Program/Project Manager – Teleport & Uplink Infrastructure

🔥 14 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $110k - $150k / year

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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51 - 200 employees

🏥 Healthcare

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Marketing • Logistics

Sand Cherry is a consulting firm specializing in delivering strategic business solutions to a variety of clients across numerous industries, including broadband, telecommunications, IT, media, healthcare, and financial services. The company excels in areas such as business process optimization, customer experience enhancement, and digital transformation. Sand Cherry's experienced consultants provide tailored solutions in project management, strategic initiative leadership, and business process optimization to help businesses streamline operations and achieve their growth goals. They are particularly noted for their innovative approaches to digital solutions and their commitment to diversity and inclusion in their business practices.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end project planning and execution of teleport and uplink infrastructure projects across company-owned and third-party facilities • Develop and manage project plans covering scope, schedules, milestones, budgets, resources, dependencies, and deliverables • Establish project governance, roles and responsibilities, stakeholder communications, and reporting cadences • Maintain project schedules, critical paths, work breakdown structures, RAID logs, action trackers, and project documentation • Manage budgets, forecasts, expenditures, purchase orders, change requests, and financial reporting • Coordinate engineering, teleport operations, network operations, facilities, procurement, and other technical teams • Manage third-party vendors and contractors responsible for construction, civil works, procurement, installation, cabling, integration, and infrastructure activities • Oversee vendor scopes, schedules, deliverables, performance, contractual commitments, and acceptance criteria • Coordinate site surveys, technical assessments, site readiness, permitting, construction, equipment delivery, installation, testing, commissioning, and operational handover • Track procurement, manufacturing lead times, logistics, and installation dependencies to mitigate schedule risks • Facilitate coordination among RF engineering, teleport operations, network engineering, and external implementation partners • Identify, track, escalate, and resolve project risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies • Manage scope changes and coordinate approvals through change control processes • Coordinate installation testing, system integration, acceptance testing, and operational readiness • Prepare project status reports, executive presentations, financial updates, and milestone reporting • Ensure compliance with safety, site access, regulatory, and operational requirements • Manage multiple concurrent infrastructure projects aligned with broader business and program priorities

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of demonstrated project management experience delivering telecommunications, satellite communications, engineering, construction, or complex physical infrastructure projects • Strong command of project management fundamentals, including scope management, schedule development, critical path analysis, budget management, resource planning, risk management, change control, stakeholder management, and project reporting • Previous experience managing physical infrastructure deployments, equipment installations, construction activities, and third-party implementation vendors • Demonstrated experience managing outsourced construction and installation work, including vendor coordination, deliverable tracking, schedule accountability, and issue resolution • Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and manage multiple concurrent projects from initiation through completion and operational handover • Experience developing and maintaining detailed project schedules, RAID logs, budgets, forecasts, executive status reports, and other project management deliverables • Strong financial management capabilities, including budget tracking, forecasting, vendor expenditures, and change management • Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and project tracking and reporting tools • Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills • Ability to work independently, drive accountability, and proactively identify and resolve project challenges • Previous project management experience supporting satellite teleport facilities, uplink infrastructure, satellite ground systems, earth stations, or antenna installations • Experience coordinating satellite antenna construction, installation, replacement, relocation, or infrastructure upgrades • Working knowledge of RF infrastructure, uplink systems, satellite communications equipment, and associated ground infrastructure • Experience managing projects across company-owned facilities and third-party infrastructure sites • Familiarity with satellite infrastructure regulatory requirements, FCC requirements, or spectrum clearing initiatives • Availability primarily during Eastern Time business hours • Flexibility to work outside normal business hours as needed for site activities, equipment installations, testing, commissioning, and operational cutovers • Ability to travel to teleport facilities, third-party sites, or vendor locations when required • Successful completion of applicable background screening requirements • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Construction Management, Business, or related field preferred • PMP certification preferred • Relevant satellite communications, RF infrastructure, or telecommunications certifications a plus • Must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship or visa transfers • Must not require C2C engagement

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to impact and shape clients’ industries • Recognition for employee contributions • Friendly and communicative consulting culture • Opportunity to be part of a digital workforce • Self-responsibility and autonomy in managing workloads • Professional career growth opportunities • Investment in and empowerment of Consultants

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