Manager, Telecom Partnerships & Interconnect
$130,000–$140,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Manage partnerships, contracts, and capacity commitments for IPX, hubbing, and clearing relationships with MNOs and satellite operators. Maintain SLAs and vendor scorecards covering GT routing, IPX ports, and clearing setups while facilitating monthly operating reviews to track escalations. Act as the primary daily contact for dependencies across Sales Engineering, Network Integration, NOC, and Finance to drive corrective actions on commercial or operational breakdowns. Coordinate onboarding pipelines with partner demand and support multi-sourcing strategies to mitigate carrier concentration risks.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience in carrier interconnect, wholesale roaming, IPX/GRX, or telecom vendor operations
- Experience managing day-to-day operations with strategic suppliers and telecom partners
- Solid working familiarity with SS7/MAP and Diameter signaling, GT/point-code routing, and IPX interconnect operations
- Strong knowledge of IR.21/RAEX, IREG/TADIG testing schedules, and basic TAP/RAP/BCE workflows
- Demonstrated success administering telecom agreements, monitoring service levels, and handling operational escalations
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to turn ambiguous operational issues into structured tasks
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with NTN, NB-IoT, IoT roaming, or rapidly growing multi-MNO networks
- Familiarity with GSMA processes and ticketing platforms like Jira and Confluence
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