Sr Manager - Software & Application Development

Role: Sr. Data Scientist

Location: Pune

Job Description:

• We are seeking a visionary and
  execution oriented Senior Manager to lead customer centric projects focused on AI powered and AutonomousNetwork 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 customersuccess through intelligent network transformation.
• Key Responsibilities AI and
  Autonomous Network Solutions Lead e2e engagement for AI enabled, closed loop autonomous networksolutions across wireless, wireline, and FWA technologies.
• Translate customer requirements
  into delivery roadmaps featuring AI/ML models, LLM prompting, network self-healing, and predictiveanalytics.
• 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 todesign scalable, AI driven solutions for both wireless (4G/5G NSA/SA) andwireline 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 customerpain points using AI driven KPI insights, RF/wireline performance analytics,and capacity modelling.
• Project Leadership and Delivery
  Execution Manage cross functional delivery of multi technology engagements,from FWA rollout automation to AI driven fiber network analytics. Tracktimelines, budgets, risk mitigation plans, and outcomes using Agile or hybridmethodologies, 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 asthe primary interface with customers for sales aligned project delivery, statusupdates, 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 LeadershipChampion the use of generative AI, prompting, and large language models (LLMs)forautomation and proactive network management.
• Collaborate with internal
  RandD, product management, and operations teams to evolve the service portfolioacross wireless, wireline, and converged network domains. Influence the designand adoption of self-optimizing networks (SON), FWA performance platforms, andfiber diagnostics using AI.

Qualifications
Bachelor/Master degree in Tele communications, Computer Science, Data Science,or related fields.

• 12 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 relevantdelivery certifications preferred. Key Skills AI/ML in Network Optimization PromptEngineering and LLM Integration Autonomous Wireless/Wireline NetworkArchitectures Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Deployment and Analytics RF and FiberNetwork Planning and Performance Customer Engagement and Technical PresalesAutomation Frameworks and Closed Loop Operations Program Management and Cross Functional Leadership