Vice President, Wireline Engineering

Description

The Vice President reports directly to the Senior Vice President. The Vice President will manage and direct the regionally based Engineering Market Directors and engineering staff to provide leadership, management, and technical expertise to complex engineering projects necessary to ensure the Company has the proper operational controls, administrative, and reporting procedures and people systems in place to effectively grow the organization and to meet or exceed the Company and Department financial goals and objectives. The VP will work closely with the executive staff to establish and lead the strategic operational plan and ensure the company continues to provide exceptional services to customers. The VP will be tasked with managing multiple departments, staff, customer accounts, as well as working with other departments within the company to ensure overall company goals are met. Maintain extensive knowledge of the industry, finances and employee output while understanding and striving to meet the company’s strategic goals, mission, values and beliefs. As a partnering principal motivator of change, the VP should be a dynamic leader who is energetic and passionate.

• Analyze operations to assess performance and identify opportunities for cost reduction, program improvements, or policy changes.
• Identify, train, and develop leaders within the company, setting them on a path for management.
• Drive staff performance by inspiring and leading a high-impact management team: clearly communicate expectations, plan and monitor outcomes, and support growth through coaching, feedback, and, when necessary, corrective action.
• Initiates activity toward goals without unnecessary delay.
• Provide regular reports and analysis of financial, operational, team performance and industry trend metrics to the executive team.
• Swiftly address unexpected challenges by diagnosing issues and implementing effective solutions.
• Fosters a success-oriented, accountable environment within the Company.
• Lead department and operations within the telecommunications engineering division.
• Foster a safe, engaging, and creative work environment that offers meaningful professional growth and development opportunities for staff.
• Hold monthly or quarterly one on one meetings with team to establish and review process of goals and objectives (including continuous training) and hold accountable.
• Analyzes all data relative to a problem.
• Divides complex issues into simpler components in order to achieve clarity.
• Coordinate the development or implementation of budgetary control systems, recordkeeping systems, or other administrative control processes.
• Collaborate and partner with Congruex’s Asia Pacific telecommunications operations to ensure staff are well integrated and customer and project expectations are met.
• Establish, analyze, and report key performance indicators, implementing course corrections as market, client, or operational conditions change. Ensure all financial targets are met, including operating income, COGS, revenue, margin, and growth.
• Engage with staff and department heads to drive operational improvements; lead, support, and motivate the team while maintaining visibility and accessibility to foster retention and collaboration.
• Ensure measurement and effectiveness of all internal and external processes; provide timely, accurate and complete reports on the operating condition of the Company.
• Stays on target to complete goals regardless of obstacles or adverse circumstances.
• Establish departmental responsibilities and coordinate functions among departments.
• Accomplish financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.
• Monitor the competitive landscape and attend industry events to stay ahead of emerging initiatives, representing the company at both external and internal engagements.
• Establishes goals that are relevant, realistic and attainable.
• Discards personal agenda to cooperate with other team members in meeting objectives.
• Guide, direct, and evaluate the work of management, team leaders and team members.
• Supports others through providing clarity, direction, organization and purpose
• Adheres to all company policies, procedures, standards and safety rules.
• Applies all relevant resources to implement suitable solutions.
• Builds and sustains a trust relationship with each member of the team.
• Set division, client, and project level business and financial plans.
• Regularly follows up and holds others accountable for their performance.
• Create and implement a strategic plan and execute against overall company goal.
• Negotiate or approve contracts and agreements with suppliers, distributors, government agencies, and other partners.
• Present business initiatives and collaborate with executive leadership on strategic planning.
• Implement corrective action plans to solve organizational or departmental problems.
• Spearhead the development, communication and implementation of effective growth strategies and processes.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for all problems that arise within the department.
• Direct and mentor managers, team leads, and staff while identifying, training, and developing future leaders to strengthen the organization’s leadership bench.
• Supports other team members and team decisions.
• Identifies and implements required plans and milestones to achieve specific business goals.
• Spearhead cross-management initiatives to design and deploy scalable systems, processes, and talent infrastructure that support the organization’s rapid-growth objectives.
• Promotes total client (both internal and external) satisfaction within all operational teams.
• Selects the best options available to solve specific problems.

Requirements

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• Must have strong skills in organization and planning, demonstrated ability to work independently or in a team-oriented environment and exercise sound judgement and problem solving.
• Devotes appropriate time to training, coaching and developing others.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in engineering, telecom or business administration is preferred
• Willingness to learn additional software applications.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret industry journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Equivalent combination of education/job experience
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Requires the ability to influence others, negotiate outcomes, and articulate action plans to the team as well as internal and external customer groups.
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills - must be effective at providing detailed and specific feedback to staff to equip them to meet identified business goals.
• 10+ years of job-related experience
• Ability to proficiently use computer software programs and related computer applications, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and other industry-specific technology tools used within the organization.
• Must have strong customer support orientation (for internal/external customers), demonstrated professional demeanor, and the ability to maintain confidential information.
• Must be effective at giving and receiving feedback.
• Understands the implications of varied learning styles and their importance to individual development.
• Ability to effectively multi-task and prioritize in order to execute tasks in a high-pressure environment, both personally and delegated through staff.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Must be efficient with strong attention to detail.

Benefits

Employment Status: Full Time, Salary (Exempt)

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance