Technical Lead Manager, Network Investments Europe

Meta; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Technical Lead Manager to support its EMEASCA Network Investments team. This role involves leading a team of 6-8 individuals, developing strategic plans for network capacity, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize processes. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of relevant experience in technical fields, especially concerning subsea cables and fiber infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in subsea cables and fiber infrastructure.
• Availability for travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Support a team of 6-8 ICs including setting goals and priorities.
• Provide career development and performance management for team members.
• Develop regional strategic plans to address capacity demands.

Skills

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Market analysis

Budget development

Process optimization

Relationship building

Motivating teams

Education

BEng/BA/BSC or equivalent

Job description

To support the fast growing user community and the introduction of new and industry-leading products and services including AI enablement, we are continually expanding our backbone network infrastructure around the globe. We are looking for a results-driven Technical Lead Manager (50% IC, 50% people Manager) to join our EMEASCA Network Investments team to support our growing network footprint needs. This individual will support a team of 6-8 ICs covering the European and Trans-Atlantic sub-regions and lead network investments through capacity and dark fiber leases and acquisitions, network infrastructure development, and construction.

Required Skills:

• Support a team of 6-8 ICs including setting goals and priorities, providing day-to-day project guidance and advice.
• Provide career development and responsible for performance management of team members.
• Develop regional strategic plans to address capacity demands, including private and joint build efforts with partner organizations.
• Collect, distill and analyse market intelligence to help inform strategic development.
• Understand the telecom wholesale market technological and commercial developments and positions Meta in the right place. Represents Meta network team in conferences and trade shows.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to develop network requirement and acquisition strategies and optimises processes to ensure frictionless collaboration.
• Work closely with team members, finance and planning teams to develop robust budgets, forecasts and long-range investment plans.
• Identify internal workflow improvements, including the adoption of AI tooling to improve the scalability and efficiency of team processes.
• Generate clear and objective investment analysis and recommendations for large, multi-year infrastructure projects.
  
• BEng/BA/BSC or equivalent in technical or business related field with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Understanding and experience in subsea cables, fiber infrastructure, and carrier market players.
• Proven experience with business development projects and managing joint investments with partners across multiple regions.
• Proven competence motivating, developing and managing high performance teams.
• Availability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time abroad.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Communication and people management skills including relationship building and collaboration with cross-functional teams and with external partners.
• Proven track record of leading broad, cross-functional teams on major deal executions.
• Business and technical knowledge of networking particularly in transport technologies.
• Fluent in broad range of AI tooling and track record of driving team adoption.
• Multilingual in 1 or more regional business languages, proficiency in French or Spanish would be bonus.