Senior Project Manager (Climate) At GSMA Mobile for Development

Team: Advocacy Portfolio Management

Location: London with hybrid working

Position type: Fixed Term Contract – 18 months

What the hiring manager says

Join a team of engaged and motivated colleagues who provide critical project management expertise to the broader GSMA Advocacy department. We ensure their ability to effectively engage with governments and regulators around the world and deliver results that advance the interests of the mobile industry.

The GSMA’s Advocacy campaigns are typically embedded within multi-year plans, presenting unique portfolio management challenges that require a forward-looking vision and excellent delivery planning. Our top priority is to achieve enabling policy and regulatory environments that allow people, industry and society thrive. The team governs, manages, and reports on progress to all levels of stakeholders.

Sonja Newey, Advocacy Portfolio Director

About the Team

The team consists of six professionals from project manager through to portfolio director and we work with matrixed teams to deliver results for our members. You will be part of a team that delivers impactful initiatives and projects on areas such as Climate, International Relations, and Capacity Building, working with outstanding people.

About the Role

• Management of multiple complex projects across the Advocacy External Affairs portfolio, with the aptitude for excellent planning and communication techniques, to time, cost, and quality, escalating risks and issue proactively.
• Applying excellent and appropriate project management methodologies to planning cycles, such as Agile and Prince2.
• Conducting effective stakeholder and communication management techniques, conveying information to a variety of multi-level stakeholders within the mobile industry and wider ecosystem
• Undertaking a flexible and positive approach to team mentoring and management to solve complex business issues.
• Develop effective business project management processes in collaboration with team members.
• Lead on the development and reporting of relevant and stretching organisational and portfolio key performance indicators.

About You

• Experience of working with advocacy global initiatives and within the telecoms/tech industry is preferred.
• Knowledge and understanding of climate and environmental themes
• Able to coach and train junior team members to high standards of project management techniques.
• Solid experience in managing significant budgets to planning cycles and within tolerance. Applying the relevant change control tactics, as required.
• Can communicate clearly and concisely via a variety of formats with the ability to plan and deliver winning presentations.
• Able to apply control techniques and scoping methods to document clear multi-year portfolio plans.
• Able to absorb complex information and communicate effectively at all levels to both expert and non-expert audiences.
• Demonstrates effective stakeholder management and networking skills to build effective internal and external working relationships.
• You are adaptable and resourceful and comfortable working in an emerging opportunity area without a defined blueprint
• Role model the GSMA’s values and contributes to a positive work environment and can be relied on to consistently follow through on commitments.

What We Offer
Working at the GSMA offers you unparalleled access to the mobile industry. We offer a chance to truly shape the direction of mobile, whatever your role. By joining the GSMA, you will be exposed to a fast-paced rapidly evolving environment, working on global solutions, genuinely fascinating and industry-changing projects and a stimulating and dynamic environment designed to enable you to flourish.

In addition to architect-designed offices and competitive compensation, our benefits include fantastic learning & development opportunities, generous holiday allowances, four additional days off for professional development and many others.

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Being You at the GSMA

We are one of the most diverse companies you will ever come across, we care deeply about equality and inclusivity and aspire to be the best at it. Your well-being and work/life balance is important so if you prefer to work flexi-time or a day from home, just ask. We’re keen to ensure everyone is equal, represented and connected so we particularly encourage applications from all demographics. The success of the GSMA year on year will continue to be contributed by people from all walks of life.