Lead Program Manager – Telecom Platform

Summary Lead the end-to-end design, build, deployment, and operationalization of a large-scale Agentic AI platform for telecom networks, integrating AI agents across various components.

Responsibilities:

• Own overall program delivery, budget, governance, and stakeholder management.
• Define platform roadmap for Agentic AI, Digital Twin, AIOps, and Autonomous Network Operations.
• Coordinate product, architecture, engineering, data science, MLOps, and telecom domain teams.
• Drive integration with OSS/BSS, NMS, Data Lakes, CMDB, observability platforms, and vendor ecosystems.
• Manage multi-vendor environments including notable telecom providers.
• Define KPIs for network automation, fault reduction, MTTR, SLA compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Establish AI governance, explainability, model risk management, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Lead executive reporting and steering committees.

Key Requirements:

• 15+ years in telecom transformation and network automation.
• Experience in delivery of at least 2 large-scale projects including AIOps platforms and Autonomous Network Operations platforms.
• Hands-on experience with telecom AI/ML platforms and OSS modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of 4G/5G RAN, 5G Core, Transport Networks, OSS/BSS and Cloud-native platforms.
• Proficiency in Agentic AI, MCP, AI orchestration frameworks, RAG, LLMOps, MLOps.
• Track record of handling programs exceeding €20M.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with vendor ecosystems and multi-vendor environments.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks related to AI.
• Familiarity with performance KPIs related to network operations.

Other Details:

Category: Experience - 15+ years in telecom transformation and network automation.

Detail: Experience with 4G/5G technologies, AI platforms, OSS/BSS.

Category: Budget - Experience with projects over €20M.

Category: Vendor Management - Multi-vendor experience with notable telecom providers.

Contract Duration: 12 months contract