Senior IT Project Manager

Meriplex is a managed IT and SD-WAN solutions provider specializing in intelligent networks, cybersecurity, cloud communications and managed services for the enterprise market. Using a collaborative approach, we provide pioneering, secure and reliable solutions customized to advance business growth.

Meriplex is looking to enhance our Project Management team in our Dallas office. This role will report to our Director, Project Management within the Technology Department of Meriplex Communications.

At a high level the Project Manager plans, executes, and finalizes projects consisting of a series of interrelated telecommunications and/or infrastructure tasks according to the accepted timeline, within budget, in scope, and ensuring customer satisfaction. There are also additional responsibilities in overseeing quality control within their assigned projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate project planning (budget, schedule, procurement, quality, and risk) for series of interrelated telecommunications and/or infrastructure tasks.
• Develop project cost structures, developing a scalability mindset of application.
• Track and report project deliverables. Escalate, as necessary.
• Manage contracts, assess risk, track budgets, and identify resources.
• Proactivity manage unexpected challenging including ownership of internal and external communication.
• Create active communicate plan for necessary information to stakeholders.
• Apply project management processes and tools to assigned projects.
• Develop or enhance as well as maintain relationships with clients, vendors and internal teams.

Qualifications and Experience

• 3-5 years of IT Project Management experience.
• Certified Project Manager Professional required.
• Prior Telecommunications and/or IT infrastructure experience preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Green/ Black Belt preferred.
• Experience with ConnectWise, SmartSheet highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university/college preferred.
• Proven successful track record of both short and long-term customer project completion with references.
• Demonstrated ability to drive timelines.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Strong competence to motivate and influence key stakeholders.
• Comfortable working with multiple internal teams, from individual contributors to senior executives, as well as building/maintaining relationships with clients, partners, alliances etc.
• Must be comfortable with complexity and thinking on multiple levels of abstraction; demonstrates use of critical thinking techniques.
• Sound business acumen skills; thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Excellent spoken and written communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills.

Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this Web site or directly to managers. Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions do not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Meriplex Communications and Meriplex Solutions.