Location: Egham, Surrey
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 base salary + excellent benefits!
The Opportunity
We're working with an exciting, fast-growing Telco start-up developing next-generation connectivity solutions across Private 5G, Enterprise Wireless, Open RAN, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), MNO environments and intelligent network automation.
They are looking for a Technical Project Director to take senior ownership of the delivery of complex telecom and network programmes, working across engineering, technology partners, customers and internal stakeholders.
This is a senior technical leadership position for someone who can operate at both strategic and hands-on delivery level - taking complex requirements, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring solutions are successfully integrated, tested, deployed and accepted.
Key Responsibilities
Provide senior technical leadership across complex telecom and network projects from initiation through to delivery and customer acceptance.
Own technical delivery strategy, architecture alignment, engineering dependencies, risks and technical milestones.
Lead multidisciplinary teams across RAN, 4G/5G Core, IP/Transport, RF, Cloud, Edge, Security, DevOps, IoT, AI/ML and OT.
Drive multi-vendor integration, technical troubleshooting and resolution of complex delivery issues.
Translate customer requirements into clear technical deliverables, plans and outcomes.
Lead technical design reviews, integration activities, testing, deployment, ATP/E2E validation and customer acceptance.
Act as a senior technical interface between customers, engineering teams, technology partners and suppliers.
Provide technical leadership across Private 5G, Enterprise Private Networks, Open RAN, FWA, MNO and industrial connectivity projects.
Support the delivery of PoCs, trials, demonstrations and R&D/innovation programmes.
Work closely with Project and Programme Management to ensure technical delivery remains aligned with scope, schedule, resources and commercial objectives.
Represent the technical function in senior customer meetings, workshops and solution discussions.What We're Looking For
8+ years' experience within Telecoms, Network Engineering, Technical Delivery, Systems Integration or a closely related environment.
Strong end-to-end understanding of 4G/5G telecom networks and network architecture.
Proven experience leading complex technical projects or programmes involving multiple engineering disciplines.
Experience across several of the following: RAN, 5G Core, Private 5G, Open RAN, IP Transport, FWA, RF, Cloud/Edge, Network Automation, IoT or Industrial/OT.
Strong multi-vendor integration and technical problem-solving experience.
Experience leading and influencing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage at both technical and senior leadership level.
Strong commercial and delivery awareness, with the ability to balance technical priorities against project timelines and customer requirements.
Experience with major telecom vendors such as Ericsson is advantageous, although multi-vendor experience is preferred.
Experience contributing to technical proposals, Statements of Work, PoCs, demonstrations and solution development.
Ability to turn complex customer requirements into practical, deliverable technical solutions.
Must have the right to work in the UK - sponsorship is not available.If you're a senior telecom technical leader looking for the opportunity to shape and deliver innovative 5G and network solutions within an exciting start-up environment, we'd love to hear from you
Salary description
£100000.00 - £110000.00 per year