Telco Product Strategy Lead

Telco Product Strategy Lead

  

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Job Description:

The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge in the following areas:

• Experience in the telecommunications sector with understanding of carrier-grade, RAN, Edge, and 5G Core network architectures
• Strong technical expertise in compute platforms used for vRAN / O-RAN workloads, cloud-native 5G Core, AI/ML telco applications, VNFs, and CNFs, with exposure to storage and networking
• Knowledge of NEBS and carrier-grade requirements and their impact on infrastructure supporting RAN and Core deployments
• Understanding of AI infrastructure needs in Telco (GPU acceleration, data pipelines, edge AI inference, and analytics)
• Experience working with cross-functional product and engineering teams in new product introduction or enablement programs
• Ability to engage with customers at a technical level and translate RAN, Core, and AI infrastructure requirements into structured deliverables

 

Roles and Responsibilities include:

• Engage with Telco customers worldwide and qualify Lead customers for strategic projects
• Establish a comprehensive understanding of customer technology goals over the next 12 to 36 months across RAN evolution, Edge deployments, 5G/6G Core transformation, and AI adoption
• Identify early adoption opportunities for next-generation Edge platforms and infrastructure supporting vRAN, cloud-native Core, and AI-enabled network functions
• Translate customer technology roadmaps into actionable platform and infrastructure requirements
• Position solutions aligned with customer RAN modernization, Core cloudification, AI-driven automation, and network transformation strategies
• Build long-term technical relationships with key customer architects across RAN, Core, and AI domains
• Capture field insights and feed them into product, roadmap, and enablement planning
• Collaborate & align with the CTO organization to ensure the Telco portfolio evolves in line with long-term technology strategy and architectural direction.
• Drive portfolio governance and lifecycle alignment across Edge, RAN, Core, and AI domains
• Ensure alignment between customer feedback, hardware roadmap evolution, and portfolio engineering
• Coordinate with Telco HW/SW portfolio engineering, vendor/partner engineering, OEM teams, and hardware roadmap stakeholders
• Plan and lead enablement activities for platforms supporting Telco Edge, RAN, 5G Core, and AI workloads
• Define and manage new product requirements in coordination with product and engineering teams for RAN, Core, and AI use cases
• Support beta programs and validation activities for platforms targeting RAN, Core, and AI infrastructure environments
• Maintain carrier-grade and NEBS technical documentation and option tables
• Act as communication bridge between internal and external engineering teams

 

Preferred Skills: 

• Strong communication and coordination skills across technical and business teams, with the ability to engage effectively with customers and internal stakeholders
• Solid understanding of O-RAN / vRAN (DU/CU), 5G Core architectures, Edge deployments, and carrier-grade Telco environments
• Familiarity with cloud-native telco infrastructure, virtualization, SDN, orchestration frameworks, and containerized network functions
• Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure in Telco, including GPU-based platforms, model deployment, edge inference, and automation use cases
• Ability to manage multiple parallel initiatives in a structured manner and work effectively in geographically distributed teams
• Self-driven, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of cross-organizational and cross-domain initiatives

Cross Domain Knowledge, Customer Engagement, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Go-to-Market Expertise, Partner Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Security-First Mindset, Strategic Pricing, Strategy Creation, User Experience (UX), Value Creation, Vendor Management

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_05

    

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