Data Scientist

We are seeking a visionary and execution oriented Senior Manager (Data Scientist) to lead customer centric projects focused on AI powered and Autonomous Network Solutions, spanning wireless (4G/5G),wireline (fiber, broadband), and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) domains. This role connects business strategy, technical innovation, and operational delivery, ensuring customer success through intelligent network transformation.

Key Skills

• AI/ML

  in Network Optimization
• Prompt Engineering and LLM Integration
• Autonomous Wireless/Wireline Network Architectures
• Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Deployment and Analytics
• RF and Fiber Network Planning and Performance
• Customer Engagement and Technical Pre sales
• Automation Frameworks and Closed Loop Operations
• Program Management and Cross Functional Leadership

Key Responsibilities

• AI and Autonomous Network Solutions
• Lead e2e engagement for AI enabled, closed loop autonomous network solutions across wireless, wireline, and FWA technologies.
• Translate customer requirements into delivery roadmaps featuring AI/ML models, LLM prompting, network self healing, and predictive analytics.
• Oversee deployment of automation use cases like alarm correlation, anomaly detection, traffic prediction, and zero touch optimization.

Sales Enablement and Solution Engineering

• Partner with sales, product, and pre sales engineering teams to design scalable, AI driven solutions for both wireless (4G/5G NSA/SA) and wireline networks (FTTx, xDSL, GPON, DOCSIS).
• Create and present business cases and proof of concepts (PoCs) tailored to hybrid network environments, including FWA deployment strategies.
• Develop proposals that address customer pain points using AI driven KPI insights, RF/wireline performance analytics, and capacity modeling.

Project Leadership and Delivery Execution

• Manage cross functional delivery of multi technology engagements, from FWA rollout automation to AI driven fiber network analytics.
• Track timelines, budgets, risk mitigation plans, and outcomes using Agile or hybrid methodologies, ensuring high impact delivery aligned with customer goals.
• Drive adoption of autonomous workflows and AI based decisioning across planning, optimization, provisioning, and fault management.

Customer Relationship and Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary interface with customers for sales aligned project delivery, status updates, and solution expansion discussions.
• Conduct technical deep dives, workshops, and strategy sessions with telecom operators and enterprise clients.
• Foster long term client relationships by consistently demonstrating value through network intelligence, automation, and performance improvement.

Innovation and Ecosystem Leadership

• Champion the use of generative AI, prompting, and large language models (LLMs) for automation and proactive network management.
• Collaborate with internal RandD, product management, and operations teams to evolve the service portfolio across wireless, wireline, and converged network domains.
• Influence the design and adoption of self optimizing networks (SON), FWA performance platforms, and fiber diagnostics using AI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields.
• 15 plus years of experience in telecom network services with 5 plus years in AI/automation leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of 4G/5G, FWA, and wireline network technologies (e.g. fiber broadband, GPON, DOCSIS, xDSL).
• Expertise in AI/ML (supervised/unsupervised learning), prompt engineering, automation scripting (Python, SQL), and analytics tools (Tableau, Power BI).
• PMP, Agile, or relevant delivery certifications preferred.