Connectivity Technologies and Ecosystems Manager

**Connectivity Technologies and Ecosystems Manager - Fixed Broadband Responsibilities**:

- A technical expert challenging the status quo of telecom networks and business models, leveraging their strategic vision of the connectivity technology landscape to shape Meta’s ecosystem efforts in the Fixed Broadband domain.
- Analyze broad connectivity problems (geographic, technology, and domain markets, from both a demand and supply perspective) and work collaboratively to synthesize solutions and recommendations.
- Define cutting edge telecom network deployment approaches and plan operator trials for innovative infrastructure solutions that will demonstrate a path for wider scale telecom infrastructure adoption.
- Advocate internally at Meta and the partner community at large on how to maximize opportunities to successfully deploy new telecom hardware and software contributions across the industry.
- Manage the technical engagements with CSP, OEM and ODM infrastructure partners to help reduce friction and remove obstacles facing telecom hardware/software contribution and market adoption.
- Identify key telecom network use case requirements, compile common feature sets and API standards from operator partners to drive design parameters within Meta programs and the technology vendor community.
- Author white papers and blog posts to share with the broader community with the goal to introduce and help drive adoption of open and disaggregated infrastructure
- Stay abreast of developments in the telecom domain including technology R&D, use-cases, hardware/software evolution and share that knowledge with the team

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Ability to drive infrastructure hardware/software proof of concepts trials with external partners, that ultimately lead to commercial deployments.
- Organizational and time management skills. Ability to execute on multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Fluency in English
- Ability to drive infrastructure hardware/software proof of concepts trials with external partners, that ultimately lead to commercial deployments.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of time
- Technical competence in one or more fixed access / fixed broadband technologies, including BNG, OLT, ONU, PON, AAA, CGNAT
- Ability to get things done and overcome obstacles.
- Ability to get things done and overcome obstacles.
- Communication skills including ability to speak to technical and business audiences
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of time
- Firm understanding of mobile and fixed broadband telecom infrastructure
- Ability to drive the definition of technical documentation such as requirements documents, test plans, white papers, etc.
- Firm understanding of mobile and fixed broadband telecom infrastructure
- Communication skills including ability to speak to technical and business audiences
- Fluency in English
- Good understanding of relevant network architectures, protocols and specifications (PON, CUPS, SDN, IP/MPLS Routing, Layer-2 switching, etc)
- Ability to drive the definition of technical documentation such as requirements documents, test plans, white papers, etc.
- BS or higher in Telecommunications engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree/experience.
- BS or higher in Telecommunications engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent degree/experience.
- Firm appreciation of the operational and commercial conditions and constraints faced by fixed broadband infrastructure operators
- Firm appreciation of the operational and commercial conditions and constraints faced by fixed broadband infrastructure operators
- Previous experience (6+ years) as network architect/product manager/technical program manager/engineer/production engineer/field engineer in Fixed Access networks
- Good understanding of relevant network architectures, protocols and specifications (PON, CUPS, SDN, IP/MPLS Routing, Layer-2 switching, etc)
- Previous experience (6+ years) as network architect/product manager/technical program manager/engineer/production engineer/field engineer in Fixed Access networks
- Technical competence in one or more fixed access / fixed broadband technologies, including BNG, OLT, ONU, PON, AAA, CGNAT
- Organizational and time management skills. Ability to execute on multiple tasks simultaneously.