AI Autonomous Operations Lead — Telecom Transformation

Manning Global AG; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Manning Global is recruiting for an Autonomous Operations Stream Lead – AI in the Netherlands. This full-time, hybrid role interfaces with business stakeholders, technology teams and delivery leads to translate AI initiatives into defined plans and successful outcomes.

Strong telecom domain knowledge and senior stakeholder management are essential. The role focuses on delivery and leadership rather than hands-on AI engineering, requiring excellent communication and multi-team coordination across

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Telecom/IT, including significant experience managing complex transformation or technology delivery programs.
• Strong Telecom domain knowledge, preferably across Network Operations, Assurance, Fulfilment, Inventory, Service Management, or OSS/BSS.
• Proven experience managing senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex delivery topics clearly to senior management.
• Strong project/program management capabilities, including: Delivery planning and tracking, Milestone and dependency management, Risk and issue management, Governance and status reporting, Resource and capacity coordination, Ability to manage multiple teams and workstreams in a complex, multi-vendor environment.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive teams toward decisions, actions, and committed outcomes.
• Experience working in Agile/hybrid delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders for the stream.
• Build strong relationships with senior business, operations, technology, and program stakeholders.
• Understand business objectives and translate them into clear priorities and actionable delivery plans.
• Drive regular stakeholder reviews, ensuring clear communication of progress, dependencies, risks, decisions, and expected outcomes.
• Manage stakeholder expectations proactively and ensure alignment between business priorities and technology delivery.
• Prepare and present concise updates for senior management and governance forums.
• Own end-to-end planning, tracking, governance, and reporting for AI initiatives within the AO program.
• Develop integrated delivery plans covering requirements, design, development, testing, business validation, deployment, and operational readiness.
• Track delivery against committed timelines and proactively drive corrective actions where required.
• Drive delivery from initial use-case definition through MVP/pilot to production and subsequent scaling.
• Proactively identify delivery risks, issues, assumptions, and cross-stream dependencies.
• Drive issues to closure and manage dependencies with other telecom transformation streams and platforms.

Job description

Manning Global is recruiting for an Autonomous Operations Stream Lead – AI in the Netherlands. This full-time, hybrid role interfaces with business stakeholders, technology teams and delivery leads to translate AI initiatives into defined plans and successful outcomes.

Strong telecom domain knowledge and senior stakeholder management are essential. The role focuses on delivery and leadership rather than hands-on AI engineering, requiring excellent communication and multi-team coordination across