Project Manager (7728)

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world's most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you're a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you're new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.

Position Overview

The Project Manager leads the end-to-end delivery of complex, large-scale turnkey subsea fiber optic cable systems, from pre-award support and contract handover through engineering, procurement, manufacture, marine installation, testing, acceptance and final close-out. The role is accountable for safe, compliant and commercially successful delivery in accordance with contractual scope, schedule, budget, quality requirements and customer expectations.

Working through a matrix organization, the Project Manager provides clear direction to multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, quality, finance, commercial, permitting, marine operations and installation. The role establishes the project strategy and governance framework, aligns stakeholders around key milestones and leads timely resolution of technical, operational, contractual and commercial issues.

As the principal customer interface, the Project Manager leads project level communications, negotiations, decision making, formal notices, change control and performance reporting throughout the project lifecycle. The role proactively identifies risks and opportunities, implements effective mitigation plans and adapts execution strategies to protect safety, quality, schedule, margin, cash flow and the company's contractual position.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more turnkey subsea fiber optic cable projects from pre-award and contract handover through engineering, manufacture, marine installation, commissioning, acceptance and close-out.
• Define the project execution strategy, organization, governance, objectives, lifecycle plan, work breakdown structure, schedule, budget and reporting cadence.
• Build, lead and motivate a cross-functional project team, establishing clear roles, accountabilities, decision paths and performance expectations.
• Act as the primary customer contact for commercial, contractual, technical, schedule and delivery matters, maintaining constructive relationships with customers, suppliers, partners and other key stakeholders.
• Own project profit and loss, revenue, margin, cash flow, billing milestones, forecasts and cost control; identify and pursue opportunities to improve project margin and revenue, investigate variances and implement corrective action.
• Manage the contract, including scope, deliverables, terms and conditions, technical requirements, milestones, acceptance criteria and customer obligations.
• Lead change control, claims and commercial negotiations; issue timely contractual notices and maintain complete records that protect the company's entitlements and position.
• Maintain an integrated project risk and opportunity register, assign owners and ensure mitigation and contingency actions are implemented and monitored.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics, permitting, marine mobilization, cable installation, testing and commissioning interfaces.
• Ensure project activities comply with contractual requirements, the company's management systems and applicable health, safety, environmental, quality and regulatory standards.
• Monitor progress against the approved baseline, identify emerging issues, lead recovery planning and escalate material matters to senior leadership with clear recommendations.
• Prepare accurate and concise project reports covering safety, quality, schedule, cost, cash, risk, changes, decisions and actions.
• Secure contractual acceptance, complete financial and commercial close-out, coordinate operational handover and capture lessons learned to improve future project delivery.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable and inclusive project culture aligned with the company's values and commitment to high performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, project management or a related technical discipline; an advanced degree or recognized project management certification is desirable.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience managing complex, multidisciplinary projects in subsea telecommunications, marine construction, offshore installation or a comparable turnkey environment.
• Demonstrated capability in project planning and controls, profit-and-loss management, forecasting, cash flow, margin improvement, risk management and contract administration.
• Working knowledge of the subsea cable project lifecycle, including system engineering, procurement, cable manufacture, permits, marine operations, installation, testing, acceptance and handover would be preferable
• Strong commercial judgement, with experience in contractual interpretation, customer negotiation, change control, claims and formal correspondence.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional, geographically dispersed teams within a matrix organization.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability, with the judgement to manage ambiguity, competing priorities and complex delivery issues.
• Clear and persuasive written, verbal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with customers, project teams and senior leadership.
• High personal accountability, sound decision-making and the ability to work independently while maintaining strong governance and stakeholder alignment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams, together with project planning, reporting and document-control tools.
• Fluent written and spoken English; additional language capability is advantageous for international projects.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, including to customer, supplier, manufacturing, cable landing and marine mobilization locations, as required.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Candidates for positions with SubCom must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility verification will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Our selection procedure is based on local, state and federal law.

Please be sure to attach a resume to your application. We are not able to consider applications without a resume.

BENEFITS

SubCom offers a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to: competitive salaries, medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverages, FSA, HSA, generous vacation, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, and a 401(k) plan with generous company match. Additionally, some positions may be eligible for shift differential.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL EMPLOYER OPPORTUNITY

SubCom is committed to providing a work environment that prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other characteristics protected by applicable law or regulation.

SubCom engineers, manufactures, and installs subsea fiber optic data cables - the unsung heroes of global communication. With an unrelenting focus on quality, reliability, and value, SubCom offers flexible end-to-end building blocks for the high-tech networks that are the backbone of the world's digital infrastructure. While the company's origins date back to the mid-19th century, SubCom has deployed enough cable to circle the equator more than 25 times since its entry into the communications industry in 1955.

SUBCOM'S CORE VALUES

Quality   -   Accountability   -   Teamwork   -   Innovation