.OverviewWELCOME TO SITAWe're the team that keeps airports moving, airlines flying smoothly, and borders open. Our tech and communication innovations are the secret behind the success of the world's air travel industry.You'll find us at 95% of international hubs. We partner closely with over 2,500 transportation and government clients, each with their own unique needs and challenges. Our goal is to find fresh solutions and cutting-edge tech to make their operations run like clockwork. Want to be a part of something big?Are you ready to love your job? The adventure begins right here, with you, at SITA.ABOUT THE ROLE & TEAMFor the last 4 decades, SITA is operating a global network of 2,500 stations worldwide, across 172 countries providing services to 250 airlines and connecting 18,000 aircraft.We are looking for a Network Planning Product Manager with Mobile network deployment experience, to define and lead our network deployment strategy worldwide.Reporting to the Head of the Aircraft Communications Portfolio, the Network Planning Product Manager is overall responsible for the following key activities:Develop and execute a network deployment strategic plan,Form and advocate a product vision, based on experience, customers' needs, internal feedback, business rationales, technical constraints, and budget,Develop and maintain relationship with suppliers and partners,Ensure network solutions and services are aligned with Sita's business goals and objectives.You will strongly interact with the various functions within SITA such as Network design Engineering teams, Network infrastructure teams, Commercial teams, Customer operations and customer support teams, and other colleagues across the company, located in 20+ countries (Canada, United-States, France, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Spain)WHAT YOU'LL DOPlan and develop a deployment strategy for the Telecom Network and define the best set up for the stations so to optimize the network performance, and capacity.Analyze the current network capacity and growth projections and align with the business commitments so to propose improvements.Drive the prioritization of the deployment based on backlog, deployment strategy, budget. Define and track KPI reporting pre and post deployment.Define, drive and monitor yearly and long-term budget.Support roadmap and customer projects and enforce technical standards for quality, maintainability, scalability, availability, and security of the network infrastructure, ensuring deployment plan is aligned with the industry and customer needs, and in line with SITA's commitments.Specify Business requirements so to support functional and/or technical design of a solution and serve as a liaison with subject matter experts.Drive, monitor and maintain suppliers and partners' relationship and contracts.Support the investigation on Regulation, Licensing, Certification, Partnering needs in different countries
