Vacancy: RF Tuning & Optimization Project Manager || USA

Location: USA 
Start date: 23rd May 2011 
End date: 30th December 2011 


Job Description: 
• Verify PO and review/revise Budget in MUS. Calculate Planned Costs and update the various Billing Milestone Dates in MUS - This will apply to the entire PO which should cover the Design, Scripting, RNDCIQ and RF Tuning both Pre- and Post- Launch as per the scope. In most cases there will be POs for every site in the design with multiple services line items per PO 
• Update and manage MORE requests for RF RND team as necessary for all internal positions 
• If Site Handler has been loaded with these POs, confirm these POs are input correctly by the Market PM. Correct input includes correlation between site name, cluster name, market name, WBS line item, FA code and network number. Every RF line item will require a Billing Milestone target date 
• Begin discussions with customer on delivery expectations 
• Discuss processes and procedures as well as hardware delivery requirements to meet the schedule 
• Discuss support requirements and maintenance windows as well as any special access issues 
• Discuss and develop the communication plans 
• Begin discussions with ASP and internal teams on resource forecasts and service delivery strategies for meeting customer requirements 
• Attend Customer meetings and communicate team strategy/changes to customer as required. 
• Address customer issues/concerns as they arise 
• Provide any necessary support to RF RND Lead 
• Ensure that team stays on schedule to meet RFDS deliveries 
• Ensure team is on schedule to meet RNDCIQ delivery 
• Monitor costs and update MUS as necessary 
• Request PM and PC resources for project in MORE. Create Assignment Specs 
• Interview additional PM candidates as necessary to staff project 
• Get acceptance from customer, submit and invoice for the RND line items if allowed - verify invoicing has occurred OPT/TUNING DRIVE TESTING 
• Track OOS change orders and present them to ACR and customer as necessary 
• Ensure that teams stay on schedule to meet delivery targets. Obtain additional resources as necessary 
• Get acceptance of the sites/clusters with RF lead 
• Review/address project costs and update budget and planned costs accordingly in MUS 
• Update project slide deck, if required, to market teams 
• Attend national or regional meetings as required 
• Update financial dashboard if required 
• Release resources as per the resource plan 
• Review and ensure that all change orders and open issues have been addressed 
• Perform final scrub of financials and note deviations. Remove any erroneous costs, calculate margins, etc 
• Perform post mortem of project to capture scope/rollout issues that we had not planned for 
• Provide final financial dashboard update, if required 
• Update final project slide deck, if required. 
• Close project in MORE if applicable 
• Close all RSSs in Einstein/SRM 
• Submit all acceptances to finance, request invoicing and verify invoicing is completed 
• Address any backlog and URR issues 
• TECO networks, Time & Cost limits for the project


Please email your cv to cvs@firstpointgroup.com