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3G RAN Planning & Assurance Manager

Nokia Siemens Networks' Global Services Business Unit employs 28,000 people delivering the highest quality of projects that enable our customers to enhance the efficiency of their networks. This includes the building, management and maintaining of our customer networks as well as network planning and optimization activities. Our unique and innovative global service delivery model brings together the best of global expertise and local insight from 150 countries around the world with a very high standard of service excellence.



Proactively plans and performs advanced technical activities requiring knowledge in multiple areas or on a system level to service the customer. Prioritizes work based on customer impact, and brings expertise to customer site on need basis.



The 3G RAN Planning and Assurance Manager Leads in Nextel OE Central Engineering team all aspects concerning to the regional 3G RAN Planning, Optimization, Assurance and Operation



- Ensures the execution of the NPO Operate Model (Reactive and Proactive Network /Service Assurance and Full Network Operate) and the NPO Project Delivery Model (Consulting, Trial, Assessment, Network Planning/Design, Rollout, Modernization, Pre-tuning, Optimization, and Solution Customization, Development and Planning), in accordance to the NSN/MS NPO Operations Processes Model.
- Ensures in-scope, timely, efficiently, cost-effective and quality service execution in all NPO Operate and Project Delivery activities.
- Manages regional resource allocation for all 3G Networks, competence development and demand supply planning, providing timely, proper and cost-effective competences to Nextel OE project execution in the region.
- Executes the NPO Transformation Actions in Nextel OE, according to the NPO Transformation Plan directives.

- Dynamically allocates experts to fulfill Nextel OE demands. Is responsible for the short and long-term planning and for the reactive and proactive network optimization tasks under the scope of MS/NPO.

- Executes the Demand Supply Planning according to the business forecast.

- Is responsible for the overall Network KPIs/SLA targets achievement.

- Performs the centralized interfacing with NII regarding all 3G RAN Operations, Network Acceptance, Supplier Interfacing and Management and all Planning & Optimization related issues.



General requirements:
- Engineering degree in Telecommunications or Electronics
- High expertise in the Radio Planning and Optimization with minimum of 5 years experience working as a delivery engineer on UMTS.
- Proven in depth experience in at least one technology/vendor other than Nokia and Siemens 2G and 3G.
- Experience in Pilot /Trial Projects
- People leadership, motivation and development (including remote teams)
- Driver for Competence development
- Quality & efficiency related to NPO services
- Availability for frequent travels in Latin America and Europe
- Typically 10-12 years engineering-related working experience in 2G and 3G Mobile Networks.
- Fluent in oral and written English and Spanish.
- Wide knowledge about network planning and operations
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills

Specific requirements:
- More than 5 years of proven experience in 2G and 3G planning and optimization
- Experience in network acceptance, commercial launching, planning, optimization, assurance and operations.
- Experience in management of high-expertise technical teams


3G RAN Planning & Assurance Manager