Assistant Manager - Platform Planning & Network Design
Tata Communications
12 - 14 years
Chennai
Posted: 28/06/2025
Job Description
Position Summary Key objectives
A seasoned professional with ~12 years of experience working in multi-disciplinary Domestic and International projects, with specific expertise in Outside Plant Design, Planning Engineering, and Rollout. As the Technical and People Manager, you will develop and execute project plans for current and new projects.
Ensures quality of work and that industry guideline and requirements are met. Develops and maintains departmental processes, metrics, and KPIs. The ideal candidate is a dynamic leader and experienced team builder with a proven ability to build, lead, and coach multidisciplinary teams.
Major Responsibilities
1. Proactively work with internal and external stakeholders to identify future growth areas and capacity needs.
2. Leading the accuracy of the GIS System for any projects and cummlo reports. Escalations should be minimum.
3. Plan, organize, and monitor the overall program objectives for the department. Utilize KPIs and metrics to monitor the performance of teams to ensure all deliverables are completed efficiently and as scheduled.
4. Responsible for communicating organizational information through regular team meetings, one-on-one meetings, and appropriate written and interpersonal communication
5. Analyse the project scope received from customer and train the resources on the SOW and closure of the project within the deadline
6. Leading all Outside plant design activities and providing technical expertise on all aspects of fibre design and planning
7. Manage internal and third-party teams to produce high-quality designs of HFC, FTTX, and B2B networks for underground and aerial networks
8. Responsible for Integrity of the GIS system as per the Fibre Architecture and fibre strategy of the customer requirement. Along with network upgrades and customized solutions
9. Continued driving of improvement in costs, timescales, and quality
10. To produce detailed industry-standard documentation of As-built and update on Inventory Management Systems
11. Design of the telecommunications industry and its practices/standards regarding the fibre construction costs to build an optical network
12. Must have skills in defining, evaluating, solving, and presenting alternatives to complex engineering problems and in applying engineering and economic principles while conducting studies and surveys to analyze a technical system or design
13. Drive consistency, quality, suitability, and cost-effectiveness in the design delivery which should meet client-specific SLAs and KPIs
14. Produces reports on quality assurance and projects for internal and client governance
15. Proposes, documents maintain and implements continual process improvements which lead to benefits for the client and TCTS
16. Completes performance reviews for team members on a monthly/ quarterly basis and provides ongoing coaching on performance and building capability.
17. Assesses internal training needs and identifies training opportunities to ensure effective performance
18. Responsible for People Management including hiring, onboarding, leading, developing, training, and mentoring team members
Personal Qualities
1. Leadership - Proven success in leading teams for international projects, achieving results through others, and being a strong team player
2. Analytical Thinking - Exceptional ability to analyze data and utilize it to make a business decision
3. Conflict Management and Resolution Skills - Build consensus, anticipate and solve problems within internal teams
4. Detail-oriented - Proven accuracy with reporting
5. Results-focused - Ability to organize and manage multiple, and at time competing priorities
6. Communication Skills - Demonstrate communication skills necessary to interpret policies in situations requiring persuasion and prepare and present presentations,
7. Relationship building skills - ability to work within a cross-functional team
8. Presentation Skills - Ability to prepare and logically present data to the client and internal leadership teams
Key performance indicators
1. Project Delivery within agreed time scales
2. 100% Compliance with Client SLAs and KPIs
3. ESAT and People Management
4. CSAT - Customer Satisfaction [NPS]
5. Continual Service Improvement
Qualifications
1. 12 years of relevant experience in Telecommunications Engineering with over 8 years of experience as a Delivery Manager and a GIS PNI Expertise.
2. Graduate in Engineering
3. Proficient in MS Office Suite with good skills in PowerPoint and Excel
4. Certifications in Project Management would be an added advantage.
Tools Application :
Small world PNI,PRM
TM Flow
CPS/Clarify/SOM
MapALL
NIG GSA Lite PRO
About Company
Tata Communications is a global digital ecosystem enabler providing networking, cloud, cybersecurity, IoT, and communication services to enterprises and service providers across 190+ countries.
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