Friday, January 25, 2013

Program Manager Job at Wipro - Employment Opportunity in Uganda

Jobs at:
Wipro

Vacancy title:
Program Manager

Deadline of this Job:
6th Feb 2013
Job details:
Our client Wipro focuses on the IT services & BPO business, and is one of the

world's leading software and outsourcing service providers. Wipro is seeking to

recruit a result driven and motivated individual for the vacancy above:

Summary:

The individual will be required to run Data Center operations for Telco which is

spread across multiple countries in Africa. He will be required to map to the CIO

and his next level in terms of stakeholder management. He will be responsible to

integrate and expand the operations over a period of time by building teams.

Having prior experience of working in an IT services company and dealing with

Indian teams, teams from local regions in Africa will be an added advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Manage an existing engagement comprising of inter-related projects to deliver

specific business objective

Manage a large team spread across multiple OPCOs including stakeholder

management across these OpCos

Program Management: Setting a clear Vision for the Operations team &

excellent rigor in tracking service metrics, communication and closure of actionable

from time to time. Project Management of implementation and Operations projects.

Customer satisfaction: Track transaction CSAT ( END USER LEVEL) and

Perception CSAT ( BUSINESS LEVEL)

Service Management of Telecom Services end to end from an ETOM/TOGAF

framework perspective

Delivery of Infrastructure Services based on ITIL V3 framework covering Service

desk , End user management and Data center domains – ( Wintel, Unix, Storage,

Backup, Network, Security, Database and Middleware towers). Should have

experience in managing Data Centers especially in large Telco’s where-in the Data

Centers host the range of applications including OSS/BSS applications for the

Telco

Able to identify, track and mitigate risk – Operational / Technical / Program

related

Financial Governance: Track and improve on Cost of Delivery & Maximize on

new business opportunities within the account and develop plans for penetration

of Wipro Services and increase share of wallet

Skill & competencies:

Would require high degree of customer interaction and Stakeholder

Management.

Being able to work with cross functional teams, varied suppliers and business

teams

Be able to make effective presentations at an Operational / Steering committee

level

Strong aptitude for delivery processes, People management Skills, Strong

Technology orientation & highly process oriented.

Certified Stanford Program Manager or PMP or equivalent / ITIL V3 certified -

preferred.

Excellent written and oral communication

Qualifications:

12 – 15 years of Industry experience

Domain experience in one / multiple domains

Expertise with program planning and tracking tools like MS Project/Clarity

Job application procedure

Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to

disqualification.

1. Send an Application letter and CV/Resume.

2. Merge these two documents into one document in either word or pdf format.

3. Do not attach or send any scanned documents, these are sometimes too large

for our inbox.

4. Include the job title and/or reference number in the subject line of the email

address and send your application by email to wiprojobs@nftconsult.com

5. Only successful candidates will be contacted. For all other inquiries please

contact our offices directly.

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