Role Overview

Lead and execute a high-impact, pan-India 5G network operations strategy that delivers reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient network performance across tower sites, spectrum assets, and vendor ecosystems. This role is accountable for ensuring seamless 5G rollout readiness, operational excellence, and cross-functional execution that supports business growth, customer experience, and long-term network resilience.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end network operations strategy for a pan-India 5G rollout, ensuring delivery against timelines, quality standards, and business priorities.
• Lead planning, deployment, optimization, and stabilization of large-scale tower site rollouts across multiple geographies.
• Drive spectrum planning, utilization, coordination, and operational readiness in alignment with rollout and capacity requirements.
• Build and manage strong vendor and partner relationships, including negotiation of commercials, SLAs, delivery milestones, and governance mechanisms.
• Oversee network operations processes to ensure uptime, reliability, fault resolution, preventive maintenance, and incident management at scale.
• Partner with engineering, rollout, finance, procurement, regulatory, and field operations teams to align execution and resolve dependencies.
• Establish operational KPIs, dashboards, and governance forums to monitor network performance, rollout progress, and vendor accountability.
• Identify risks, constraints, and execution bottlenecks early and implement mitigation plans to protect deployment schedules and service quality.
• Lead and develop a high-performing operations organization, including site management, program execution, and field coordination teams.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, safety, and internal governance requirements across all deployment and operational activities.
• Optimize operational costs by improving deployment efficiency, vendor productivity, and asset utilization without compromising service quality.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for critical network issues, major rollout blockers, and strategic partner negotiations.

Qualifications