5G Consulting Manager

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Platform Engineering & Architecture

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career within Application and Emerging Technology services, will provide you with a unique opportunity to help our clients identify and prioritise emerging technologies that can help solve their business problems. We help clients design approaches to integrate new technologies, skills, and processes so they can get the most out of their technology investment and drive business results and innovation.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

As a Manager you will lead technical consulting engagements in telecommunications, delivering 5G/wireless networks focused, full lifecycle services to PwC clients across industry verticals. Technical services will encompass different generations of wireless technologies and networks (2G/3G/4G LTE/5G- SA, NSA, PN, NextG), fiber and cable networks in hybrid wired and wireless networks, SATCOM and Edge/MEC.

Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience:
5 year(s) with 3 years of Technology Consulting experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Fields of Study:
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities as a team leader, emphasizing the following areas:

• Performing range of network design and evaluation services- including RF and cell planning, capacity planning, network architecture design and evaluation, redundancy and resiliency evaluation, network optimization and performance/KPI evaluation, network and service cost analysis, MEC stack design, MEC and 5G vendor evaluation;
• Developing requirements for 5G/wireless projects and creating RFP and proposal responses;
• Defining 5G network and solution use cases, and performing business and market analysis;
• Collaborating with technical development teams and creating product/accelerator requirements and specifications to help the development of 5G/wireless technology accelerators including 5G Private Networks;
• Helping develop and update the wireless technical consulting services catalog- including creation and updating of playbooks, methodologies, analyses, frameworks etc;
• Helping design and bring to market 5G solutions for different industry verticals in collaboration with technology and product development teams.

Demonstrates​ extensive abilities in professional service or corporate roles, as both an individual contributor and team member, with identifying and addressing client needs and by:

• Bringing technical consulting experience, focused on wireless networks and other telecommunications systems, across design/build/operate/sunset technology lifecycles;
• Performing 5G network related services- including network architecture design and analysis, network performance analysis, RF and capacity planning, failure and redundancy analysis, and resiliency evaluation, network optimization and performance/KPI evaluation;
• Serving telecommunications services providers;
• Exhibiting extensive technical knowledge of wireless networks and technologies including 2/3/4/5G and all variations of 5G- SA/NSA and Private networks, this includes 3GPP and other standards and industry playbooks and frameworks;
• Understanding of Mobile Edge Computing tech stack, vendors, architectures and use cases;
• Understanding of full 5G technology stack- from RF front/backhaul to applications and 5G solutions, and 5G vendors and products;
• Understanding of 5G use cases, market and business trends;
• Working with industry best technical consulting services catalogs in telecom/wireless networks, and ability to develop and enhance service offerings;
• Working with technology development teams and providing product management expertise;
• Utilizing high proficiency analytics tools such as NSIM, OPNET, MATLAB and other networking monitoring and analyzes tools;
• Possessing prior experience in any of product management, strategy, GTM/sales, and/or technology design and dev of 5G Private networks and MEC solution;
• Interfacing between consumer facing business teams and tech dev teams;
• Analyzing wireless consumers, markets and develop business, product and/or GTM strategies and business models for wireless products and services;
• Understanding of 5G networking and MEC tech stack and markets;
• Working with product management of telecom and/or wireless networking solutions;
• Understanding of intersection of business and technology ( business cases, models, GTM etc.); and
• Exhibiting a passion to learn, innovate and discover creative technology solutions to business problems.

Travel Requirements

Up to 60%

Job Posting End Date

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.For positions in Albany (NY), California, Colorado, Nevada, New York City, Washington State, or Westchester County (NY), please visit the following link for pay range information: https://pwc.to/payrange-v1-advisorymanagerSummary

• Location: NY-New York; CA-Los Angeles; GA-Atlanta; CO-Denver; IL-Chicago; DC-Washington; MA-Boston; NJ-Florham Park; TX-Dallas; CA-San Francisco; PA-Philadelphia; TX-Houston
• Type: Full time