GN-Comms & Media -Mobile Private Networks – Consultant

Work in teams to deliver projects for global clients, and be responsible, with minimal supervision, for: 

• Independently liaise with customers and convincingly present solutions - especially in an unstructured and ever-changing client environment. Be able to independently question the customer, when required 

• Gather business requirements from client stakeholders via interactions like interviews and workshops  

• Understand customer needs and translate them to business requirements (business requirement definition), business process flows and functional requirements –thereby acting as an interface between business and technology teams 

• Ability to understand the as-is process; understand issues with the processes which can be resolved either through technology or process solutions and design detail level to-be process with all stakeholders 

• Engage all the stakeholders as a virtual team (Customer, Development and Accounts team, Product manager, operations) for sales origination, solutioning and delivery 

• Propose solutions to the client based on gap analysis for the existing platforms against industry benchmarks 

Business Development:  

• Support global sales team to identify and win potential opportunities within the practice. Help in drafting proposals as an expert for different areas 

• Support proposals, business development efforts and coordinate with other colleagues to create consensus-driven deliverables 

• Develop assets and best practices, point-of-view, research, or white papers for use by the team and larger community 

Your experience counts! 

• MBA from a Tier 1 and Tier 2 school and Engineering from Tier 1 school or rich relevant industry experience 

• Diversity Candidates preferred 

• Candidate should have 1-6 years’ experience of working with consulting / services provider firms in the telecom networks service assurance domain. 

• Direct onsite experience (i.e., experience of facing client inside client offices in India or abroad) is mandatory 

• Exposure to global clients is preferred 

• Have done a project delivery or performed POC related to use-case enablement using Private network 

• Certifications related to BPMN, eTOM, ITIL, SID, TAM or similar is good to have 

• Should have Impeccable team management skills with an ability to engage effectively with multiple stakeholders 

• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and good communication skills 

• Should have Cross-cultural competence with an ability to thrive in a dynamic environment 

• Preferable working knowledge of Automation across RPA / Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning etc. 

• Good experience of team Management – Coach and mentor team members in projects, on asset development, BDs, and overall professional development 

Then, Accenture Strategy and Consulting is the right place for you to explore limitless possibilities. 

Comms & Media (C&M) is one of the Industry Practices within Accenture’s S&C Global Network (CN) team. It focuses in serving clients across specific Industries – Communications, Media & Entertainment. 

• Communications – Focuses primarily on industries related with telecommunications and information & communication technology (ICT). This dynamic team serves most of the world’s leading wireline, wireless, cable and satellite communications and service providers. 

• Media & Entertainment – Focuses on industries like broadcast, entertainment, print and publishing. 

Globally, Accenture Comms & Media practice works to develop value growth strategies for its clients, who are top-notch organizations, and help improve their offers and go-to-market performance and maximize organizational effectiveness. We work on end-to-end projects delivering management and technology consultancy to help our clients achieve greater profitability, quality, and reliability. 

From multi-year major systems integration transformation deals to shorter more agile engagements, we have a rapidly expanding portfolio of hyper-growth clients and an increasing footprint with next-gen technology and industry practices, with the following requirements: 

• Deep expertise in one or more Telecom Domains 

• Lead delivery of small to medium-size teams to deliver management consulting projects for global clients.  

• Lead innovation transformation programs and process enablement for our clients  

• Take responsibility within Comms & Media industry group or across the Products group, help build the practice, track metrics, and so on. 

• Develop assets and methodologies, point-of-view, research, or white papers for use by the team and larger community.  

• Support global sales team to identify and win potential opportunities within the practice. Help in drafting proposals as an expert for domain areas. 

• Lead proposals, business development efforts and coordinate with other colleagues to create consensus-driven deliverables. 

• Understand customer needs and translate them to business requirements, business process flows and functional requirements 

• Experience to engage with stakeholders independently 

• Execute a transformational change plan aligned with client’s business strategy and context for change. Engage stakeholders in the change journey and build commitment for change. 

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role!  

Technical Experience 

Must-Haves  

• Experience in building 5G network strategy, Operating Model design, Process Transformation, governance & program management 

• Experience in assessing client’s current maturity and recommending the transition strategies and defining roadmap 

• Experience in use case identification, prioritization, and monetization for Private network deployment (on prem & cloud deployment) 

• Experience in Private network rollout planning, capacity dimensioning etc.  

• Experience of working in multi-vendor and multi-technology ecosystem 

• In- Depth knowledge Wireless network technologies i.e., LTE/5G, WiFi5/6, SD-WAN 

• Good understanding of Private Network KPI definitions and measurement 

• Good understanding of network generations, architecture, and 3GPP/ETSI/O-RAN specifications 

Good To Have 

• Understanding the competitive landscape and market opportunities in Private Networks space 

• Understanding of EPC/5G Core, Edge cloud, Multi Edge Computing (MEC), NFV, SDN and Applications 

• Good understanding on Network Analytics - AI based Service Assurance use cases to drive business/operations benefits 

• Good understanding of Network operations – Processes, tools, operating model etc. 

• Familiarity with microservices and CNCF services 

• Basic understanding of SCADA, PLC, Robots, sensors of IT-OT environment, data collection and database system to control logic functions, API gateways, orchestrators, and middleware 

Core Skills required at least in one or more roles 

• Experience in the role of Functional Business Analyst, Product Owners, Process Designers, Service Designers, Scrum Master’s i.e. 

• Value Architect and Tracking - Define value driver trees translating into value components and key KPIs linked to Business objectives