Overview
We're National Broadband Ireland and we're delivering the largest telecommunications project that Ireland has ever seen. We're designing, building and operating Ireland's new, high-speed wholesale broadband network under the National Broadband Plan. Our aim is to radically transform the country's broadband landscape through the delivery of quality, affordable high-speed broadband to all parts of Ireland where such services are not available commercially.
The NBI™ network using a combination of State subsidy and commercial investment will deliver high-speed broadband to over 1.1 million people and over 569,000 premises in Ireland. No matter how remote or rural, no town, village or community will be left behind. NBI will be responsible for the management of the new national broadband network for the next 25 years.
Key Objectives / Accountabilities:
NBI is looking for an experienced Service Assurance Centre Team Lead who wants to jump in head-first and help scale a mission-driven company experiencing rapid growth. You will be responsible for the team who monitors and manages NBI's entire FTTH networks 24/7/365. Of key importance within this role will be the leadership of a team of technical experts setting out a clear culture of customer service, technical excellence and continuous improvement. This person is responsible for the delivery of excellent customer service and accountable for the in-life management of the active and passive networks. You will directly contribute to the building of a state-of-the-art operations capability with deep domain expertise across OSS, OLT, ONT, DWDM & IP domains. You get the importance of teamwork, and you understand the importance of developing a strong relationship across the organisation as well as managing the performance of 3rd party vendors. The role holder is comfortable in a constantly changing environment, is detail oriented and loves efficiency and excellent service.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, inspire, and mentor a diverse team to achieve organisational goals and objectives. Communicating a clear vision, aligning team members' goals with the broader company strategy.
- Responsible to drive a culture of excellence, collaboration, innovation, creativity, and continuous improvement. Cultivating a collaborative team environment by promoting open communication, trust and mutual respect among team members. Empowering and engaging your people and teams to take ownership of customer issues and create an environment where all members of the team take ownership of customer outcomes.
- Also responsible for people leadership and development, including employee engagement, talent and succession planning, performance management, training & development
- Responsible for the successful delivery of all assurance activities within NBI ensuring the delivery of industry leading customer service and successful delivery of all Key Performance Indicators.
- Develop and manage an exemplary 24/7/365 Service Assurance Team which comprises of both a Network Operations Centre and Second Line Support.
- Ensure optimal maintenance and performance of all active and passive network elements across the OSS, OLT, ONT, DWDM & IP domains
- Responsible to review and assess new network elements being migrated into production enabling successful acceptance into service.
- Responsible for the delivery and continual improvement of overall Incident Management across NBI including operating as incident manager on a rota basis for 24/7/365 coverage.
- Manage the day-to-day performance of 3rd party contractors who are required for delivery.
- Responsible to continually monitor and improve assurance performance ensuring the continual evolution of the operational assurance environment and FTTH network.
Knowledge & Experience:
- Strong understanding of telecoms and or utility operations including experience of a Network Operations environment and activities.
- 6+ years' experience of managing and leading teams developing a culture of customer experience and continuous improvement.
- 6+ years' experience in service delivery and network operations ideally in an FTTH environment.
- 4+ years' experience of owning and managing 3rd parties through SLAs.
- Deep domain expertise across 2 or more of OSS, OLT, ONT, DWDM & IP (Nokia an advantage)
- Good Knowledge of and experience of eTOM and or ITIL. (Certification an advantage)
- Knowledge and experience of QMS, continuous improvement methodologies e.g. ISO ISO9001:2015, SO20000-1:2018, LSS etc. (Certification an advantage)
- Ability to deliver effective operational decision-making with clear articulation of threats and risks. Possess the capability to articulate a clear structured risk management approach to preventing customer failure.
- Knowledge and experience of managing complex customer journeys breaking down complexity to ensure delivery.
- Ability to manage multiple changing priorities to respond effectively to customer demands.
- Resilience and ability to motivate others in times of change.
- Collaboration and effective team working skills, especially where there are conflicting demands.
- Ability to build trusted relationships across management teams.
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to translate complex operational performance and challenges into concise business updates working across senior stakeholders and virtual teams.
- Excellent ambassador for NBI, promoting the organisation and role modelling NBI's values.
Competency Profile:
Business Competencies
Customer Focus
Innovation
Results Focus
Change Orientation
Problem Solving
People Competencies
Leadership
Coaching & Development
Influencing & Winning Commitment
Oral & Written Communication
Teamwork
Interpersonal Skills
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