Product Line Manager – Mobile Core Service Assurance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the complete product lifecycle for designated NITRO Mobile core service assurance modules, spanning from market requirements to development, launch, and eventual retirement.

• Establish a multi-year portfolio roadmap that balances customer commitments with long-term advancements towards automated network operations and network slicing assurance.

• Advocate for cloud-native observability concerning high-throughput 5G user-plane and control-plane telemetry.

• Convert 3GPP standards and service-based interfaces into software specifications for data collection, probe ingestion, and analytics dashboards.

• Facilitate integration with orchestration and data layers that align with TM Forum Open APIs.

• Work in partnership with engineering and data science teams on machine-learning anomaly detection, predictive health indicators, and automated service triage.

• Oversee product line profitability, pricing strategies, and packaging for virtualized, cloud-native subscription and SaaS models.

• Conduct Total Addressable Market (TAM) and competitive market analysis.

• Assist in pre-sales efforts, technical portfolio presentations, Proof of Concept (PoC) scopes, and intricate RFI/RFP responses for major telecommunications carriers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Expertise in 4G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and 5G Standalone (5G SA) architectures.

• Extensive knowledge of AMF, SMF, UPF, NSSF, and NWDAF.

• Profound understanding of HTTP/2, GTPv2, Diameter, and SIP/IMS.

• Experience with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), virtual taps, and eBPF telemetry.

• Practical familiarity with Kubernetes, AWS/Azure telecommunications clouds, containerized applications, Kafka, and ClickHouse.

• Knowledge of 3GPP performance management/trace specifications and TM Forum automation/service management frameworks.

• A minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience as a technical Product Manager, Product Line Manager, or Solution Architect in telecom OSS/BSS, monitoring, or service assurance.

• Proven experience in managing software product pricing, developing software subscription models, and creating business cases.

• Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries and collaborate effectively with software developers, system architects, finance teams, product marketing, and executive leadership.

• Exceptional talent for translating complex technical infrastructure challenges into clear value propositions for C-suite operator executives.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

• Full-time employment.