Job Title - I&P GN Comms & Media CVC 4 – Comms Reinvention – Manager – Architecture & Design Capability Management Level : 7 – Manager Location: Bangalore/Gurgaon/Pune Must have skills: Telecom Industry Expertise with foundational level knowledge in BSS/OSS Architecture and design & transformation.
Job Summary: We are seeking BSS/OSS solution Architect consultant to design and implement innovative BSS/OSS solutions for telecom clients, ensuring seamless integration and enhancing overall business efficiency.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Define and implement a long-term BSS/OSS digital transformation roadmap aligned with business goals.
- Define Target Architecture, transition roadmap , develop a future-ready, scalable, cloud-native BSS/OSS ecosystem Drive cloud-first, AI-driven, and API-enabled architectures to enable agility and scalability.
- Develop business cases for BSS/OSS modernization, ensuring cost optimization and revenue growth.
- Understanding of OSS/BSS digital transformation for B2B/B2C covering all the journeys lead to quote, order to cash, trouble to resolve, concept to resolve.
- Understanding of telco B2B product portfolio & offerings with latest trends & variants
- Solution Design & Architecture Design and define scalable end-to‑end BSS/OSS architecture design integrating CRM, Order Management, Billing, Inventory and Service Assurance & Fulfilment
- Develop scalable, modular, and future-proof IT solutions to support new services and business models.
- Ensure seamless integration between BSS (CRM, Order Management, Channels, Billing, customer care) and OSS (Network Inventory and Service Assurance).
- Support API-driven architectures and microservices adoption for flexible deployments.
- AI-Enabled Solution Design & Transformation
- Identify and shape AI, GenAI and Agentic AI use cases across telecom customer journeys and BSS capabilities.
- Translate business requirements and use cases into techno-functional solution designs, covering process impacts, system changes, data requirements and integrations.
- Define AI-ready solution options and architecture patterns, ensuring alignment with existing BSS/OSS landscape and target architecture.
- Collaborate with business, architecture, product and engineering teams to assess feasibility, dependencies and business value of AI-enabled solutions.
- Strategic Framework for BSS/OSS Evolution
- Drive API-led monetization through ecosystem partnerships (B2B2X, Network APIs, IoT billing models).
- Develop real-time charging models for 5G, IoT, and hybrid business models.
- Knowledge of emerging business models in B2B marketplaces, digital channel strategy and telco data-enabled products
- Business Development: Assist market-facing executives in business development activities, including bid management and proposal preparation
- Practice Development: Collaborate with executive for development of assets, methodologies, point of views, research, and white papers to enhance team capabilities and drive Thought leadership within the broader community
Professional & Technical Skills: Must Haves:
- Solution Architecture & Integration – Experience designing end-to-end BSS/OSS architecture and solution design documents . Experience in integrating various telecom systems.
- BSS Expertise – Deep understanding of CRM, Order Management & fulfilment, Billing, .
- OSS Expertise – Strong knowledge of Service Provisioning, Service Assurance, Network Inventory, Fault & Performance Management.
- AI & GenAI Fluency – Understanding of AI, GenAI and Agentic AI concepts and ability to identify their applicability across telecom BSS/OSS capabilities, processes and customer journeys.
- AI-Enabled Solution Design – Ability to translate business requirements and AI use cases into functional/solution designs, including process impacts, data needs, integrations and BSS/OSS system changes.
- API & Microservices – Understanding of integration technologies such as API, SOAP, REST, and microservices architecture, TM Forum APIs for seamless system interoperability.
- Solution Design & Advisory – Ability to design scalable, modular, and future-proof BSS/OSS solutions.
- Stakeholder Collaboration – Strong communication with business leaders, technical teams, and vendors.
- Problem Solving & Decision-Making – Ability to analyze complex BSS/OSS challenges and recommend optimal solutions.
- Customer-Centric Mindset – Ensuring seamless customer experience (CX) and journey mapping in digital transformation.
- Leadership & Mentorship – Ability to guide teams and junior consultants in BSS/OSS strategy.
Good to have:
- Good to have knowledge of Telecom CoTs products- Salesforce, ServiceNow, Netcracker, Amdocs platform etc. Exposure to GenAI/Agentic AI use-case prototyping, copilots or agent platforms within telecom or enterprise environments. TOGAF/eTOM certification is highly desirable Knowledge of emerging business models in B2B marketplaces, NaaS (Network-as-a-Service), GPU-as-a-Service, AdTech, Private 5G, and telco data-enabled products undefinedUnderstanding of lean concepts and hands‑on experience in delivering technology-driven business transformation projects using agile practices such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.Experience in agile related tools like JIRA Confluence/Rally/MS ProjectsundefinedPropose solution options based on the analysis and recommend the option that is architectur