Head, Technical - Submarine Cable Business at a Leading Provider of Innovative Telecom Services - Smart Partners Consulting Limited (SPCL)

Smart Partners Consulting Limited (SPCL) - Our client is a leading provider of innovative telecom services (International Gateway, Roaming and Submarine Cable Communications). They possess the flexibility and scale to meet the ever-growing demand for reliable, high-speed capacity on demand by our end consumers, enterprise customers and the ecosystem that supports them. We are currently recruiting highly competent and high flying technical and commercial professionals eager to contribute to success in a dynamic and technology driven environment.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Technical - Submarine Cable Business

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Unit: Technical SCB

Job Summary

• Our client is seeking for an experienced Head Technical Submarine Cable Business that will be responsible for directing all network planning engineering and operations for the cable business and ensuring that the network evolution, performance, services and products are designed, implemented, provisioned and managed to meet quality and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all technology aspects of the Department.
• Work with Executive Management to grow the company through the effective deployment and operation of technological resources.
• Using an active and practical approach, direct managers and individual contributors in Technical Sales, Network Planning, Implementation, Solutions Development, and Operations departments to attain the company’s strategic objectives.
• Establish the company’s technology roadmap and lead all aspects of the roadmap implementation.
• Work with other department heads, especially Sales and Marketing to plan and advise on technologies that enhance revenue and assess for incorporation into roadmap.
• Manage supplier business relationships and/or partnerships across the operating countries to sustain and grow the company’s business.
• Ensure overall network security, network resilience and disaster recovery planning.
• Ensure successful maintenance and high availability and reliability of the network.
• Be responsible for the growth and future network builds and evolution of network service, interconnect topology, optimization and capacity planning.
• Evaluate trends and outlook with respect to leading edge technology and make determinations on the probability of implementation.
• Create a long-term technology roadmap for SCB in the deployment of new evolving solutions to meet strategic sales and business target.
• Formulate expansion plan to meet SCB (Nigeria & Ghana) mobile data HSI, customer requirement through short- and long-term upstream transit internet provisioning and engagement with Global Internet Carriers & Telco.
• Involved in supporting the in-country and international sales teams (Nigeria & Ghana) by developing business relations and structures in existing and new markets within the West African Region for connectivity to SCB submarine fibre optic cable system.
• Actively manage the department’s budget and ensure effective use of the company’s resources on technology investments to grow the business.

Key Performance Indicators and Deliverables

• Drive strategy formulation and provide strategic leadership and direction to the Networks function.
• Forecast Network Capacity requirements and Network Quality Management.
• Drive the collection of business inputs, technical utilization trends and forecast.
• Ensure teamwork and collaboration across all business units within the value chain.
• Increase efficiency and profitability of the network by monitoring and controlling CAPEX and OPEX, formulating an operational cost saving plan.

Education, Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Communication, Electronics, or related fields).
• Minimum 15 years’ experience of Telecom/Service provider.

Skills and Competencies:

• Sound knowledge of Fixed Network Planning, Optimization and/or O&M.
• Service Delivery, Projects and Program Management, Statistical and Analytical skills, Experience in Long Haul Communications.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.