Project Manager II

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary/Objective:

The Project Manager II oversees medium-scale projects with moderate scope and complexity. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing projects while ensuring objectives are met within designated timelines, budgets, and quality standards. The role involves collaborating with project teams, clients, vendors, and stakeholders to address potential risks and ensure successful project delivery. For wireless telecommunications projects, this position may support zoning, permitting, entitlement, and jurisdictional approval activities in accordance with project and client requirements. It serves as an intermediate step in project management, requiring a deeper understanding of project management processes, tools, and principles.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of projects aligned with company objectives.
• Manage resources and collaborate with project teams to ensure project milestones, deliverables, and deadlines are achieved.
• Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to ensure project scope, objectives, and expectations are clearly defined and maintained.
• Conduct research and review jurisdictional zoning ordinances, utility regulations, permit requirements, and entitlement processes as they relate to wireless telecommunications facilities.
• Prepare preliminary zoning and permitting analyses and effectively communicate findings and recommendations to clients, internal stakeholders, and jurisdictional authorities.
• Prepare, submit, and track zoning, permitting, and entitlement applications in accordance with project requirements and local regulations.
• Review architectural drawings, engineering plans, and supporting documentation to support permitting and entitlement efforts.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, consultants, municipalities, utilities, and cross-functional teams to obtain required approvals and permits.
• Work diligently to facilitate jurisdictional approvals and maintain project schedules and timelines.
• Effectively manage and communicate ongoing project status, milestones, and risks to clients and key stakeholders.
• Lead project review meetings to identify risks, establish deliverables, and drive successful project execution.
• Identify and assess risks within projects, developing and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure smooth execution.
• Assume financial ownership of assigned projects by tracking and managing revenue, costs, budgets, forecasts, billing milestones, and financial performance metrics to support project profitability and alignment with company objectives.
• Create and maintain detailed project documentation, including records, reports, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and project controls.
• Analyze project data to generate metrics and provide actionable insights to leadership for informed decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with subcontractor and vendor requirements, including insurance and other contractual obligations.
• Establish compliance with company and regional processes for communication, project management, engineering, and quality standards.
• Monitor and optimize workflows across systems and tools to improve efficiency and streamline project operations.
• Facilitate cross-functional project reviews, project closeouts, and lessons-learned sessions.
• Serve as a key point of contact for project stakeholders, facilitating communication and resolving conflicts.
• Perform additional responsibilities as needed to support project goals.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2-4+ years of project management experience

Preferred and Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

• PMP Certification
• Telecommunications industry experience preferred.
• Experience supporting small cell, DAS, macro, fiber, or wireless infrastructure deployments preferred.
• Knowledge of zoning, permitting, entitlement, and jurisdictional approval processes related to telecommunications infrastructure preferred.
• Familiarity with California right-of-way (ROW) utility regulations and permitting requirements preferred.

Skills Required:

• Ability to adapt seamlessly to shifting priorities and evolving project requirements while aligning with strategic goals.
• Initiative to anticipate challenges and independently develop innovative, forward-thinking solutions.
• Strong critical thinking skills to navigate complex situations and provide actionable, well-reasoned recommendations.
• Confidence in decision-making under pressure, effectively managing trade-offs between risks and opportunities.
• Precision and impactful communication skills to foster collaboration and alignment across diverse stakeholders and teams.
• Expertise in managing competing priorities, optimizing workflows, and consistently meeting deadlines.
• Leadership skills to set an example and contribute positively in cross-functional team settings.
• Exceptional attention to detail to proactively identify and mitigate risks, ensuring project success.
• Strong understanding of project financial management, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Ability to interpret and apply zoning ordinances, permitting requirements, and regulatory guidelines related to telecommunications infrastructure projects.
• Commitment to seeking and incorporating feedback while pursuing continuous growth in project management expertise and leadership abilities.

Direct/Indirect Supervisory Responsibility:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish goals, priorities, and deadlines in alignment with company objectives.

Work Environment/Physical Demands/Travel Required:

• Office environment with long periods of sitting and computer work.
• Full-time role, 40 hours per week, with occasional travel to client offices, municipal agencies, and project sites as needed.

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Other Duties

Please note that this job description is not intended to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice to meet business needs.