Job Description

Telecom Program Manager III – Network Grooming / Decommissioning

Location: Hybrid – Richardson, TX (Tuesday–Thursday onsite)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Telecom Program Manager with a strong circuit and network engineering background to lead a large-scale central office decommissioning and traffic migration program . This role provides hands-on oversight of a team of Network Engineers and works closely with executive leadership to ensure all traffic is successfully groomed, migrated, and removed from the site by end of 2026 or sooner .

You will coordinate coordination, scheduling, resource planning, and executive reporting across multiple network technologies in a live production environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of a large network decommissioning program
• Provide oversight and direction for a team of 8 Network Engineers
• Manage 24x6 operational resource allocation
• Drive grooming, turn-downs, provisioning, activations, implementations, and maintenance activities
• Coordinate testing, maintenance windows, and traffic migrations
• Partner closely with executive leadership and provide real-time, weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly status readouts
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and delays, drive mitigation plans
• Manage vendors and coordinate with onsite contacts
• Own project timelines, access coordination, resourcing plans, and process alignment

Required Experience & Skills

Program / Project Management

• Proven experience as a Telecom Program Manager supporting network engineering teams
• Strong background in central office (CO) environments
• Extensive experience with circuit order activation, scheduling, and coordination
• Demonstrated success managing large, complex network turn-down or migration projects
• Vendor management and executive-level reporting experience

Network & Technology Knowledge (Layer 1 Focus)

• SONET: OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192
• TDM / Copper: DS0, DS1, DS3, switched voice trunks, PRI
• Optical & Transport Equipment:
• Ciena (4200, 6500 series)
• Fujitsu / Flashwave SONET
• Nortel MUX, Optera
• DXCs (Tellabs, Alcatel, Titans)

Telecom Systems

• Prior hands-on experience with telecom OSS tools such as:
• BGW- CCP-Canvas- TCOMS- Maintenance Tracker

You’ll play a key leadership role in retiring a live central office, coordinating complex migrations, and ensuring leadership has real-time visibility into progress and risk.

What you didn’t know about us:

Competitive salary

Health, Dental and Vision Benefits

Short/Long Term Disability and Critical Care/Illness Protection

Life Insurance and Retirement Plans

Employee Assistance Program

With this position, you will get the opportunity to work with our game-changing clients and further advance your already valuable experience in the telecom industry!

We are Connectors. We thrive on ‘quality over quantity’ and put in the work building strong relationships. We create connections, discover qualities, uncover skills, and place people with accuracy. We are your true partner!

We are Collaborators. You’ll be working with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kelly and part of the Kelly Telecom division. It allows us to be as nimble and fiercely competitive as a startup while having the backing of a multibillion dollar publicly traded company which has been in business for 75 years. With direct access to hiring managers, services don’t stop at standard recruiting processes. We use our expertise to improve your application skills and provide ongoing career support.

We give 24/7 Support. We are in this together. We provide around the clock availability, competitive employee benefits, and continuously check-in to make sure things are going smoothly. Check out our Glassdoor page!

Kelly Telecom is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, genetic information, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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You should know: Your safety matters! Vaccination against COVID-19 may be a requirement for this job in compliance with current client and governmental policies. A recruiter will confirm and share more details with you during the interview process.

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