Senior Project Manager

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager for a 6-month contract supporting complex, time-sensitive technology engagements within AT&T Consulting.

In this role, you will serve as a key point of contact between AT&T Consulting, account management, technical teams, customers, and customer-approved third parties. You will oversee projects from planning through successful delivery, ensuring that customer requirements, timelines, scope, cost, and quality expectations are met.

This is a highly senior opportunity for a proven project or service delivery leader with extensive experience managing network and/or security-related projects, large technical teams, and complex deployments across multiple time zones.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary project interface between:
  
  
  
  • AT&T Consulting
  
  
  • AT&T Account Management
  
  
  • Other AT&T teams
  
  
  • Customer teams
  
  
  • Customer-approved third parties
  
  
  
  


• Lead complex, time-restricted AT&T Consulting engagements across the region.


• Apply established project management principles and AT&T Project Management Framework best practices.


• Manage project scope, schedules, costs, quality, and changing customer priorities.


• Proactively identify and resolve issues that may impact project delivery.


• Develop and maintain project plans, migration plans, and associated documentation.


• Manage end-to-end service delivery activities, including:
  
  
  
  • Architecture and design
  
  
  • Engineering
  
  
  • Change control
  
  
  • Operations acceptance
  
  
  
  


• Maintain project Risks, Issues, and Actions Logs.


• Communicate project issues, actions, decisions, and outcomes to appropriate stakeholders.


• Direct the day-to-day activities of security and network teams in accordance with the project plan.


• Coordinate forums and meetings to address complex scope, issues, and analysis.


• Document meeting discussions, action items, and outcomes.


• Build strong relationships across project and program teams to ensure timely delivery.


• Prepare executive-level project overviews and communicate critical issues to senior management.


• Ensure all required project and service documentation is delivered on time.


• Lead global deployment initiatives involving network and/or security technologies.

The role requires extensive proven delivery experience in global network and/or security-related projects.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.).


• 25+ years of experience in the IT industry.


• 15+ years of experience as a Project Manager and/or Service Manager.


• Industry-related certification such as PMP or PRINCE2, with commensurate experience.


• Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale network and/or security projects.


• Excellent customer-facing and stakeholder management skills.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills.


• Business-level proficiency in English and Spanish, both written and spoken.


• Experience managing resources and teams across multiple time zones.


• Experience managing large teams of technical and non-technical consultants.


• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a non-structured environment.


• Strong problem-solving skills with a customer-focused and strategic approach.


• Ability to work effectively under challenging timeframes and pressure.


• Confidence communicating with senior management, including during critical situations or outages.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Project, and PowerPoint.


• Experience working within a change-control environment.


• Knowledge of testing strategies and defining acceptance criteria.


• Experience delivering products and services across multiple business verticals and technology vendors.

Preferred Qualifications

• ITIL Foundation Certification v3 or later.


• Experience creating dashboards using Power BI and PowerApps.


• Knowledge of Smartsheet.


• Experience in service management delivery and program management.


• Experience managing multiple large-scale transformation programs with multiple workstreams.


• Experience managing Project Manager direct reports.


• Experience creating executive dashboards and automated reporting.


• Demonstrated ability to develop efficient approaches to project and program delivery.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will be able to quickly step into a complex project environment, establish relationships with key stakeholders, and take ownership of delivery.

You will be expected to bring strong judgment, calm decision-making, and a proactive approach to managing project risks and competing priorities. The role requires someone who can operate comfortably with both senior executives and technical teams, while keeping projects moving toward successful customer outcomes.

Role Details

• Position: Senior Project Manager


• Contract Duration: 6 Months


• Department: AT&T Consulting / Project Management


• Salary: 40-50/ usd hr


• Industry: Telecommunications & IT Consulting


• Project Focus: Network & Security


• Languages: English & Spanish


• Experience Level: 25+ years IT / 15+ years Project or Service Management