Senior Project Manager – Telecom Product Delivery
Summary
Leads end-to-end delivery of telecom/network security products for global customers, coordinating engineering, product, and ops teams while managing customer engagements and commercial milestones.
Curious about what it’s like to work at Cognyte?
At Cognyte, you’ll collaborate with expert colleagues around the globe to solve problems most people will never even know exist!
You’ll be part of building unique solutions shaped by real investigative methodologies, enabling our customers to identify, investigate, visualize and prevent criminal, terror and security threats worldwide.
These solutions are used by law enforcement, national security, and national and military intelligence agencies in almost 100 countries to turn massive, diverse data into clear, actionable intelligence for a safer world.
We are looking for a highly skilled Project Manager with strong telecom and network domain experience to lead end‑to‑end product delivery for enterprise and government customers. This role requires ownership of delivery execution, customer engagement, commercial milestones, and cross‑functional coordination.
As a Cognyter, you will
- Manage end‑to‑end delivery of telecom/network products from planning to closure
- Act as the primary customer interface, leading reviews and periodic on‑site meetings
- Own delivery milestones, invoicing, and payment follow‑ups
- Create and maintain project plans, schedules, risks, and dependencies
- Coordinate with engineering, product, logistics, vendors, and operations teams
- Track KPIs, project health, risks, and escalations
- Ensure documentation, compliance, and successful project closure
Requirements
For this mission, you need
- 6-8 years of experience as a Project Manager in a Telecom / Network / High‑Tech environment
- Strong experience in telecom or network product delivery, including deployments
- Proven experience managing global customers and/or cross‑geography teams
- Direct customer‑facing delivery experience with strong stakeholder management
- Solid understanding of telecom networks, IP networks, internet protocols, and network topology
- Experience in managing project delivery milestones, invoicing, and revenue/payment forecasting
- PMP certification (mandatory)
- Semi‑technical profile with solution‑level understanding (not a software development PM)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Willingness to travel at short notice for customer meetings (PAN India / overseas)