Principal Technical Project Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Welcome to the future of cloud networking and security!&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Cato Networks is the first company to converge enterprise networking and security into one centralized and global service that is delivered by cloud. It is led by networking and security pioneer Shlomo Kramer (Check Point, Imperva) and early investor (Palo Alto Networks, Exabeem, Trusteer and more). Cato’s unique technology inspired a brand-new product category, later named “SASE” by Gartner and a market expected to reach $28.5 billion by 2028.<br><br>This is your opportunity to get on the rocket ship and join a company that is building a cutting-edge enterprise network and secure cloud platform, and is on a fast track to becoming the worldwide market leader – don’t miss it!</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">As a&nbsp;Principal&nbsp;Cato<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><strong>Technical Project Manager</strong>, you will be&nbsp;a&nbsp;trusted advisor to our customers to help see them through their SASE transformation journey. You will provide project planning and technical guidance, collaborating with multiple stakeholders to ensure&nbsp;Cato&nbsp;SASE solution's smooth and successful implementation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">&nbsp;</div> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2" style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><em>Curiosity</em></strong><em>&nbsp;– You have a desire to&nbsp;truly understand&nbsp;our customers' business needs.</em>&nbsp;</div> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2" style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><em>Creativity</em></strong><em>&nbsp;–&nbsp;You can find a sustainable path to yes.</em>&nbsp;</div> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2" style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><em>Empathy</em></strong><em>&nbsp;–&nbsp;You connect at a human level with our&nbsp;customers,&nbsp;and you genuinely care</em>&nbsp;</div> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">&nbsp;</div> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2"><strong>Responsibilities:</strong>&nbsp;</div> <ul> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Lead multiple concurrent cross-functional and global customer projects,&nbsp;each with multiple deployment work streams including Cato services, Internet Service Providers circuits, deployment partners/field services, etc.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Serve as a team lead with supervisory responsibility for other&nbsp;technical project managers, providing direction, prioritization, performance guidance, and support to ensure high-quality delivery across engagements.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Develop and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;project&nbsp;management&nbsp;work products and deliverables (schedules, milestones, dependencies, etc.), manage action items, track and escalate project risks and&nbsp;issues, and perform project communications (meetings, status updates, etc.).&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Able to&nbsp;operate&nbsp;day-to-day with minimal oversight and function as a point of team escalation for&nbsp;other projects to provide guidance on and ensure&nbsp;timely&nbsp;resolution of any issues.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Facilitate onboarding of new team members to ensure accelerated time to productive&nbsp;utilization&nbsp;and provide ongoing mentorship to continue career development.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Own&nbsp;and&nbsp;perform&nbsp;reporting of&nbsp;status for project portfolio&nbsp;to senior&nbsp;management&nbsp;within the company.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Own and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;time and materials burn rate and forecast reports. Communicate these effectively with the customer throughout the lifecycle of a project.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Determine&nbsp;and define roles and responsibilities for&nbsp;customers&nbsp;staff members&nbsp;required&nbsp;for enterprise customer deployments.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Collaborate with Sales Engineering and&nbsp;wider&nbsp;Professional Services teams, ensuring successful execution of the project that includes project scoping &amp; planning, conducting technical customer reviews and&nbsp;timelycompletion of project deliverables.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Collaborate with Customer Success leadership to continually improve practices and&nbsp;processes&nbsp;resulting in&nbsp;increased customer satisfaction.&nbsp;</div> </li> </ul> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">&nbsp;</div> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2"><strong>Requirements:</strong>&nbsp;</div> <ul> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">4+ years of experience working with Cato Networks SASE solution, including&nbsp;managing complex projects for&nbsp;multiple customers&nbsp;simultaneously.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">10+ years of experience managing technical, cross-functional, global&nbsp;deployment projects.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Excellent understanding and practice of project management processes, strategies, and methodologies.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Strong written and verbal communications skills with proven ability to communicate complex technical scenarios to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Excellent time management and organizational skills with experience&nbsp;establishing&nbsp;guidelines in these areas for others.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Experience in managing and reporting&nbsp;budget&nbsp;burn&nbsp;rate&nbsp;and&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;forecast.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Strong sense&nbsp;of personal accountability&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;decision-making and supervising department teams&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Foundational knowledge of&nbsp;IT infrastructure&nbsp;technology is&nbsp;required&nbsp;(routing, switching,&nbsp;firewall, etc.).&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Experience and knowledge of SaaS or subscription-based business models is a plus.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Experience in the telecommunications industry,&nbsp;telecom service&nbsp;procurement and deployment process are a plus.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Ability to&nbsp;foresee&nbsp;challenges and&nbsp;seek&nbsp;to proactively&nbsp;mitigate&nbsp;obstacles.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Ability to work effectively with global teams&nbsp;across&nbsp;multiple&nbsp;time&nbsp;zones.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Proficient with Salesforce,&nbsp;Certinia&nbsp;(FinancialForce),&nbsp;and&nbsp;project management tools&nbsp;is a plus.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 Practitioner,&nbsp;and&nbsp;other relevant professional certifications&nbsp;is&nbsp;a plus.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Solid command of the English language (written and spoken) with&nbsp;additional&nbsp;language&nbsp;skills&nbsp;being&nbsp;a plus.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div class="Paragraph SCXW172970553 BCX2">Ability to travel up to&nbsp;20% of the time&nbsp;for customer on-site meetings and various company meetings.&nbsp;</div> </li> </ul> <p>Cato provides a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits plan. Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), stock options, Health Savings/Flexible Spending Accounts, flexible time-off, paid parental leave and disability benefits.&nbsp;</p> <p class="p1">As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status.</p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559740&quot;:300}">#LI-MR1</span></p>