Thursday, March 28, 2013

Required IT Product / Services Director - Wataniya Telecom - Qtel

Manage activities, define capacity and functionality strategy planning of staff involved in the Core, VAS/IN, BSS/OSS Systems and IMS function, in line with Wataniya Telecom’s assumptions and growth plans, both strategically and as in roadmap.

Qualifications / Skills::
    Required years of experience based on progression ladder, relevant experience
    Minimum of 6 years management experience, 8 years general knowledge in Telecoms IT
    Advanced working knowledge of GSM and UMTS networks
    Telecom industry knowledge would be an advantage
    VAS and IN knowledge including product awareness from different suppliers
    Ability to operate in a diverse multicultural, multinational work environment, exhibiting appropriate sensitivities
    Good knowledge of MS Office applications like Excel, Power Point and Word
    Excellent command of both written and verbal English, Arabic would be an advantage

Accountabilities / Activities::
    Manage and define long term plans for overall Core, VAS/IN, BSS/OSS and IMS Systems and Services from upgrades and expansion point of view.
    Accountable at finalising and management of yearly CAPEX targets for Core, VAS/IN, BSS/OSS and IMS Systems, with minimum of deviations during the course of the year.
    Manage and co-ordinate the inter-departmental functionalities, responsibilities and communications between the Technology and Business Teams within Wataniya Telecom for realising strategic service/product launches.
    Manage and provide guidelines on processes and document formulation within planning department for design, engineering and implementation aspects related to Core, VAS/IN, BSS/OSS and IMS Systems and Services.
    Manage the technical deliverance, right from feasibility study to actual implementation, of new products/services being introduced by Wataniya Telecom’s Business Teams.
    Ensuring proper network system and service asset utilisation by challenging plans for purchase of new network infrastructure equipments and systems. Stressing on maximal use of existing systems and service tweaking.
    Manage the verification of strategic plans of logical network structure and physical locations of the network entities for disaster recovery architecture etc.
    Play a critical role in ensuring design, implementation and roadmap of NE are in line with Wataniya Telecom strategy and industry migration.
    Manage and design the complete Core and VAS network for 2G and 3G.
    Manage and drive design and implementation documentation and progress reviews for all key developments and report to the Manager at regular management meetings
    Serve as a focal point for New technologies, statistical data collection, features and system upgrades / enhancements
    Responsible for the design and implementation of the disaster recovery for NE’s inc considerations for redundancy and business continuity.
    Conduct weekly review meetings with each technical interface on elements status and next steps.
    Identify, quantify, and follow up issues likely to cause risk to the NE.
    Benchmarking the status of actual versus trends program and management.
    Responsible for setting up acceptances and administrational of the deployed network.
    Attends seminar and workshops related to NE expansion and roadmaps.
    Represents Wataniya Telecom and Technology teams in discussions leading to Core and VAS NE.
    Highlights project issues to senior management and makes recommendations for improvements.
    Produce project plans, resource plans, material cost plans and risk assessment on all technical projects.
    Be able to highlight issues to the technical project in the project planning phase.
    Meet quality and performance KPI with supporting documents.
    Ensure that upper management is informed on all critical issues pertaining to the area responsible for.
    Provides reports, make standard reports and tailor make them where necessary.
    Assists the management in developing and implementing procedures and standards that will provide effective workflows.
    Responsible for developing cost analyses, design considerations, and implementation time-lines.
    Monitors expenditure for effective cost control and justifies variances.
    Preparation of various weekly/ monthly reports relating to staff and achievement in the department.
    Provides input for the development of capital and operational budgets, ensuring adequate provision has been made for the funding of all planned activities.
    Convenes regular meetings and provides professional and technical expertise and inspiration to engineering and planning teams to create synergies.
    Plans, prioritises and manages activities of staff involved in the Technology functions, ensuring that they support business plan achievement and contribute to the development and refinement of network and IT related strategies.

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