Technical Project Manager (TPM) - RAN Optimization Program

Overview

Lead the end-to-end delivery of RAN optimization activities, owning planning, governance, stakeholder alignment, and KPI-based acceptance. Serve as the single point of contact between customer teams and internal delivery teams.

What Youll Do

• Manage the monthly optimization cycle for assigned worst offender sites across assigned zones
• Coordinate with Performance, RAN, Turf, Integration, and MobileComm teams
• Drive approvals for parameter changes, feature activations, and BBU/Radio recommendations
• Well verse with MRR and CTR analysis to identify accurate root cause for Performance degradation
• Maintain weekly governance: dashboards, KPI progress, and site acceptance tracking via Quantum, ENM or BO.
• Manage escalations and ensure timely resolution of pre-drive and post-launch issues
• Own reporting, documentation, and automation adoption (workflows, dashboards etc.)
• Ensure completion of FGA/GS audits for Ericsson and prepare acceptance evidence
• Track risks, dependencies, and resource capacity for onshore/offshore teams

Required Skills

• 10-12+ years program/project management in mobile networks; 5+ in RAN optimization (Ericsson)
• Experience working with AT&T customer and understanding tool, process is must to have.
• Strong knowledge of LTE/NR optimization workflows and Ericsson KPIs
• Proficiency with project planning tools (MS Project, JIRA, Excel, Power BI)
• Experience with RAN workflows (Feature, parameter tuning, KPI Optimization, RFDS, CIQ, RNDCIQ)
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-facing communication
• Ability to manage multi-vendor and multi-functional teams

Preferred Certifications (Optional)

• PMP or PRINCE2
• Agile/Scrum or SAFe
• ITIL Foundation
• OEM RAN certifications (Nokia/Ericsson)

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