Director of Deployment /Data Management and Analytics

• Strategic Planning & Execution: Formulate and execute comprehensive strategic plans for the deployment of professional services, ensuring alignment with overarching company objectives and the specific needs of our clients.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead a diverse assembly of data engineering teams, fostering an environment of motivation, skill enhancement, and alignment with strategic goals. Oversee performance management, hiring and training plans. Advocate for a culture of excellence and perpetual advancement within these teams.
• Advanced Resource Planning & Management: lead sophisticated resource planning and management strategies, ensuring optimal allocation and utilization of personnel and technological resources across projects to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery.
• Client Relationship Management: Cultivate and sustain robust relationships with our telecom operator clients, serving as a senior liaison during the deployment phase, and ensuring that our services not only meet but exceed their expectations. Follow up with clients on different escalations and oversee the process of issue resolution.
• Operational Excellence & Quality Assurance: Guarantee the efficiency and quality of deployment activities, adhering to the highest industry standards. Implement and refine project management and deployment methodologies to uphold superior service quality. Set and optimize delivery and handoff standards, security measures and production standards and policies.
• Interdepartmental Collaboration: represent the deployment team in the different activities with Sales, Product Development, and Managed Service Operations departments to ensure a unified approach to service delivery, enhancing the overall Client and Data Experience.
• Comprehensive Budget, Cost, Timeline and Forecast Oversight: Manage the financial aspects of deployment projects, including estimations, cost control, timesheets and timeline management as well as resource requirement forecast to ensure projects are completed within allocated budgets and timeframes.
• Risk Management & Compliance: Identify and mitigate potential risks associated with deployment projects, ensuring all activities comply with relevant industry regulations and client and company policies.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Science Information Technology, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of experience in data management, analytics, or a related discipline, with a considerable emphasis on the telecom sector.
• Demonstrated leadership in managing multiple data engineering and analytics teams.
• Proven project management prowess, evidenced by the successful deployment of large-scale projects.
• Expertise in client management, particularly within the telecom industry.
• Deep understanding of the latest in data management and analytics technologies and trends.
• Outstanding communication and leadership skills, capable of motivating teams towards achieving excellence.
• Adaptability to thrive in a startup fast-paced and virtual environment.
• Ability to occasionally travel to different client and team locations.

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