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As the Head of Operations - Benchmarks & Diagnostics, you are the operational leader driving TM Forum’s benchmarking and maturity initiatives, including our expanding Autonomous Network (AN) products and services. Reporting to the VP of Education & Certification, you will own the end-to-end customer journey – responsible for excellence in service delivery. Crucially, you will direct the top-tier external consulting partners contracted to build and run our benchmark databases and interactive tools. Working hand-in-hand with our internal member engagement team, you will personally guide senior operational leaders at the world's largest telcos through the entire benchmarking lifecycle - from initial readiness and self-assessment to independent validation, data reporting, and capability building.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the operational strategy and launch of new benchmarking products and services, including the upcoming AN Benchmark
Direct and manage the top-tier external consulting partners responsible for building, hosting, and running our benchmark databases and interactive tools
Establish data governance frameworks to secure highly sensitive benchmarking data, translating technical capabilities into business outcomes to produce standardized industry reports
Cultivate and manage ongoing relationships with CTO-nominated technical and operational leads from participating global operators
Own and optimize the end-to-end journey for measuring / using ‘AN Levels’ and other maturity measures – starting with the AN Level Assessment Validation (ANLAV) journey from ‘Readiness’ to ‘Self-assessment’ to ‘Validation’ to ‘Publication’ to ‘Improvement’ - ensuring adherence to SLAs and a premium enterprise customer experience
Design, enforce, and continuously scale standardized operational frameworks and rules of engagement for all maturity and diagnostic services
Strategically align Education and Services by ensuring member organizations fulfill prerequisite capability and certification models prior to initiating benchmarking validation
Orchestrate the global delivery process by managing a matrix of internal technical experts, external freelance validators, and consulting partners
Oversee the commercial lifecycle of diagnostic services, including revenue tracking, partner contribution management, and holistic vendor management
Drive the member recognition strategy, ensuring successful industry-wide publication of benchmark achievements and integration into TM Forum’s overarching rewards programs
Requirements:
Proven experience directing B2B service delivery pipelines, professional services, or customer success operations for large enterprise clients
Exceptional ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and launch new products/services on strict deadlines
Strong capability for handling, analysing and standardizing complex data for executive reporting (eg extracting into, and manipulating data in Excel), establishing data integrity frameworks, managing confidential information etc.
Gravitas and high-level communication skills
comfortable advising and guiding senior technical stakeholders