Africa Partner Tech Lead - Satellite Network Integration

AST SpaceMobile; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a Partner Technical Lead – Africa to drive technical alignment, integration stability, and deployment readiness with MNO partners across Africa. You will lead partner facing operations spanning RAN, core, gateway, and BPMS, ensuring seamless integration and ongoing health.

You will coordinate engineering and operations teams, manage action items, and publish KPI-ready readiness metrics to support regional launches while aligning with global standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Advanced degree or specialized telecom certifications are a plus.
• 5–8 years of telecom integration or partner operations experience.
• Experience with mobile network operators, telecom vendors, or Africa region markets.
• Experience coordinating multi‑market technical readiness or integration programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead partner technical operations and integration readiness across satellite RAN, core, gateway, and BPMS domains.
• Validate interface behavior, interoperability, configuration flows, and KPIs across diverse partner networks.
• Oversee partner onboarding, interoperability testing, and pre‑launch technical readiness activities.
• Coordinate with engineering, service assurance, operations, deployment, and planning teams to align regional partner requirements.
• Drive closure of partner action items, ensuring timely resolution and transparent risk communication.
• Maintain structured reporting on integration progress, blockers, and dependencies across markets.

Skills

Partner ops leadership

Interoperability testing

RAN & core networking

KPIs & readiness reporting

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in telecommunications

Advanced telecom certifications

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Grafana

Kibana

Power BI

Confluence

SharePoint

Python

Bash

Job description

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a Partner Technical Lead – Africa to drive technical alignment, integration stability, and deployment readiness with MNO partners across Africa. You will lead partner facing operations spanning RAN, core, gateway, and BPMS, ensuring seamless integration and ongoing health.

You will coordinate engineering and operations teams, manage action items, and publish KPI-ready readiness metrics to support regional launches while aligning with global standards.