Network Essentials Team Lead - FTTH & Infrastructure

Wyre; Antwerpen; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & growth opportunities

Competitive salary & fringe benefits

Work with passionate colleagues

Role with leverage

Job summary

Wyre is building Belgium's future-proof fiber network. We seek a Team Manager Network Essentials to lead the technical team, coordinate with partners, and ensure HUB/ feeder install milestones stay on track. You will drive planning, oversee budgets, and report progress weekly in a fast-growing network environment.

You will work with Dutch and English-speaking stakeholders; French is a plus. This role offers hands-on leadership in a high-impact infrastructure program with significant growth

Qualifications

• Master's degree in engineering, telecom or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading a technical team or steering technical projects and partners.
• Pragmatic and solution-oriented, decisive with incomplete information.
• Experience in project and contract management, steering partners and suppliers on results and SLAs.
• Experience in telecom, utilities or infrastructure, in large-scale rollout environments.
• Understanding of FTTH components (HUB, feeder, POP, ducts, fibers) and rollout impact.
• Comfort with budget follow-up and reporting using reliable figures; Power BI or similar tools is a plus.
• Experience with permits, synergies, contractors, FAT/SAT processes and installation/testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the Network Essentials team with clear priorities and workload balance.
• Translate annual targets into concrete planning for partners.
• Oversee timely execution with 4-5 partner networks and intervene when capacity/quality falters.
• Confirm HUB priorities and input per MRO area for design/build teams and partners.
• Align planning with FTTH departments to follow rollout rhythm and cross-department coordination.
• Monitor production, FAT/SAT, and installation timelines for HUB/POP equipment with partners.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Budget tracking

Communication (Dutch & English)

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in engineering, telecom (or equivalent experience)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Wyre is building Belgium's future-proof fiber network. We seek a Team Manager Network Essentials to lead the technical team, coordinate with partners, and ensure HUB/ feeder install milestones stay on track. You will drive planning, oversee budgets, and report progress weekly in a fast-growing network environment.

You will work with Dutch and English-speaking stakeholders; French is a plus. This role offers hands-on leadership in a high-impact infrastructure program with significant growth