Project Manager

**Job Description**:
NI - Project Manager

MISSION

The NI Customer Delivery team in Vietnam is accountable for delivering the NI and/or NI lead customer projects - products and services related to IP, Optics and Fix Networks - to the customers. The Project Manager has overall accountability and responsibility in management the delivery of projects to achieve business targets. The Project Manager will manage projects or sub-projects independently ensuring timely and quality delivery within the planned budget, ensuring customer satisfaction with delivery of products, solutions and services.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY

As Project Manager will plans and manages execution of the project / program according to agreed project targets. That includes managing time, quality, cost, risks, and internal and external resources. Project Manager will ensure that project/program milestones are met by using global processes, tools and interfaces.
- Project Management Planning
- Customer Relationship Management
- Monitoring and Controlling Project Execution
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Closure and handovers
- Contribution to Service Business/Solution Creation

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

BUSINESS ACUMEN
- Keeps up to date with the ION product line.
- Keeps up to date with building codes and installation standards.
- Demonstrates a consistent understanding of how the organization generates profit and manages cost
- Balances risk with potential gain.

DECISION MAKING
- Uses sound judgment and analysis to reach decisions
- Makes decisions in a timely manner
- Makes tough and pragmatic decisions when necessary
- Takes responsibility for own and shared decisions
- Applies broad knowledge and experience when addressing complex issues

DEVELOPING SELF & OTHERS
- Seeks to learn continuously and take on challenging assignments
- Realistically assesses own strengths and development needs, and acts on them
- Seeks feedback from others to enhance performance, and modifies behavior in light of feedback

ADAPTABILITY
- Responds resourcefully to multiple demands, shifting priorities and new challenges
- Works constructively under pressure or adversity
- Works effectively in complex and ambiguous situations
- Learns from experience and makes appropriate changes in behavior

COMMMUNICATION
- Communicates and presents concepts clearly, precisely, and concisely: keep it simple
- Reports project/product progress, status, and forecasts to the appropriate stakeholders at the appropriate time and in the appropriate format
- Understands and communicates project/phase acceptance criteria and handoffs
- Confirms and delivers project information with accuracy, conciseness and thoroughness
- Performs as a customer advocate to all internal parties.

NEGOTIATION
- Understands motivations of counterparts, and incorporates knowledge into negotiations, knows when to ‘walk away’
- Finds agreements that satisfy the interests of both parties
- Reaches agreements that can be kept and preserves the working relationship
- Enters negotiations fully informed on the facts

PLANNING & EXECUTION
- Analyzes the scope of new projects in terms of time, cost and resources required to ensure effectiveness and efficiency, with flexibility allowing easy adaptation to unexpected events
- Appropriately performs problem escalation
- Estimates workload within their area of expertise
- Manages project schedule and schedule variations
- Promotes and performs project change management process, and manages accordingly
- Monitors and controls all aspects of project plan execution