Associate Principal - OSS/BSS Revenue Management

Associate Principal – OSSand BSS Position Ericsson’s Business consulting practice has an open position for an Associate Principal. This position will work with customers primarily in the areas of OSSand BSS. Position Description:  Primary Responsibilities Include:  · Continue the development and expansion of our North American consulting practice with customers in the areas of OSS and BSS. · Lead and manage consulting teams in the sales and delivery of OSS and BSS engagements.  · Develop and cultivate relationships with customers at the senior levels · Work with Ericsson Account Managers to help set strategic OSS/BSS account direction, develop approaches for leveraging our  OSS/BSS consulting capabilities into customer accounts, and sell OSS/BSS consulting engagements.  · Contribute locally and globally to the overall practice in competence development, establishment of methodologies, best practices, and approaches in the OSS/BSS area.   Skills Requirements Candidate should have deep OSS/BSS process and IT knowledge in many of the following areas including: OSS· Network Managemento  Fault Managemento  Performance Managemento  Network Inventory Managemento  Trouble Ticketing Managemento  Ericsson OSS Integration· Service Assuranceo   Service Level Managemento   Traffic Streams Quality of Serviceo   End-user Experience QoS· Service Provisioningo   Service Activationo   Service Provisioning (incl. workflow)o   Enterprise Application Integrationo   Device Management BSS· Billing· Convergent Charging & Business Support· Charging· Mediation· Wholesale (Interconnect, wholesale)· Revenue Assurance· Customer Care & CRM systems The candidate should have a good understanding of OSS and BSS Telecom processes, software and deployment experience. Candidate should also be able to translate the customer’s business, functional and operational processes requirements into system solutions.  Additional skills include:· Strong strategic and analytical skills· Ability to build relationships with clients and internally at Ericsson · Strong planning, delivery, and organizational skills· Excellent/effective interpersonal presentation and communication skills· Self-motivated, resourceful, results-oriented   Experience: Candidates must have demonstrated experience and competency in the following areas: · 5-7 years working for a Telecom provider (fixed, mobile or cable) with a leading Consultancy or Systems Integrator in a consulting capacity.· 5-7 year working with telecom OSS/BSS processes, systems, and operations· Experience in Managing OSS/BSS RFP’s · Experience with market leading OSS/BSS products· Ability to work with both OSS/BSS technical and business experts· Experience with OSS/BSS industry standard process maps such as eTOM and ITIL· Experience in working with clients to identifying and define OSS/BSS business, technical, and functional requirements.· Experienced in managing OSS/BSS projects that have both a technical and process components· Candidates must have strong writing skills and experience presenting findings and deliverables to senior management · MBA Preferred Other · Self-starter and ability to work with minimal direction · Ability to travel between 30-50% of the time, including some International travel · Preference to be given to local candidates.   Location: · This position will be based in Plano TX If you are interested in applying for this position, please click on the following link:  https://www4.recruitingcenter.net/Clients/ericssonUS/PublicJobs/controller.cfm?jbaction=JobProfile&Job_Id=10945&esid=az We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. Company: Ericsson Location: 6300 Legacy Drive, TX 75024 Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: Sales/Retail/Business Development Relevant Work Experience: 5+ to 7 Years Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Education Level: Master's Degree Company: Ericsson Reference Code: 10945