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

Kontron Transportation; Wien; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 81.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Meal vouchers

Work from home option

Flexible work hours

Training & development

Zusammenfassung

Kontron Transportation is seeking an experienced OAM Product Manager to lead the portfolio strategy and roadmap across multi-vendor networks. You will coordinate with R&D, systems engineering and sales to align technical direction with market needs and regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes observability, automation and a superior user experience, with an international, collaborative team and flexible work options. A competitive salary is offered.

Qualifikationen

• 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 networks.
• Solid understanding of network management systems, OSS architectures, service assurance, and operational workflows.
• Familiar with observability platforms and technologies (metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards).
• Experience with IP networking, virtualization, Linux, cloud-native architectures, containers, DevOps practices.
• Experience with railway communication systems, preferably GSM-R/FRMCS, or equivalent environments.
• Fluent English; German and/or French a plus.

Aufgaben

• Define and execute the OAM portfolio strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Manage the OAM portfolio across in-house and third‑party solutions including make/buy/partner strategies.
• Capture and translate customer and market requirements into product priorities and roadmaps.
• Define OAM capabilities across network management, service assurance, observability, and security.
• Drive automation and intelligent operations to simplify processes and diagnostics.
• Drive a consistent and intuitive OAM user experience across environments.
• Ensure interoperability with customer OSS/NMS/IT environments and multi‑vendor ecosystems.
• Collaborate with R&D and engineering to ensure operability, upgradeability and long-term support.
• Develop the OAM value proposition and support go‑to‑market activities.
• Support sales with workshops, product presentations, and proof‑of‑concepts.

Kenntnisse

Product Management

System Engineering

Solution Architecture

Observability

DevOps

Docker/Kubernetes

IP Networking

Linux

Cloud-native

Communication

Ausbildung

Degree in Telecommunications

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

ELK/OpenSearch

Docker

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

Kontron Transportation is a leading international provider of end-to-end communication solutions for mission-critical networks. Our company focuses on the reliable, efficient, and sustainable production, transmission, and processing of voice, data, and video information. We employ over 700 people at 11 locations across Europe. Our headquarters are located in Vienna.

The satisfaction of our employees is very important to us! We promote teamwork and support our employees in their career planning and professional development. Our commitment to a more sustainable society is clear and reflected in our decisions and CSR initiatives. This is an important part of our leadership style.

To strengthen our team, we welcome experienced professionals, college graduates, and high school graduates who share our Way of Working—characterized by community and success.

As an employer, we value equal opportunity and diversity. We look forward to receiving applications regardless of gender, age, religion/ideology, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or national origin.

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 and third-party solutions, including:
  • Defining the make/buy/partner strategy and complementing in-house products with third-party solutions to address operational needs.
  • Owning the lifecycle of internally developed products, from concept and development through market introduction and evolution.
  • Managing third-party solutions from evaluation and integration through vendor and lifecycle management.
• 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 disciplineSeveral years of experience in Product Management, System Engineering or Solution Architecture within mission-critical communications.
• Experience in mission-critical communication systems.
• 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.
• Ability to balance operational efficiency, customer needs, technical feasibility, and commercial objectives to deliver competitive Operations & Maintenance solutions.
• Fluent English, German and/or French a plus

Our offer

As a leading international company in the mission-critical networks industry, we offer exciting and varied roles in various fields of expertise. Working with the latest technologies, implementing innovative projects, and collaborating with a wide variety of customers are just a few of the factors that drive the Kontron team.

• Community and Success—these are the values that define how we work together. Join our motivated, international team:
• Open communication with a casual, first-name-only culture across all international locations
• Flexible work hours and the option to work from home
• An environment that welcomes new ideas and encourages initiative
• Personalized training and professional development opportunities based on performance reviews
• A modern office in the Vienna Technology Hub, surrounded by numerous restaurants and excellent infrastructure
• Regular company events and team-building activities
• Many attractive employee benefits (e.g., meal vouchers, workplace health promotion, company bike, additional vacation days for volunteer work and birthdays, transportation allowance)

We offer a competitive gross annual salary starting at EUR 70,000 per year. A higher salary commensurate with your actual qualifications and experience is possible.