What is the opportunity?
Job Description:
- Optiva is a leading company in the telecom industry, including the full life cycle of telecom billing system experience, real-time and offline charging systems, CDR mediation and policy control
- In this role, you will manage projects for the global Sales Operations organization to completion, from initiation through delivery to closure
- You’ll coordinate with cross-functional teams to complete distinct projects on time and within the scope
- As a Sales Operations Project Manager, you’ll need to be organized and detail-oriented, be proficient in working cross-functionally and have experience managing a variety of projects
- You’ll be required to have a high degree of direction and to think and act in an autonomous and motivated fashion while also staying coordinated with and connected to all improvement efforts of the team
- As this role is reporting into the Office of the CFO, many of the projects will be financial and analytical in nature
What will you do?
Job Duties:
- Coordinate cross-functional team meetings between Sales, Sales Operations, Marketing, Product Management, Finance, IT, Professional Services and other teams
- Coordinate and manage deliverables for assigned projects
- Manage project staffing requirements
- Align with leadership on strategic business goals and project status updates
- Provide a consolidated view of cross-organizational projects impacting sales
- Coach and mentor team in project management best practices
- Maintain professionalism when problem-solving and resolving issues
- Develop and effectively present and communicate content
- Develop a foundational knowledge of Optiva sales methodologies and processes like forecasting, deal cycle, renewal life cycle, etc.
- Develop a foundational knowledge of Optiva sales technologies, including Salesforce, Intaact RFPIO, Tableau, etc
What do you need to succeed?
Mandatory Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience working as a project manager managing cross-functional projects and virtual teams
- Demonstrated ability to lead without authority, motivate teams and individuals, and mediate conflicts
- Solid organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to handle multiple priorities
- Working knowledge of project management tools and methodologies
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in working with global teams
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team, meet demanding deadlines and take ownership of assignments from start to finish
- Solid business acumen to understand the downstream implications to the financial performance of organizational process changeS
- Familiarity with financial controls
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Skills with office productivity software, such as MS Word and MS PowerPoint
Optional Qualifications:
- Knowledge of specific industry project management and technical delivery methodologies like those based on the Project Management Institute (PMI), system and software development, product development, or scrum
- Experience in enterprise SaaS companies or the telecommunications industry
- Experience working with Salesforce and/or business intelligence applications (e.g. Tableau)
- Experience working in a sales, finance or accounting organization
- Knowledge of revenue recognition principles, preferably in a software or project accounting environment
- Understanding of enterprise software pricing models and commercial terms and conditions
Apply via email to recruiting@optiva.com
