Program / Project Manager - IV

America Networks is a leading sensor and networking solutions partner for companies in any Industrial, Manufacturing, and Waste management space.
We design and manufacture sensors for storage tanks, water metering, energy metering, gas monitoring, and asset management.
Our founders are hardcore telecommunications engineers with combined 200 + years of experience in designing, optimizing and performance engineering; for several mid – large wireless carriers internationally - that saw a need to provide low power, cost efficient sensors to collect data, create alerts, and predict needed actions. We have combined these sensors with low power, wide area (LPWA) networking technologies to provide clients various options to decrease re-occurring costs associated with operating an IoT network of sensors and connected devices.
We specialize in design, deployment, optimization, and support of these Networks. Whether an off-the-shelf or custom solution is needed, we’ll create a solution and push the data on the best cloud platform to fit your needs, including your own.

Job Location: Basking Ridge-NJ-USA

Manage new consumer product field trials. Responsibilities include: 
• Contribute in developing Product Trial strategy and design for various Verizon Products 
• Develop trial Processes: HW/SW distribution, Support, Participant feedback collection, Issue tracking, Reporting. 
• Coordinate cross-functional team. Engineering, Product QA, Network, Recruiting of Trial Participants, Legal & HR clearance, Marketing, to launch the Trial 
• Drive successful execution of programs and projects utilizing project management tools. 
• Manage issues and open items, track progress and highlight areas of concern. 
• Manage the delivery of the new releases to the field. Work with the development and QA team to fix the prioritize issues and deliver to the field. 
• Co-ordinate communication, which includes scheduling meetings/establishing agendas, disseminating related project and reviewing with the executive team and senior management. 
• Project status meetings ensuring all risks and issues are escalated and addressed in a timely manner 
• Identify ways to improve current processes, procedures and reports including automation of manual processes 
• Experience: 
- Up to 10 years’ experience as a program/project management, operations, software development, Technology industry and Telecom. 
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: 
- Strong H/W and S/W development background 
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills 
- Thorough understanding of MS Excel, PowerPoint and other MS office tools 
- Ability to work under ambiguous situations and under pressure 
- Ability to get things done with minimal or no supervision 
- Strong Product and project Management skills. 
- Deep understanding of customer impacting aspects of products, including marketing aspects (such as collateral, packaging, campaign) and operations (e.g support model). 
- Deep understanding of Mobile, Video and the “realm” of possibilities 
- Strong leader with highly collaborative working style and ability to drive consensus in a matrix organization. 
- Excellent verbal and visual communications skills, with a particular emphasis on problem framing, concept development, visual storytelling and strong information design. Ability to clearly communicate ideas, decisions, and reasoning to a broad audience, including peers and leadership teams. 
- Results oriented, with ability to work with urgency for quick turnaround. 
* Education: 
- BS or equivalent in Technology/Engineering. 
- PMP Certification is plus.

Vivek Salvatore

vivek.salvatore(@)americanetworks.com

(973) 582-3458