Senior Manager Network Strategy and Innovation

Role Purpose:

Developing and implementing the organization’s vision for its telecom network, by identifying and evaluating new and emerging technologies that can drive business value and support the organization’s strategic goals to deliver superior customer experience.

Position Information

Title: Senior Manager Network Strategy & Innovation

• Unit: Strategy & Innovation
• Division: Technology Strategy & Innovation
• Location: Muscat
• Grade: L2
• Line Manager: General Manager Technology, Strategy & Innovation
• Direct reports: TBC
• Minimum role requirements:
• Bachelors in relevant discipline
• 8 years of relevant experience with at least 3 years in a Leadership position.

Key Accountabilities

• Explore vendor and CSP capabilities for network solutions to address Omantel’s operational issues
• Develop, manage and maintain a vendor strategy to ensure vendor relationships deliver the intended value
• Collaborate with Omantel Innovation Lab for Hackathons to develop new solutions
• Form partnerships with universities, startups, and research institutes for collaborative research in networks
• Implement agile methodologies for the development of ideas and technologies
• Assess internal network capabilities for commercialization potential
• Manage vendor lab environment for Omantel’s capabilities and modernization
• Develop and maintain Telecom Network and Spectrum Strategies
• Define telecom network and spectrum utilization strategic plans
• Establish a Technology Radar for Telecom Network and Spectrum
• Scan telecoms and adjacent industries for network trends and disruptions
• Conduct Trials and PoCs for new network products and features
• Coordinate Technology Strategic Plans with subsidiaries Top of Form
• Leverage existing Technology Partners and explore new capabilities

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with the business to identify new products and develop use cases
• Oversee cost-benefit analysis for adopting/disposing technologies
• Develop telecom network and spectrum long-term financial investment plans for Telecom Network and Spectrum
• Determine user device requirements for optimal performance in Omantel’s network
• Identify internal operational challenges and lead technology innovation efforts
• Identify execution stakeholders of the technology roadmap and oversee the creation of formally planned and budgeted strategic plans & initiatives
• Compile response plans and coordinate actions across Technology & Digital functions

Key Competencies

Leadership

• Assertiveness and Conflict Resolution
• Fostering Learning and Development
• Inspiring and Leading Others
• Leading Change and Cultivates Innovation
• Visioning and Alignment

Behavioural

• Drives Achievements
• Ethics & Compliance
• Timely Decision – Making

Technical

• Spectrum Management
• Telecommunications Network Planning & Design