Lead Program Manager - London - MS

STC Europe is currently looking for an experienced Lead Program Manager who can help build a team of 5-7 Program & Project Managers responsible for extending the reach of Core Search features to the European Markets. We are looking for a high achiever with a track record of success and multi-release Lead Program Management experience. The position will report directly to the Group Program Manager of Europe STC/UK and will play a key role on the Program Management team developing roadmaps for extending core features out to key European Markets. This role will partner closely with the core engineering team in Redmond, the Search leads for each market to and the dev and test leads in UK to prioritize features, develop a roadmap and lead the engineering team to deliver core features to the markets. For the right candidate this is a rare opportunity to combine International experience, a front line seat in our battle for Web Search in Europe and help define a new group’s charter, culture and roadmap. Required Qualifications: Success in this position requires a broad set of experiences and skills, ranging from excellence in core engineering, the ability to deeply engage with customers/partners and build a collaborative working relationship with development, test, product planning, other PM organizations, as well as marketing and product planning. You should have proven technical leadership abilities and a strong grasp of software engineering principles, exceptional problem solving skills, experience shipping products or complex product features from the ground-up, and a proven ability to schedule and meet your team’s commitments through an entire product cycle. You should be self-motivated, proactive, and possess the demonstrated ability to come up-to-speed quickly in a new technical domain. Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment are very important. Fluency in at least one European language is highly desirable. • You should possess a strong technical background and an extremely good grasp of software engineering principles, exceptional problem solving and design skills. • You should proven experience in delivering software solutions in a program management capacity. • You should be self-motivated, self-directed, able to lead and motivate others and able to thrive in a start up environment. • You should have the ability to define, set expectations and lead multiple concurrent projects. • A demonstrated ability to come up-to-speed quickly on a new technical domain is presumed. • Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment are very important. • Knowledge and experience in Internet search/services, machine learning, information retrieval, data mining, and distributed systems is a huge plus. This position is located in the STC Europe London office and requires extensive travel within Europe and to Redmond, USA. This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment. At Microsoft, we believe that diversity enriches our performance and products, the communities where we live and work, and the lives of our employees. As our workforce evolves to reflect the growing diversity of our communities and the global marketplace, we continue to expand our efforts to understand, value, and incorporate differences as we help our people and our customers realize their potential.

Project Manager - Belgium

Cisco Gold partner urgently seeks an experienced Project Manager to work on its on going project. 

You must have design, monitoring, evaluation, and improvement of marketing campaigns as well as elaboration of online joined promotion actions, creation, sending, management, evaluation and improvement of E-mailings and marketing programs. You will be responsible for and must have experience in:         
    

You have a strong affinity with and a proven experience in ICT, the Internet world

and the multimedia's, 

You have already a background in backend development,

You have a strong knowledge of Online Sales,

You have a thorough experience in Project Management (minimum 3 years),

You have a thorough knowledge of PMI,

You are very motivated by thinking on process improvement matters,

You possess good presentation and communication skills,

You are result-oriented,

You give a strong focus on Quality and Budget,

You create turnover budgets and succeed monthly in cost effectiveness

You are responsible for the budgetary feasibility of laid down tenders

You are end responsible for the quality and calculation check of the produced

projects

You develop and provide your own insights concerning the E-needs of your

customers

You are responsible for identifying generic opportunities

You can establish you in a flexible way in rapidly growing and always modifying surroundings.  

                               

If you are interested in this project please contact stanleybuduforson@pentaconsulting.com

                                                                                                                                                

The Position is based in Belgium for 6 months (extendable). The rates of pay are excellent / negotiable you will receive a daily rate.

724 Solutions International Senior Support Engineer

724 Solutions, a worldwide leader in providing technology and solutions to mobile network operators, is looking to add to its existing staff supporting one of the Italian premier mobile operators.  As a member of the 724 Solutions onsite team, the successful candidate would be part of a team supporting 724’s customer deployments of 724 products and customizations in Milan.

 

Scope of Responsibilities

 

·         Serve as primary day-to-day technical contact for operations and support, problem analysis, product questions, and general troubleshooting as required.

·         Participate as part of an on-call rotation to support after-hours production issues.

 

 

Representative Daily Tasks

 

·         Supports and works closely with large Mobile Operator Clients Level 1 Operations / Support technical staff

·         Tracks, manages and escalates Client issues through to resolution

·         Isolates problems with little assistance from others

·         Takes on special assignments with little guidance and direction from management

·         Ability to perform troubleshooting and other problem analysis as required.  For example;

o    Isolate complex network problems with little assistance

o    Reproduce and document complex problems in a test or other environment

o    Identify software faults and isolate them to software module level

o    Isolate hardware problems to unit level

·         Assist with patch or new release deployment, user acceptance testing support, and production deployment 

·         Develops Methods of Procedures (MOPs) and performs tests required for change activities to be performed

·         Log cases into 724’s incident tracking system

·         Liaise with 724 Solutions’ Product Development organization. 

·         Ability to document, prioritize, and communicate Client issues

 

 

Other responsibilities, from time to time, might include:

 

·         Participating in customer-specific development activities as customer requirements change and expand (eg: developing operations / administration utilities or scripts)

·         Supporting the deployment of other 724 products

 

 

Experience Required

 

The qualified candidate should have:

1. A strong technical background in Linux/Unix systems administration (Redhat Linux, in particular)
2. A solid understanding of networks (IP addressing, firewalls, load balancers, etc.)

3.     Background and experience in Web protocols and configuration, plus WAP, MMS, and SMS protocols

4.     Shell and/or perl Scripting experience preferred

5. Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems

Other Qualifications

 

1. Wireless mobile network operator background in network engineering (vs. business applications).
2. Wireless application development / support background is preferred.

3.     Good Client communications skills

4.     Good technical analysis skills to lead and drive Client problem resolution in a timely manner

5.     Industry related Degree level education

6.     Proficient with MS Office and Windows utilities.

 

To apply for this position, please send your resume in English to aprenoveau@724.com.

 

Please note:  We thank everyone for your interest, however only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.