GN-Comms & Media -Mobile Private Networks Senior Manager

A cross Levels Comms & Media Networks

Join our team in Strategy consulting to find endless opportunities and solve

our clients toughest"

challenges, as you collaborate with

exceptional people, the latest technology, and leading companies across industries.

Practice: Comms & Media ,

Industry Consulting, S&C Global Network

Areas of Work:Private Network technologies (RAN, Core, Cloud & Edge)

Level:Manager & Sr Manager

Location:Delhi Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore , Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata , Chennai

Years of Exp:8 -1 5 years

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture

Are you an outcome-oriented problem solver? Do you enjoy working on transformation strategies for global clients? Does working in an inclusive and collaborative environment spark your interest?

Then, is the right place for you to explore limitless possibilities.

Comms & Media (C&M) is one of the Industry Practices within Accenture's S&C Global Network (CN) team. It focuses in serving clients across specific Industries Communications, Media & Entertainment.

Communications Focuses primarily on industries related with telecommunications and information & communication technology (ICT). This dynamic team serves most of the world's leading wireline, wireless, cable and satellite communications and service providers.

Media & Entertainment Focuses on industries like broadcast, entertainment, print and publishing.

Globally, works to develop value growth strategies for its clients, who are top-notch organizations, and help improve their offers and go-to-market performance and maximize organizational effectiveness. We work on end-to-end projects delivering management and technology consultancy to help our clients achieve greater profitability, quality, and reliability.

From multi-year major systems integration transformation deals to shorter more agile engagements, we have a rapidly expanding portfolio of hyper-growth clients and an increasing footprint with next-gen technology and industry practices , with the following requirements :

Deep expertise in one or more Telecom Domains

Lead delivery of small to medium-size teams to deliver management consulting projects for global clients.

Lead innovation transformation programs and process enablement for our clients

Take responsibility within Comms & Media industry group or across the Products group, help build the practice, track metrics, and so on.

Develop assets and methodologies , point-of-view, research, or white papers for use by the team and larger community.

Support global sales team to identify and win potential opportunities within the practice. Help in drafting proposals as an expert for domain areas.

Lead proposals, business development efforts and coordinate with other colleagues to create consensus-driven deliverables.

Understand customer needs and translate them to business requirements, business process flows and functional requirements

Experience to engage with stakeholders independently

Execute a transformational change plan aligned with client's business strategy and context for change. Engage stakeholders in the change journey and build commitment for change.

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role!

Technical Description

Must-Haves

E xperience in projects on building 5G network strategy, Business Strategy & Modelling, Operating Model design, Process Transformation, governance & program management

Experience in assessing client's current maturity and recommending the transition strategies and defining roadmap

Experience in use case identification, prioritization, and monetization for Private network deployment (on prem & cloud deployment)

Experience in Private network rollout planning, capacity dimensioning , design , deployment, operations , monitoring & reporting etc.

Experience of managing multi-vendor and multi-technology ecosystem projects

In- Depth knowledge Wireless network technologies i.e., LTE/5G, WiFi5/6, S D- WAN , MPLS

Good understanding of Private Network KPI definitions and measurement

Good understanding of 2G/3G/4G/5G , network architecture, and 3GPP/ETSI/O-RAN specifications

Good To Have

Understanding the competitive landscape and market opportunities in Private Networks space

U nderstanding of EPC/5G Core, Edge cloud, Multi Edge Computing (MEC), NFV, SDN , cloud native a pplications

Good understanding on Network Analytics - AI based Service Assurance use cases to drive business/operations benefits

Good understanding of Network operations Processes, tools, operating model etc.

Basic u nderstanding of SCADA, PLC, Robots, sensors of IT-OT environment, data collection and database system to control logic functions, API gateways, orchestrators, and middleware

Core Skills required at least in one or more roles

Collaborate with IT and OT teams to ensure alignment of company standards and industry best practice

Act as a technical SME for IT/OT convergence initiatives and projects

Experience in creating Business case for telco/ Enterprises in Private Networks

Experience in the role of Functional Business Analyst, Product Owners, Process Designers, Service Designers, Scrum Masters i.e.

Value Architect and Tracking - Define value driver trees translating into value components and key KPIs linked to Business objectives

Qualifications

Role Expectations:

Project Delivery

Lead delivery of small to medium-size teams to deliver management consulting projects for global clients

Lead innovation transformation programs and process enablement for our clients Independently liaise with customers and convincingly present solutions - especially in an unstructured and ever-changing client environment. Be able to independently question the customer, when required

Gather business requirements from client stakeholders via interactions like interviews and workshops

Understand customer needs and translate them to business requirements (business requirement definition), business process flows and functional requirements thereby acting as an interface between business and technology teams

Ability to understand the as-is process; understand issues with the processes which can be resolved either through technology or process solutions and design detail level to-be process with all stakeholders

Engage all the stakeholders as a virtual team (Customer, Development and Accounts team, Product manager, operations) for sales origination, solutioning and delivery

Propose solutions to the client based on gap analysis for the existing platforms against industry benchmarks and Recommend clients' technical teams on Private Network rollout strategy, standards , and industry best practices and methodologies

Business Development

Take responsibility within Comms & Media industry group to help build the practice development & metrics etc.

Develop assets and best practices, point-of-view, research, or white papers for use by the team and larger community

Support global sales team to identify and win potential opportunities within the practice. Help in drafting proposals as an expert for different areas

Lead proposals, business development efforts and coordinate with other colleagues to create consensus-driven deliverables

Execute a transformational change plan aligned with clients business strategy and context for change. Engage stakeholders in the change journey and build commitment for change

Your experience counts!

MBA from a Tier 1 and Tier 2 school and Engineering from Tier 1 school or rich relevant industry experience

Candidate should have 7 -1 5 years experience of working with consulting / services provider firms in the telecom networks service assurance domain.

Direct onsite experience ( i.e., experience of facing client inside client offices in India or abroad) is mandatory. Please note we are looking for client facing roles.

Exposure to global clients is preferred

Have done a project delivery or performed POC related to use-case enablement using Private network

Certifications related to BPMN, eTOM , ITIL, SID, TAM or similar is mandatory

Plan and deliver well-structured oral and written communications

Help identify and structure key client challenges into hypotheses and conduct analyses to address the challenges

Should have Impeccable team management skills with an ability to engage effectively with multiple stakeholders

Manage mid-level to senior client leadership and lead conversations

Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and good communication skills

Should have Cross-cultural competence with an ability to thrive in a dynamic environment

Preferable working knowledge of Automation across RPA / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning etc.

Good experience of team Management Coach and mentor team members in projects, on asset development, BDs, and overall professional development