About this opportunity

As an Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Program Director, you will be responsible for driving sophisticated professional services engagements towards Ericsson's customers. You will make use of industry leading tools and methodologies to position programs for success. You will have ownership over governance and strategy as you work to deliver solutions utilizing Ericsson and 3rd party products and services. The focus is to understand customers’ needs and provide superior services by crafting outstanding business value for our customers through efficient and innovative solutions.

• The overall solution!
• Solution Cost Estimation
• The overall profit and loss of project deliveries
• The delivery model (mix of on-shore, near-shore, and off-shore resources)

Once the deal is won, the ICT Program Director is the head of the delivery, until the complete fulfilment of the contract, ensuring the continuity from pre-sales to delivery, actively seeking to improve top and bottom lines with due consideration to customer satisfaction and Ericsson’s business objectives since these programs often have transparent impact on the Business Unit and corporate results. In wider and sophisticated projects, this person shall be the program lead for a team of ICT Managers for project sub streams.

What you will do

• Build a strong Customer Relationship at C-Level (IT, Engineering, Marketing, Finance etc.). Daily presence at customer site, becoming a sort of Ericsson “agent” at the customer premise to increase the customer’s trust in Ericsson as a system integrator.
• Drive up-sales opportunities
• Mentor the team, to interact with them and to support them in their professional growth, and to identify and recognize talents
• Support asset and organizational set-up and growth; a main contributor to the Professional Service culture growth, delivery methodology fine-tuning as well as harvesting the best practices from the programs driven.
• Need hands-on experience when it comes to project deliveries: 5G Core, Cloud & NFV and DBS

You will bring

• Education: Bachelor or Master of Science in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• Min 15 years of experiences in Telecom/IT projects/Programs and preferable if have experience in deliver 5G Core Network projects/programs, Cloud & NFV deployment projects or equivalent fields.
• Entrepreneurial & Commercial Thinking!
• Persuading & Influencing ability
• Relation built up & Networking skills
• Result oriented & Managing Customer Expectations
• Planning & Organizing skills
• Leading & Supervising abilities
• Knowledge of 5G Core Network, Cloud & NFV & DBS.
• Professional competence related to the project type and the nature of the project outcome.
• Experience of working within the Telecom/IS/IT industry.
• Experience working with multi-national global decentralized organizations with the ability to establish good working climate in a virtual environment using phone, mail, and collaboration tools as communication vehicles.
• Experience/knowledge in Ericsson Business Process (EBP) IT Process, ITIL, eTOM.

Why Join Ericsson? At Ericsson, you’ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what ́s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You’ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You ́ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
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#LI-GSSC Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we nurture it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, learn more. Primary country and city: Kuwait (KW) || Kuwait : Kuwait City : Kuwait City
Req ID: 671189