Principal, Wholesale Network Solutions

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What you'll be doing...

Verizon's Consumer Wholesale organization plays a crucial role in how Verizon presents itself in the marketplace, enabling additional revenue streams and subscriber growth through consumer-focused MVNO distribution channels. The Channel Management team you will be joining focuses on the day-to-day account management of two key channels for this important business.

As a Principal, Wholesale Network Solutions, you will:

• Provide technical engagement on specific business challenges in your assigned channels, and present comprehensive solutions that address current and future needs for Verizon-hosted solutions and shared services that support channel customers

• Lead cross-functional collaboration within Wholesale Channel Management, Product, Operations, and Platform teams, as well as with the broader Consumer and Global Networks & Technology teams at Verizon, to evaluate and populate solutions for SoWs from the channel

• Provide SME level channel expertise, coordinate technical discussions with channel customers across a variety of topics, including network, device, and device plan features

• Build strong relationships within the Verizon organization and externally with Channel Customer product development and engineering teams at the working team and executive levels

• Facilitate and drive directional decision-making within the Verizon Wholesale team, engaging diverse points of view through collaboration and effective communication skills

• Act as an escalation point to senior management on critical technical issues/risks/decision points, and management of these elements on an ongoing basis

What we're looking for...

You are outcomes-driven, intelligent, hard-working, and a great team player. You thrive on new challenges and are excited by the prospect of mastering new things. You thrive in a fast-paced environment where new challenges come up every day. You can be creative and execute with urgency, with the ability to roll up your sleeves to structure a solution or craft a presentation at short notice. You are confident enough to voice well-informed, dissenting opinions, yet always treat others and their views respectfully. Learning rapidly is personally rewarding and inspires you to take intelligent risks.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience

• Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• An understanding of Wholesale reseller business models and associated technology enablers

• Broad solutions experience in key technical areas such as: 5G NSA and SA core network functions, Emerging Device capabilities, 4G/5G Voice and messaging services, Connectivity plans and features, Billing records and rating, fraud management, Cloud, AI, Satellite products & solutions, emerging Consumer products and associated technologies

• Prior experience in crafting technical solutions and SoWs for tier-1 customer projects

• High level of comfort aligning channel requirements and associated solutions with key internal and external stakeholders

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Customer-facing technical sales/solutions experience from a leading telecom solutions provider.

• Proven people leadership skills with an ability to influence without authority

• Experience in proven partnerships across Verizon stakeholder organizations to align on scope, deliverables, and timelines for key initiatives.

• Skillets to thrive in a fast-moving environment, work across multiple levels of an organization, meet challenging deadlines, and simultaneously work on several projects

• Ability to translate complex ideas and express them in concise, simple-to-understand ways

• Excellent speaking and writing skills to support the creation of user stories and convey complex solutions to all types of audiences

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, stock incentive programs, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we've got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.