Technical Director

Job Description : TELECOM TECHNICAL DIRECTOR INDIA 25-30 years experience The Technical Director’s responsibilities are to plan, coordinate, and supervise activities related to the design, development, and implementation of the products. The person is expected to work effectively across functional teams both in the India and in the United States, apply proven leadership skills, communication skills, organizational skills, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of best practices to guide the development team on day to day activities. The successful candidate will be a technical, hands-on manager who is capable of building a high performance development team in a dynamic environment. The successful candidate will also need significant Project/Program management skills to successfully lead complex cross- organizational project teams. - Provide direction to the SW development team in Bangalore for identifying and resolving technical issues and seek opportunities for continuous improvements. - Provide strong leadership and technical guidance across functional teams in order to manage large scale projects that include application software components, platform software and hardware. - Communicate effectively with functional teams, including Systems Engineering, Product Management, Test, Customer Support, as well as Executive Management and other Engineering teams. - Build, mentor and grow the development team and serve as a champion for a positive team environment. - Commit to reasonable development schedules and deliver solutions on time with high quality. - Lead and manage 3rd party contractors and service/solution providers. - Travel to the headquarters at Santa Clara, USA may be required on a quarterly basis. Required Skills, Knowledge and Experience: - A minimal 17 years of experience in software industry and at least 8 years of managing engineering development teams. - Requires solid understanding and hands on experience in the following areas: carrier grade networking equipment like 3GPP/LTE mobile core networking elements, real time operating systems, embedded systems, high availability design and development. - Proficient in using project management tools such as PowerPoint, excel and project plan. - Be able to effectively guide and contribute to architecture and product features and road map. - Efficiently create and manage development schedules and resources. - Effectively provide clear status and communicate changes in schedule.

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