Network Project Manager

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)