Client Project Manager

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With people at the heart of our success, NTT is committed to attracting and growing the best talent and providing an environment where everyone feels they can belong and their contribution matters.

**More about this career opportunity**

The Client Project Manager leads and directs concurrent client projects classified as standard or complex. The primary responsibility of Client Project Managers will be to interface with all project stakeholders to take projects from original concept through to final implementation, including handing over to Operations (whether internal to NTT or into the client's support operations).

**Key Roles and Responsibilities**:

- Lead and direct concurrent standard or complex projects and in the case of programme management, ensure the management of multiple related projects directed towards a common objective
- Engage with stakeholders to deliver projects from original concept through final implementation
- Ensure client satisfaction and manage escalations, acting as a single point of contact to the client
- Ensure that the project/programme delivers an as-sold solution, remains within the baselined budget and is delivered on time whilst maintaining quality criteria and client satisfaction
- Manage the delivery of the project/programme, including rigorous scope control and change management
- Ensure client satisfaction and manage escalations, acting as a single point of contact to the client
- Documentation and management of risks and issues
- Ensuring clear and concise communications to all stakeholders
- Provide pre-sales support by working with sales teams to scope and cost a project or programme solution which includes the completion of a proposal. This may include Client presentations of our delivery approach as part of a tender process.
- Identification of opportunities and influence the sale by conducting a business conversation with the client positioning NTT Ltd consulting and technical services offerings
- Coordinate activities of the project teams through task delegation, resource assignment and programme management

**Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes**:

- Ability to establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients
- Excellent client-centricity skills and ability to work at client sites
- Ability to manage customer satisfaction, commitment, and expectations to high service levels and manage escalations adequately
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent team-building skills and ability to work in high-pressure environments
- Ability to manage urgent and complex tasks simultaneously
- Good business acumen and commercial skills
- Passionate, strong initiative, self-driven with a commitment to succeed
- Good influencing ability whilst taking a collaborative approach
- Decisive with good attention to detail ability
- Ability to promote project services to both internal stakeholders and external clients
- Competent in project change management

**Academic Qualifications and Certifications**:

- Project Management degree or equivalent with a moderate level of related experience
- Relevant project management certifications preferably PMP
- ITIL certification is preferable

**Required Experience**:

- Demonstrated moderate level project management experience preferably in a multinational professional services environment
- Proven client engagement experience
- Demonstrated understanding of the project life cycle
- Demonstrated competency in project change management
- Proven experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints

**A career at NTT means**:

- Being part of a **global pioneer -** where you gain exposure to our Fortune 500 clients and world-leading global technology partners and work with a network of over 40,000 smart and diverse colleagues across 57 countries, delivering services in over 200 countries.
- Being at the forefront of **cutting-edge technology -** backed with a 150-year heritage of using technology for good. With 40% of the world’s internet traffic running on our network and where Emoji were first invented, you can be proud of the group’s many new ‘firsts’.
- ** Making a difference -** by doing meaningful work that helps to shape the future for our clients, and across industries and communities around the world.
- Being **your best self -** in a progressive ‘Connected Working’ environment that promotes flexibility, connection and wellbeing. Where diversity and different perspectives are embrac