Description:

We are currently hiring for a senior leadership role Head Product, Feasibility & Planning (Vice President level) with a leading telecom organization based in Gurgaon.

This role will lead end-to-end product strategy, feasibility, and network planning for Connectivity & IoT solutions, driving product modernization, automation, zero-touch activation, and future-ready network capabilities. It is a high-impact position working closely with business, sales, network, delivery, and assurance teams.

Job Description:

Role: Head Product, Feasibility & Planning

Function: Network

Location: Gurgaon (HO)

Experience: 18+ Years

Role Purpose:

The Head Product, Feasibility & Planning will lead the end-to-end product strategy, feasibility, and network planning for Connectivity & IoT offerings. This role is responsible for driving product modernization, improving feasibility accuracy, enabling zero-touch and automated planning processes, and building future-ready network capabilities. The position partners closely with Business Strategy Group (BSG), Sales, Network, Delivery, and Assurance teams to ensure scalable, customer-centric, and execution-ready products that directly support business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product Strategy & Automation

2. Feasibility & Planning Leadership

3. Future-Ready Network & Product Modernization

4. Capability Building & Talent Development

Key Outcomes / KPIs:

Qualifications & Experience:

Skills & Competencies:

- Define, design, and evolve Connectivity & IoT products in partnership with BSG, aligned to business objectives and customer needs.

- Modernize and future-proof products including FTTH, PRI, SD-WAN, RF, IWAN, MPLS, Transport & IP, and emerging technologies.

- Enable Sales and BSG through standardized solution catalogues and boilerplates on SFDC for all products.

- Drive customer-backward tooling with a single-pane-of-glass experience for customers and internal stakeholders.

- Lead Zero-Touch Activation initiatives across RF, IWAN, point-to-point, and transport services.

- Test, qualify, and certify network devices prior to large-scale deployment.

- Own feasibility operations for all new deployments including FTTH, PRI, SD-WAN, IoT, and enterprise connectivity.

- Strengthen demand forecasting, capacity planning, and network readiness models.

- Improve feasibility accuracy and enable instant feasibility to maximize lead-to-order conversion.

- Reduce implementation fallouts by institutionalizing proactive build strategies driven by SFDC forecasts.

- Ensure planning standards, audit compliance, and partner governance across deployment cycles.

- Integrate offline processes into LEO with milestone-based tracking and visibility.

- Enable transport network planning to build scalable enterprise networks and integrated solutions.

- Scale NB-IoT for smart metering and explore Satellite NTN solutions for no-coverage geographies.

- Drive strong product lifecycle governance, ensuring delivery and assurance readiness prior to go-live.

- Build and mentor a high-performing technical team across product, feasibility, and planning functions.

- Foster a culture of innovation, automation-first thinking, and continuous improvement.

- 15% improvement in feasibility accuracy and reduction in implementation fallouts.

- Improved lead-to-order conversion through instant and accurate feasibility.

- Successful modernization milestones (OPGW expansion, DC interconnects, NB-IoT scale).

- Deployment of automation initiatives including SFDC solution catalogues and Zero-Touch Activation.

- Strong product governance with complete delivery and assurance stitching pre-launch.

- Capability uplift and succession readiness within the product and planning teams.

- 18+ years of experience in Telecom Product Management, Network Planning, or Technology Leadership.

- Deep expertise in Connectivity products: Transport & IP, FTTH, PRI, SD-WAN, MPLS, Optics, and IoT stacks.

- Exposure to emerging technologies such as NB-IoT and Satellite NTN.

- Proven leadership in product design, feasibility operations, capacity planning, and automation.

- Hands-on experience with SFDC tooling, process digitization, and large-scale transformation initiatives.

- Product lifecycle management

- Network planning & feasibility

- Demand forecasting & capacity readiness

- Automation & digital tooling (SFDC)

- Cross-functional and stakeholder leadership

- Customer-backward thinking

- Data-driven and analytical decision-making.