Senior Product Line Manager - OAM & Network Operations (m/w/d)

1 Senior Product Line Manager - OAM & Network Operations (m/w/d) Your tasks
* Define and execute the OAM portfolio strategy and roadmap, aligned with business objectives, customer operational needs, market and technology trends, regulatory requirements, FRMCS evolution, and the GSM-R-to-FRMCS transition.
* Manage the OAM portfolio across in-house
* Capture and translate customer, operational, market, standardization and regulatory requirements into product requirements and priorities and roadmap decisions.
* Define and evolve OAM capabilities across network and service management, assurance, observability, fault, performance, configuration, inventory, software management and security, driving end-to-end visibility, service health, analytics and root-cause analysis across heterogeneous and multi-vendor environments.
* Drive automation and intelligent operations across the OAM portfolio, leveraging advanced analytics and AI where relevant to simplify operational processes, diagnostics, troubleshooting and decision support.
* Drive a consistent and intuitive OAM user experience, ensuring effective visualization of operational information and workflows.
* Ensure interoperability and integration with customer OSS/NMS/IT environments and multi-vendor ecosystems through appropriate interfaces, APIs and data integration.
* Drive OAM capabilities supporting GSM-R/FRMCS coexistence and migration, ensuring converged operability across both technologies throughout the transition.
* Work closely with R&D, system architects and engineering teams to align technical direction and ensure products are designed for operability, maintainability, automation, diagnosability, upgradeability and long-term support.
* Develop the OAM portfolio value proposition, positioning and support go-to-market activities.
* Support sales and customer-facing teams through technical workshops, product presentations, proof-of-concepts, and strategic bid activities.
* Monitor portfolio budget execution, ensuring delivery remains aligned with approved business objectives, priorities and financial targets

Your qualification
* Degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline Several years of experience in Product Management, System Engineering or Solution Architecture within mission-critical communications.
* Strong technical understanding of Operations & Maintenance systems for telecommunications or mission-critical communication networks.
* Solid understanding of network management systems, OSS architectures, service assurance, and operational workflows.
* Eperience with modern observability platforms and technologies, including metrics, centralized logging, distributed tracing, dashboarding and operational analytics (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, ELK/OpenSearch, or similar).
* Experience defining operational KPIs, service health indicators and dashboards that enable proactive monitoring and service assurance.
* Good knowledge of IP networking, virtualization, Linux, cloud-native architectures, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and DevOps practices.
* Experience with railway communication systems, preferably GSM-R and/or FRMCS, or equivalent mission-critical communication environments.
* Familiarity with cybersecurity principles, software lifecycle management, and secure operational practices.
* Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate operational challenges into product capabilities that improve operability, troubleshooting, automation, and service quality.
* Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with customers, operations teams, senior management, and engineering organizations.
* Fluent English, German and/or French a plus

Interested?
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