Posted: 3 weeks ago
15-17 years
Gurgaon / Gurugram, Haryana
Legal & Regulatory
work from office
Full Time
Closes 21 Nov 2026
Posted: 3 weeks ago
Let Jobaaj One apply for you
An AI agent that applies to roles like this on employers' own sites. 25 applications free, no card needed.
Job Description
About Company
Similar Jobs
Please verify your account first!
Send OTP
Posted over 15 days ago, so the role may have closed. Confirm on the employer's page when you apply, or see similar jobs.
Job Description
The Head - Fiber Deployment will be responsible for leading the planning, deployment, integration, and operationalization of fiber infrastructure projects across the region/network. The role will drive end-to-end execution of strategic fiber rollouts, backhaul network expansion, POP deployments, and transport network enhancement initiatives while ensuring adherence to timelines, quality standards, regulatory requirements, and budget commitments.
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Program Management
- Lead deployment and integration of strategic network infrastructure projects aligned with transport, collector ring, and backbone network architecture.
- Develop deployment strategies to support broadband, mobility, enterprise, and digital connectivity initiatives.
- Drive network expansion plans ensuring scalability, resiliency, and future capacity requirements.
- Oversee end-to-end execution of optical fiber rollout projects including backbone, feeder, backhaul, and access fiber networks.
- Ensure timely delivery of fiber deployment programs, POP establishments, route creation, and network integration activities.
- Monitor project milestones, implementation schedules, and vendor deliverables to achieve rollout commitments.
- Lead fiber capacity dimensioning and optimization across transport and backhaul layers.
- Drive route engineering, fiber utilization planning, redundancy design, and node optimization initiatives.
- Ensure optimal utilization of fiber assets, dark fiber resources, and IRU-based infrastructure.
- Provide leadership on GPON, DWDM, MPLS transport, and optical networking technologies.
- Drive onboarding and integration of dark fiber assets, leased infrastructure, and IRU networks.
- Ensure deployment adherence to approved network design standards and architecture guidelines.
- Coordinate with government bodies, local authorities, municipalities, and utility agencies for Right of Way (RoW) approvals.
- Engage with internal stakeholders including Network Planning, Operations, Commercial, SCM, Finance, and Legal teams for seamless project execution.
- Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and environmental requirements.
- Manage EPC partners, fiber deployment vendors, civil contractors, and infrastructure providers.
- Review vendor performance, deployment quality, SLA adherence, and commercial commitments.
- Drive governance reviews and performance management mechanisms with all deployment partners.
- Ensure compliance with deployment standards, safety norms, and quality benchmarks.
- Drive cost optimization initiatives across deployment and operational activities.
- Manage project budgets, capex utilization, risk mitigation plans, and governance reviews.
- Deliver projects within approved timelines, budget, and quality parameters.
- Lead large cross-functional deployment and project management teams.
- Build organizational capability in fiber deployment, transport technologies, and infrastructure management.
- Foster a high-performance culture focused on execution excellence and continuous improvement.
- Bachelors degree in Engineering (Telecommunications, Electronics, Electrical, Computer Science, or related discipline).
- MBA or Project Management certification will be an added advantage.
- 15+ years of experience in telecommunications infrastructure deployment and network implementation.
- Extensive experience in optical fiber rollouts, transport network deployment, backhaul planning, and POP deployment.
- Strong exposure to large-scale regional or national network infrastructure projects.
- Experience managing multi-vendor ecosystems and cross-functional teams.
- Fiber Network Deployment & Rollout Management
- Backhaul Network Planning & Optimization
- BBNL/BharatNet Infrastructure Programs
- IRU Asset Management & Dark Fiber Onboarding
- GPON, DWDM & Optical Transport Networks
- Transport & Collector Ring Architecture
- RoW Management & Regulatory Compliance
- Network Capacity Planning & Dimensioning
- Project Management & Program Governance
- Vendor & Contract Management
- Fiber rollout completion against plan
- Network availability and resiliency improvement
- On-time project delivery
- Capex efficiency and budget adherence
- RoW closure and site operationalization timelines
- Vendor SLA compliance
- Fiber utilization and network capacity optimization
- Stakeholder satisfaction and governance effectiveness
Skills
Asset ManagementLegalIf a job posting appears fraudulent, asks for payment, contains misleading information, or violates our guidelines, please report it immediately. Our team will review it promptly, Jobaaj does not charge any fee from the applicants.
About Company
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top three mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company’s product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed home broadband, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 491 million customers across its operations at the end of June 2023.
Read More
Similar Jobs
View all
Loading...
Get jobs like this by email
New Legal & Regulatory roles in Gurgaon / Gurugram.
Job Alert
Google hiring for Specific Roles Apply Now!
1 min ago
New Opportunity
Amazon is hiring freshers Apply Now!
5 min ago
Featured Jobs
Microsoft opening 50+ positions Apply Now!
10 min ago
One email a day. Unsubscribe any time.
