Vice President (Engineering) - Mobile Telco Products

My client - www.mobileum.com

The Vice President Engineering will lead the global roaming software engineering organization, expected to be responsible for a subset of products under Roaming and Network Services Business Unit - Development team. This role requires a unique blend of deep telecom technical expertise and strong leadership skills to oversee architecture, design, and delivery of innovative roaming products.

building high-performance engineering teams

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Define the engineering strategy for Mobileum's roaming product portfolio, ensuring alignment with business and product goals.
• Provide deep technical oversight in telecom protocols, mobile core network architecture, and signalling analysis.
• Collaborate closely with product management, sales, and customer delivery teams to ensure solutions meet customer needs and industry standards.

Drive Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) across a wide deployment base while ensuring revenue and roadmap commitments are delivered on time with high quality.

Technical Expertise in Roaming & Networks

• Lead product engineering efforts for:

• Telecom protocols & technologies:

  SS7, Diameter, GTP, MAP, SIP, SCTP.

• Mobile core network architecture:

  2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G.

• Roaming & interconnect services:

  voice, SMS, data, IoT/M2M.

• Signaling flow analysis:

  troubleshooting complex call/session scenarios.
• Drive the design of in-path products meeting latency, uptime, redundancy, and high-availability standards.
• Champion CI/CD deployment methodologies.
• Leverage

  GenAI

  technologies to boost efficiency and optimize costs.

People & Operational Leadership

• Build, mentor, and retain a high-caliber, globally distributed engineering team.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative engineering culture.
• Implement best practices in software development, DevOps, and agile methodologies.
• Manage budgets, resources, and delivery timelines effectively.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related field.
• 20+ years in software engineering, with at least 8 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-grade software in

  telecom roaming and mobile core network domains

  .
• Expert-level knowledge of SS7, Diameter, GTP, MAP, SIP, SCTP, and mobile core architectures.
• Hands-on experience in roaming service development, interconnect billing, and signalling troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of emerging trends such as IoT/M2M roaming and 5G service enablement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage distributed teams and deliver complex products to global telecom operators.

Key Competencies

• Strategic vision with technical depth.
• Strong leadership and talent development skills.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management.
• Results-oriented with a focus on quality and performance.

Why Join Mobileum

• Lead innovation in a critical area of telecom services.
• Shape the future of global roaming solutions.
• Work with a collaborative global leadership team in a market-leading company.