09/23/2026 updated
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Senior Telecom Delivery Leader | Program & Project Management | RAN, BSS/NSS, Network Modernization
Cairo, Egypt
Only remote
BSc Electrical & Computer Engineering, Higher Technological Institute, Egypt (2003)Project Closure
Program & Project Delivery
End-to-end project lifecycle management from kickoff to handover, including scope, schedule and budget baselining, funding approval, budget forecasting, risk and change control, multi-workstream coordination, applying PMBOK and MS Project methodologies.
Network Delivery & RAN Engineering
RAN rollout and modernization, site integration and commissioning, network swaps across RAN, BSS and transmission, software rollouts and migrations including AoIP and AMR-WB, BSS/NSS switch and core, and transmission technologies such as TDM, ATM, DACS, T1/T3 and OC-3/12/48.
Service Governance (ITIL)
Support-model design, transition to BAU, incident and problem management, SLA management, and service improvement planning in line with ITIL discipline.
Commercial & Account Management
Account management for major clients including CEOs, ministers and VPs of Business Development, handling tenders, RFPs and bids, business development and presales, quotation preparation and negotiation, statement-of-work management, technical proposals and pricing, contract and procurement coordination, and executive/CxO reporting.
Billing & Financial Control
Man-hour and expense-based quotations, change-request pricing, task and man-hour tracking using Remedy, invoicing through SAP, and budget forecasting and progress reporting.
Multi-Vendor Delivery & Oversight
Coordination and oversight of vendors including Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei, outsourced partner oversight, and vendor acceptance testing.
People & Hiring
Interviewing, scoring and selecting candidates against a structured template covering technical and interpersonal skills, participation in hiring committees for peer teams, team appraisals and team leadership.
RAN & Core Technical Foundation
Expertise in LTE, GSM/UMTS technologies across Ericsson, NSN and Huawei platforms, AXE switches, MSC/VLR, HLR, BSC/RNC and RBS 2000 family equipment.
Transmission Technologies
Hands-on experience with TDM, ATM, DACS, T1/T3/OC-3/12/48 and Tellabs 5500 transmission systems.
Tools & Systems
Proficiency in MS Project, SAP for invoicing, Ericsson OSS and OSS-RC, Remedy for ticket and man-hour tracking, and T-Bert and Sunrise test equipment.
End-to-end project lifecycle management from kickoff to handover, including scope, schedule and budget baselining, funding approval, budget forecasting, risk and change control, multi-workstream coordination, applying PMBOK and MS Project methodologies.
Network Delivery & RAN Engineering
RAN rollout and modernization, site integration and commissioning, network swaps across RAN, BSS and transmission, software rollouts and migrations including AoIP and AMR-WB, BSS/NSS switch and core, and transmission technologies such as TDM, ATM, DACS, T1/T3 and OC-3/12/48.
Service Governance (ITIL)
Support-model design, transition to BAU, incident and problem management, SLA management, and service improvement planning in line with ITIL discipline.
Commercial & Account Management
Account management for major clients including CEOs, ministers and VPs of Business Development, handling tenders, RFPs and bids, business development and presales, quotation preparation and negotiation, statement-of-work management, technical proposals and pricing, contract and procurement coordination, and executive/CxO reporting.
Billing & Financial Control
Man-hour and expense-based quotations, change-request pricing, task and man-hour tracking using Remedy, invoicing through SAP, and budget forecasting and progress reporting.
Multi-Vendor Delivery & Oversight
Coordination and oversight of vendors including Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei, outsourced partner oversight, and vendor acceptance testing.
People & Hiring
Interviewing, scoring and selecting candidates against a structured template covering technical and interpersonal skills, participation in hiring committees for peer teams, team appraisals and team leadership.
RAN & Core Technical Foundation
Expertise in LTE, GSM/UMTS technologies across Ericsson, NSN and Huawei platforms, AXE switches, MSC/VLR, HLR, BSC/RNC and RBS 2000 family equipment.
Transmission Technologies
Hands-on experience with TDM, ATM, DACS, T1/T3/OC-3/12/48 and Tellabs 5500 transmission systems.
Tools & Systems
Proficiency in MS Project, SAP for invoicing, Ericsson OSS and OSS-RC, Remedy for ticket and man-hour tracking, and T-Bert and Sunrise test equipment.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2004
Languages
ArabicNative speakerEnglishFluentItalianBasic knowledge
Project history
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