Lead technical planning and coordination for large-scale IP network migration and transformation programs across multiple customer sites. Responsibilities include validating network architectures, managing risks and dependencies, coordinating engineering teams, driving customer and vendor discussions, supporting testing and cutovers, tracking deliverables, and ensuring operational readiness and successful handoff.
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Technical Project Manager (TPM) to support a strategic Nokia customer in Canada. In this role, you will provide technical leadership and program coordination for large-scale IP network migration and transformation projects. You will work closely with Project Managers, customer engineering teams, and technical stakeholders to deliver complex network deployment programs across multiple sites while ensuring technical readiness, risk management, and successful execution. The TPM will serve as a key technical interface between Nokia and the customer, driving planning, implementation, migration, and operational readiness activities.
Responsibilities- Provide technical leadership and coordination for IP network transformation and migration programs across multiple customer sites.
- Partner with Project Managers to develop and execute implementation, migration, and deployment plans.
- Lead technical planning activities, including scope definition, risk identification, resource alignment, and dependency management.
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams to ensure successful delivery of customer milestones and objectives.
- Review and validate network architectures, designs, and migration methodologies.
- Drive technical discussions with customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks while providing escalation support during critical project phases.
- Track program deliverables, technical issues, and action plans to ensure successful project execution.
- Support customer acceptance activities, testing, cutover planning, and operational handoff.
- Provide regular technical status updates and recommendations to project and executive stakeholders.
You have:
- Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience delivering complex IP networking, service provider, or telecommunications projects.
- Strong understanding of FN and IP technologies and network migration methodologies.
- Experience managing large-scale network transformation, modernization, or migration programs.
- Strong customer-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams in multi-vendor environments.
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Some of our benefits in Canada:
- Corporate Retirement Savings Plan
- Health and dental benefits
- Short-term disability, and long-term disability
- Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay
- Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Paid time off for holidays and Vacation
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Assistance Plan
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program
The above benefits exclude students.
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