Job Description – Project Manager (Network Infrastructure)
Role: Project Manager – Network Infrastructure
Experience: 8–10 Years
Location: Mumbai
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a multi-country APAC Network Refresh Program involving Cisco and Arista infrastructure modernization. The Project Manager will be responsible for governance, stakeholder management, deployment planning, RAID management, maintenance window coordination, executive reporting, and successful delivery of multiple migration waves.
Key Responsibilities
Project Governance
- Establish project governance.
- Drive communication plans.
- Conduct Steering Committee meetings.
- Manage stakeholder expectations.
- Maintain RACI Matrix.
Planning
- Prepare master project schedule.
- Plan migration waves.
- Resource planning.
- Capacity planning.
- Risk-based deployment sequencing.
Delivery Management
- Coordinate network engineers.
- Track deployment progress.
- Ensure milestone completion.
- Manage project timeline.
- Monitor KPIs.
Change Management
- Coordinate CAB approvals.
- Schedule maintenance windows.
- Track implementation approvals.
- Manage production changes.
RAID Management
Maintain and monitor:
- Risks
- Actions
- Issues
- Dependencies
Drive timely mitigation and resolution.
Vendor Coordination
- Cisco TAC
- Arista TAC
- Remote Hands
- Internal Engineering Teams
- Data Center Teams
Reporting
Prepare:
- Daily Status Reports
- Weekly Governance Reports
- Executive Dashboards
- Project Health Reports
- Wave Completion Reports
- Closure Reports
Documentation
- Project Plan
- Runbooks
- Migration Tracker
- Fleet Execution Tracker
- Lessons Learned
- Closure Report
Required Skills
Project Management
- Infrastructure Project Delivery
- Network Migration Programs
- PMO Governance
- Waterfall / Agile Delivery
- Risk Management
- Change Management
Networking Knowledge
Strong understanding of:
- Cisco Nexus
- Cisco Catalyst
- Arista Switches
- Data Center Networks
- Routing & Switching
- Maintenance Windows
- Hardware Refresh
- Network Migration
Tools
- Microsoft Project
- Jira
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- ServiceNow
- Confluence
Stakeholder Management
Experience working with:
- Executive Leadership
- Infrastructure Teams
- Network Architects
- Data Center Teams
- OEM Vendors
- Global Delivery Teams
Required Experience
- 8+ years of IT Infrastructure Project Management.
- Minimum 5 years managing large Network/Data Center transformation projects.
- Experience leading global infrastructure deployments.
- Strong governance and executive communication skills.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams and maintenance window execution.
Preferred Certifications
- PMP (Preferred)
- PRINCE2 (Preferred)
- PMI-ACP (Preferred)
- ITIL Foundation
- CCNA/CCNP (Preferred)
