: Project Manager –

- RJIL Core Network Migration &
- Deployment ProgramPosition Overview

- Role: Project Manager (Core Network Migration &
- Deployment Program)
- Target Environment: Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) / Large-scale Telecom Service Provider
- Experience Level: 8–12 Years

Objective To lead end-to-end planning, governance, and execution of large-scale Core Network migration and deployment programs for RJIL, ensuring seamless service transitions, successful maintenance window execution, strict risk mitigation, and absolute adherence to delivery timelines.

Key Responsibilities

- Program Governance &
- Delivery
- Own overall project delivery lifecycle, master planning, execution tracking, and executive reporting for core network migration and deployment programs.
- Track project milestones, migration progress, issue logs, dependencies, and actionable items, delivering transparent status updates to senior leadership.
- Migration &
- Cutover Management
- Coordinate large-scale network migrations, hardware refreshes, site commissioning/decommissioning, and service transitions across multi-region environments.
- Ensure deployments are executed with minimal customer impact while prioritizing network stability and operational excellence.
- Maintenance Window (MW) Leadership
- Lead the planning, governance, and execution oversight for scheduled night-time maintenance windows and critical cutover activities.
- Validate the complete readiness of technical resources, formal approvals, robust backout plans, and proactive stakeholder communications prior to cutover.
- Stakeholder Management &
- Alignment
- Act as the primary interface between Cisco, RJIL stakeholders, engineering teams, network operations, and external delivery partners.




- Drive cross-functional alignment and resolve competing priorities across all participating groups.
- Risk &
- Escalation Management
- Proactively identify project risks, service-impact concerns, resource constraints, and operational execution challenges.
- Formulate robust mitigation strategies and manage executive escalations efficiently.
- Method of Procedure (MOP) Governance
- Maintain rigorous oversight to ensure all deployment and migration activities are backed by fully validated MOPs, comprehensive implementation plans, rollback procedures, and change approvals.
- Resource &
- Vendor Coordination
- Manage L2 and L3 engineering resources, partner allocations, shift rosters, and deployment readiness to successfully hit project milestones.
- Continuous Improvement &
- Service Assurance
- Drive post-implementation lessons learned reviews, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) governance, process optimizations, and deployment automation initiatives.

Required Skills &

- Qualifications

- Experience: 8 to 12 years of core program and project management experience handling large-scale Telecom or Service Provider network deployment and migration portfolios.
- Technical Acumen: Solid working knowledge of MPLS, BGP, OSPF/ISIS, Segment Routing, Core Network Architecture, and overall Service Provider Operations.
- Operational Expertise: Demonstrated,



hands-on experience governing critical maintenance windows, network cutovers, and high-impact migration programs.
- Leadership &
- Collaboration: Proven capability leading matrixed, cross-functional teams comprising Network Operations, Engineering, external vendors, and client stakeholders.
- Governance Frameworks: Comprehensive background in Change Management, Risk Management, and Service Delivery Governance.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and executive-level presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile.
- Prior direct experience working with RJIL or tier-1 Telecom Service Providers.
- Familiarity with Cisco IOS-XR environments and complex core network transformation programs.

Core Expectations Delivery Excellence &

- Strategic Governance

- Timeline &
- Quality Adherence: Successfully deliver complex migration programs strictly within agreed timeframes and stringent telecom quality standards.
- Zero-Touch Execution: Drive rigorous planning to achieve zero-touch customer impact during high-stakes maintenance windows and cutovers.
- Strict MOP Enforcement: Maintain unyielding governance over MOP approvals, deployment readiness protocols, and comprehensive rollback planning.
- Incident Leadership: Provide calm, decisive leadership during critical deployment events and any major service-impact incidents.
- Ecosystem Collaboration: Foster high-performance synergy between planning units, execution squads, operations teams, and client stakeholders.

Skills: core network,telecom,project,leadership,network migration,management

📌 Project Manager – RJIL Core Network Migration & Deployment Program (Mumbai)
🏢 Neev
📍 Mumbai