Senior Radio Access Network Strategist

Title: Senior RAN Strategist

Location: Barangaroo NSW 2000 Australia

Job no: KA6F3

Category: Technology

• Join a powerhouse of brands that connect customers, businesses and communities.
• Bring your boldness and stand out in an organisation that supports you to shine.
• Access to awesome perks like a free mobile and home internet plan!

Bring your ‘you’ to TPG Telecom, and help us build meaningful relationships and support vibrant, connected communities. We’re better and bolder together.

TPG Telecom started with a belief that we can make things better for Australians. We believe in the power of meaningful relationships to support vibrant, connected communities where everyone belongs. It’s our why; our reason to exist. Now, we’re proud to be one of Australia’s leading mobile and internet providers. We’re not just redefining telco, we’re changing its course. And you play a role in that. A big one. The opportunities are plenty for those who are ready to accept the challenge.

Could that be you?

Your opportunity:

This role will contribute to establishing a long-term technology strategy for the Radio Access Network including the elements of radio spectrum, platforms, standards adoption, topology and infrastructure design and thus facilitate TPG maintaining a viable, competitive and optimal return on investment technology path. This accountability extends to undertaking analysis, creating tools and models, writing documents and board papers, business case preparation, and influencing industry policy pertaining to spectrum and technology. You will also represent TPG in key industry and internal forums.

You'll make impact by:

• Contribute to the team’s comprehensive Access Network technology strategy including radio spectrum, platforms, topological and infrastructure design for both terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks.
• Liaise with managers, engineering, policy and legal domains. Facilitate the derivation of business level and technology requirements for emerging use cases, especially for 6G, by coordinating input and endorsement from other strategy, business, consumer and finance representatives.
• Track evolving technological trends, derive strategic roadmaps, and communicate them to executive and management audiences.
• Maintain vendor engagement for roadmaps and setup technical trials. Draft Statements of Work for strategic due diligence to be performed by vendors and academia, manage the acquisition and engagement process.
• Conceive and champion strategic initiatives that improve investment return, network performance and customer experience. Create or manage the development of financial business cases to support proposals.
• Participate in and influence industry forums for standards, spectrum, EME, and infrastructure to benefit TPG’s business and technology strategic objectives.
• Prepare and review draft responses to government regulatory consultations of both a public and confidential nature. Provide technology thought leadership for policy matters.
• Support the preparation and execution of spectrum auctions. Create, validate and maintain supporting tools.
• We are all responsible for taking reasonable care of our own safety and wellbeing at work, and to avoid adversely affecting the safety and wellbeing of another person at work.
• Be familiar with policies and procedures, as well as completing any associated training, as communicated or made available on the intranet and our learning systems

What you’ll bring:

• Preferably at least 15 years telecommunications industry experience.
• Bachelor of Engineering degree, post-graduate qualifications and research experience will be favourably looked upon.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills effective up to senior levels of leadership with both technology and non-technology domains.
• Demonstration of inter-personal skills e.g. vendor management experience or participation in industry forums.
• Experience with preparing cost models for network or other infrastructures.
• Subject matter expertise in radio platforms, radio science, and propagation physics.
• Experience in the design, development and testing of radio platforms or networks, familiarity with 3GPP standards and processes.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Familiarity with IT and Core Network platforms and architectures,
• A high level of mathematical modelling and data analysis capability including statistical and time series models.

What's in it for you?

• Flexible hybrid way of working (from home and office)
• ‘Stay Connected Mobile’ – Access to a free mobile plan
• ‘Stay Connected NBN’ – Access to a free, high‑speed NBN plan (up to 500 Mbps)
• ‘Your Leave’ - an additional 4 days of leave to be used whenever you like - every year
• Access to TPG Learning Hub platform and internal development opportunities
• Access to Corporate Partner Discounts

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