OpenGateway Program Manager

OpenGateway Program Manager

AREA DESCRIPTION 
 

Open Gateway is a GSMA-led telco industry initiative that aims to transform communications networks into platforms. This enables open telco capabilities in an interoperable, intuitive, and programmable way.

These capabilities are exposed through global, standardized APIs under the framework of CAMARA, the open-source project led by the Linux Foundation in collaboration with the GSMA.

Integrating telco capabilities opens an infinite world of possibilities: enhanced experiences during real-time events, autonomous drone control, more secure financial services or new generation services as telesurgery with XR. These are use cases based on an initial family of Telco APIs already available to drive new experiences in areas with great potential such as optimizing connectivity, communications, security in financial services, as well as privacy and security in general.

Join the Open Gateway product team at Telefónica and play a crucial role in building the future of the telco industry!

MISSION 

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the management follow-up and integration of the Open Gateway product with hyperscalers and API's aggregators, tracking the agreed OKRs and preparing internal and external reporting. The Open Gateway Program Manager will also support partner management, planning processes, as well as communicating progress, challenges, and solutions.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and oversee the product integration of Hyperscalers and Aggregators
• Track and report on OKRs to ensure alignment with project goals
• Prepare internal reports including service and use cases reports, PoC status, tools reports.
• Support partner management to ensure successful collaboration.
• Support planning processes to ensure the Open Gateway program is on track and meeting objectives
• Communication: Communicating progress, challenges, and solutions to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Provide e2e vision of the project identifying and leveraging potential risk and pain points

NATURE OF PROBLEMS & CHALLENGES

• Provides oversight of organization’s projects
• Maintaining best practices within all involved teams
• Documenting and reporting project status to different stakeholder
• Identify and manage project risks and issues
• Ensure that project goals are accomplished and in line with business objectives.

EDUCATION REQUIRED

Preferably, but not required, MSc/BSc degree in Computer Science, Telecommunication Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related technical field.

Degrees in Business Administration, Marketing or Law are also welcomed if the candidate has substantial experience with technical products.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS 

• Any Network or Telco experience will be valued.
• Teamwork, enjoy working together and open to share ideas/support.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools: PowerPoint, Excel, Word.
• Resilient, needs to understand the challenges of working within and with big organizations.
• Results oriented: Doing the job effectively and achieving the organization's objectives.
• Analytical skills: ability to analyze both quantitative and qualitative information.
• Ability to engage people from different departments and levels of the organization.
• Ability to produce business, technical and commercial documentation and deliver it to a high-level audience.
• Understanding of Hyperscalers and Aggregators ecosystem is a plus
• Proficient in project management and analytics tools

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

• +3 years of experience in program/project management
• Ability to work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines
• Driven, self-motivated, results oriented

LANGUAGES 

Fluent in Spanish and English.

Portuguese or German will be valued.

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