Telecom Engineer / Product Manager (Circuits)

Location: San Francisco, CA Type: Long TermRoles and ResponsibilitiesFor project of diverse scope and complexityServes as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization to provide product and user experience solutions to meet the business needsDevelops high level business requirements and translates them into functional specifications for the IT organization and manages changes to such specificationsPrepares requirements, specifications, business process, and recommendationsUses skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices and company policies and proceduresResolves a wide range of issues in innovative and practical waysStrong knowledge of product management best practices, functional design, and application delivery methodologyUnderstands basic project management methodologyCustomer focused with high quality standardsDemonstrates strong interpersonal, business communication and writing skillsWorks on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factorsDemonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutionsNetworks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertiseStrong decision-making capabilities will result in meeting schedules and/or functional goals of department/unitFrequently interacts with customers, and/or functional peer group IC'S/managers, normally involving matters between department and other functional areas or internal customersRegularly participates in a cooperative effort among members of a project teamMay receive some instruction on day-to-day work, but receives general instructions on new assignments and areas of higher complexityMust HaveExperience with ordering circuits, turning down the circuits working w/ vendors, etc. (MUST HAVE CIRCUIT LEVEL EXP) Managing inventoryVery strong with Excel - not negotiableExperience with queries for large databasesBeing able to work with large amounts of dataMust be able to provide data on cost and how much things are costing the company to leadershipAccess database experienceThis person will be working with telecom carriers for provisioningExperience with Carriers such as: AT&T, Telecommunication, and Comcast are a HUGE plusSoft Skills are EXTREMELY important