Network Technical Project Manager

POSITION PURPOSE: 

The Essilor Shared Services Philippines Inc. (ESSPI) is looking for a Network Technical Project Manager. As a member of the Infrastructure Shared Services Center, the Network Technical Project Manager will represent Network & Communications Services towards Business Units, infrastructure teams, security teams, vendors, and project stakeholders. The role will assure a determining contribution to the successful delivery of global and regional network infrastructure initiatives. He/she will be positioned as a senior network professional in the organization, using deep enterprise networking expertise 

and technical project leadership to plan, govern, and deliver network solutions aligned with architecture standards, operational requirements, security policies, project timelines, and approved budgets. 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Manage project schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, changes, decisions, and escalations, with clear ownership and timely stakeholder communication. 

• Translate business and technical requirements into clear project scope, implementation plans, milestones, resource requirements, and acceptance criteria. 

• Provide solution design, deployment planning, testing, migration, cutover, stabilization, and transition to operations. 

• Review low-level network designs, architecture standards, configuration approaches, implementation procedures, rollback plans, and technical documentation. 

• Coordinate Global Network Engineering, Network Operations, Security, Cloud, Infrastructure, Service Desk, and local IT teams throughout the project lifecycle. 

• Lead end-to-end delivery of network infrastructure initiatives covering WAN, LAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, Internet, cloud connectivity, data center networking, and network security. 

• Coordinate telecommunications carriers, managed service providers, system integrators, and technology vendors to ensure complete and quality delivery. 

• Ensure network implementations comply with corporate architecture, cybersecurity, change management, documentation, and operational support requirements. 

• Lead technical governance meetings, project reviews, status reporting, steering committee updates, and escalation discussions. 

• Plan migrations and cutovers to minimize disruption, maintain service availability, and ensure validated rollback and business communication plans. 

• Ensure monitoring, alerting, capacity, configuration, support model, documentation, and knowledge-transfer requirements are completed before handover. 

• Drive continuous improvement and standardization initiatives that improve network reliability, scalability, visibility, security, and operational efficiency. 

• Support procurement, technical evaluation, vendor selection, quotation review, contract execution, and budget forecasting for network services and projects. 

PRIMARY TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES: 

• Understanding of enterprise routing, switching, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, QoS, VPN, and network redundancy concepts. 

• Practical knowledge of WAN, LAN, WLAN, SD-WAN, Internet, MPLS, site connectivity, and data center network architectures. 

• Ability to understand network designs, configurations, implementation methods, migration approaches, test plans, and operational acceptance criteria. 

• Experience leading network transformation, technology refresh, carrier migration, office deployment, consolidation, and service-transition initiatives. 

• Strong knowledge of network security principles, segmentation, firewall integration, remote access, access control, and secure connectivity. 

• Knowledge of cloud and hybrid connectivity concepts for Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. 

• Project planning, governance, risk management, change control, budget tracking, vendor management, and executive reporting. 

• Incident, problem, change, release, configuration, and service-transition practices based on ITIL principles. 

• Ability to analyze network performance, availability, capacity, technical risks, dependencies, and business impact. 

• Strong technical documentation, presentation, stakeholder management, negotiation, and decision-facilitation skills.  

BEHAVIOR ABILITIES: 

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise networking, infrastructure services, or network project delivery.  

• 5+ years of experience leading network infrastructure projects in a global or regional environment. 

• Strong leadership, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional coordination skills. 

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences. 

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities. 

• Experience working in multinational and matrix organizations. 

• Self-motivated, customer-oriented, and results-driven. 

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities. 

• PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent project management certification is highly desirable. 

• Capacity to adapt with flexibility to changing priorities, technologies, and business requirements. 

• Ability to influence, negotiate, and facilitate decisions across technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Rigorous, organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple concurrent priorities. 

• Ability to organize, federate, coordinate, and guide cross-functional teams toward common delivery objectives. 

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT: 

• Cisco routing, switching, wireless, SD-WAN, and network access control technologies. 

• Palo Alto firewalls and enterprise network security solutions. 

• WAN, Internet, MPLS, VPN, remote access, and carrier connectivity services. 

• Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services cloud connectivity. 

• Data center, campus, branch, office, and hybrid network environments. 

• Zabbix and related monitoring or observability platforms. 

• Helpdesk Advance or equivalent ITSM, CMDB, incident, problem, and change-management tools. 

• Network documentation, diagramming, configuration, automation, and reporting tools. 

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related discipline. 

• CCNP Enterprise or an equivalent professional-level networking certification is preferred. 

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or an equivalent project management certification is preferred. 

• ITIL Foundation certification is preferred. 

• Cisco SD-WAN, Palo Alto, Azure, AWS, wireless, security, or network automation certifications are an advantage. 

• Proven experience supporting large-scale enterprise or multi-regional network environments.