Network Design Manager

BT Group; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

BT Group in Gurugram, India is seeking a Network Design Manager to lead a team of design engineers responsible for the design and testing of BT International network platforms.

The role provides technical oversight, leadership, and accountability for delivering new network features, with focus on IP/VPN technologies, stakeholder collaboration, and transformational change across BT International.

Qualifications

• Skilled in delivering brilliant 1:1s, goal setting and performance conversations.
• Ability to coach and feedback open and honestly with your team.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Ability to manage performance and hold fairness driven calibration discussions.
• Skill in handling change, hiring, onboarding and ongoing talent development.
• Ability to navigate complex processes, policies.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Commercial awareness.
• Strong coordination and problem solving abilities.
• Specialist knowledge of IP/VPN technologies and vendors.
• Specialist knowledge of relevant emerging network/software technologies.
• Experience of leading teams to deliver network designs and testing.
• Understanding of Network Fundamentals (Switching and Routing Protocols; ISIS and BGP preferred).
• Cisco Platform awareness (57C3, NCS5K, C1100).

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach team with regular feedback and performance conversations.
• Role model inclusive leadership and BT values.
• Run effective 1:1s, check-ins and performance reviews.
• Manage team performance and address underperformance early.
• Oversee succession planning and career development.
• Drive team engagement and celebrate wins.
• Lead change and communication across the team.
• Own network design accountability for new features.
• Provide stakeholder management to senior stakeholders.
• Drive transformation within team and wider organisation.

Skills

Leadership

People Mgmt

Network Design

IP/VPN

Stakeholder Mgmt

Change Mgmt

Coaching

Performance Reviews

Cisco Platforms

Cisco Platforms

Cisco Platforms

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Network Design Manager

Req ID: 62665

Job Function: Engineering

Posting Start Date: 15/09/2026

Posting End Date: 22/09/2026

Division: BT International

Job Location: IND-Gurugram-IQ

Advertised Salary: Competitive

Job Req ID: 62665

Posting Date: 15-Sep-26

Function: Network Engineering

Location: Gurugram

Salary: Competitive

About the role

The purpose of this role is to lead a team of Network Design Engineers on design and test activities within BT International.

The purpose of the Network Design Manager role is to provide technical oversight and leadership for BT International network platforms and/or customer solutions. Specifically, this role is accountable for:

• Leading and developing the team though coaching, feedback and performance conversations and managing team performance
• Leading and developing people, providing regular coaching, feedback, and performance conversations in line with BT’s leadership standards and behaviors.
• Role modelling the Connected Leaders behaviors, including leading inclusively & safely, supporting team development, and building a positive culture based on BT values (Personal, Simple, Brilliant).
• Running effective 1:1s, check ins and performance reviews, ensuring every colleague understands expectations, goals and development opportunities.
• Managing team performance, identifying strengths, development needs, addressing underperformance early, and ensuring fairness and consistency.
• Owning succession planning and career development, supporting colleagues to build skills, grow, and prepare for future roles.
• Driving team engagement, celebrating wins, recognising contributions and creating a connected, collaborative, supportive culture.
• Leading change and communication, helping the team understand priorities, behaviors, and business updates.
• Overall Network Design accountability for new features into BT International’s network platforms.
• Stakeholder Management, technical expertise to senior stakeholders, internal and external.
• Drive transformation within team and the wider organisation

What you’ll be doing

• Leading and developing people, providing regular coaching, feedback, and performance conversations in line with BT’s leadership standards and behaviors.
• Role modelling the Connected Leaders behaviors, including leading inclusively & safely, supporting team development, and building a positive culture based on BT values (Personal, Simple, Brilliant).
• Running effective 1:1s, check ins and performance reviews, ensuring every colleague understands expectations, goals and development opportunities.
• Managing team performance, identifying strengths, development needs, addressing underperformance early, and ensuring fairness and consistency.
• Owning succession planning and career development, supporting colleagues to build skills, grow, and prepare for future roles.
• Driving team engagement, celebrating wins, recognising contributions and creating a connected, collaborative, supportive culture.
• Leading change and communication, helping the team understand priorities, behaviors, and business updates.
• Overall Network Design accountability for new features into BT International’s network platforms.
• Stakeholder Management, technical expertise to senior stakeholders, internal and external.
• Drive transformation within team and the wider organisation

Essential Skills / Experience

• Skilled in delivering brilliant 1:1s, goal setting and performance conversations
• Ability to coach and feedback open and honestly with your team
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Ability to manage performance and hold fairness driven calibration discussions
• Skill in handling change, hiring, onboarding and ongoing talent developmentli>
• Ability to navigate complex processes, policies
• Excellent communication skills
• Commercial awareness
• Strong coordination and problem solving abilities
• Specialist knowledge of IP/VPN technologies and vendors
• Specialist knowledge of relevant emerging network/software technologies.
• Experience of leading teams to deliver network designs and testing.
• Understanding of Network Fundamentals (Switching and Routing Protocols (Preferred: ISIS and BGP)
• Cisco Platform awareness (57C3, NCS5K, C1100, )

Typical Certifications / Accreditations Attained or working towards include:

• Member of a professional body e.g. Institution of Engineering and Technology

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Leadership of technology team.
• Delivery of IP network designs
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Ability to lead / coach teams to change and develop an innovative, challenging, and supportive team culture.

At BT International, our purpose is to keep the world connected. As part of BT, we build on almost 180 years of innovation and expertise to deliver secure connectivity and digital services to some of the world’s leading multinational businesses and organisations. Our customers trust us to safeguard their data, drive their digital transformation and keep their businesses running. With colleagues on the ground across the world and supporting customers wherever they need to operate, BT International offers a truly global experience. Whether it’s about providing cloud connectivity, helping organisations collaborate, or enabling innovation in cybersecurity and digital services, you’ll be part of a team that shapes how businesses succeed in a world that is being transformed by AI. If you have the drive and ambition to make an impact on a global stage, BT International is where it happens.