Product Owner Automation for Transport, Fiber & WFM

As a Product Owner for Automation focusing on Transport, Fiber Networks, Workforce Management, and GIS-based Planning Tools, your role involves leading the automation-first roadmap to enhance planning, operations, and field force efficiency. Your responsibilities include: - Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap with automation at the core across Transport, Fiber, GIS, and Workforce domains. - Identify and prioritize high-impact automation opportunities to streamline processes, improve SLAs, and reduce costs. - Translate automation-focused initiatives into actionable backlogs and user stories with clear acceptance criteria. For Transport & Fiber Automation: - Lead initiatives for IP, Optical, and Fiber transport technologies. - Deliver automation frameworks for provisioning, traffic engineering, service activation, fault detection, and performance monitoring. - Integrate APIs between systems to enable closed-loop automation. Regarding Workforce Management Automation: - Design and deliver automation solutions for field force scheduling, dispatching, and utilization. - Automate job assignment, SLA tracking, KPI reporting, and compliance. - Enable mobile-first and self-service tools to optimize partner/field resources. For GIS Tools (Selection & Integration): - Evaluate and recommend GIS-based design and planning tools for network build-out and inventory management. - Integrate GIS tools with other systems to create automated workflows. - Enable spatial analytics and digital twin capabilities for predictive route planning. You are required to have: - A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecom, Computer Science, or related field (MBA preferred). - 8+ years of hands-on experience in transport and fiber networks. - Proven track record delivering automation frameworks across telecom domains. - Strong understanding of GIS-based planning tools and their integration with OSS/BSS and automation platforms. - Familiarity with Workforce Management Platforms. - Experience in evaluating and recommending automation-friendly technology partners/vendors. - Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Preferred attributes include experience with 5G transport, SDN/NFV, cloud-native OSS/BSS, and AI/ML analytics for automation, the ability to build business cases and ROI models, and relevant certifications. Your success will be measured by the percentage of processes automated, reduction in cycle times, increased tool adoption, successful partner onboarding, and on-time delivery of roadmap features with measurable business impact.,