead/turn around large sophisticated BSS programs and to lead a team of project managers, solution architects, integration engineers who can be in virtual/remote locations depending on the defined delivery model. This is key to maintain a highly motivated team
• Highly developed solid grasp of business process, including tender and sales
• Excellent Consulting skills with a track record as a customer focused Senior Consultant.
• In depth knowledge of the telecom industry, including a detailed understanding of economic/ commercial/political issues affecting the industry.
• Excellent Leadership abilities validated through line manager or other comparable positions.
• Demonstrable ability to drive team engagements in a tough and time sensitive environment.
• Results oriented. Able to work independently and take a logical and orderly approach to analyzing problems, coordinating work and planning actions.
• Solid ability to communicate optimal at the senior level; must have outstanding communication skills to influence others and meet deadlines while building extraordinary relationships both internally and externally.
• Steering up-sales opportunities, mentoring the team, to interact with them and to support them in their professional growth, and to identify and recognize talents.
• Supporting asset and organizational set-up and growth; a main contributor to the Professional Service culture growth, delivery methodology

Educational Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a science, business or telecommunications subject area.
• MBA is preferred
• Current PMP certification or is actively pursuing professional project management certification (PMP), recommended to be complete within 1 year
• Good Knowledge on eTOM frame-work and ITIL

Role expectations:

• Develop relationships with senior internal partners and at customers
• Perform work on customer site and engage with customer teams at all levels.
• Work in team settings with competitors and customers.
• Flexible to travel as required or long stays at customer sites.
• Work with less experienced staff in advancing their skill set.

Focus areas of domain expertise:

• BSS (Real time and converged solutions, Billing, Swap, Portals, Campaign Management and CRM)
• Leading large-scale project/ program, transformation program management
• Pre-sales Experience

Additional Requirements

• Leadership skills
• Customer & Resource Management
• Superb communication and Consulting skill
• Solid experience in Leading internal and external partner
• Good experience in follow up and supervise project / program financial status

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Primary country and city: South Africa (ZA) || || Johannesburg || IT
Req ID: 448363

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