Specialist Manager - Wireless Networks

Full-timeAsia PacificBangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore

Job Description

As a Specialist Manager at Kearney, you will be a key contributor to the growth and development of our Technology Center or Excellence for Telecom (TCOE) as we offer honest advice and practical guidance to our clients.  

Working alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people, you will work alongside our clients to define and implement strategies that will deliver both short-term results and longer-term competitiveness in this ever-changing market environment.  

Through unique hands-on experiences, you will broaden your knowledge across a breadth of topics while developing relationships with clients and colleagues across the firm. With the freedom to be yourself and recognition for what you bring to the table, you can put your purpose into action and help build a future that works for everyone, everywhere—as a Kearney Original.  

The TCOE is a small group of expert consults who work alongside Kearney’s broader consulting teams to bring deep, practical technology expertise into client engagements. The TCOE focuses on highly technical topics across network and IT domains, enabling effective collaboration with telecom engineering and operations teams. By combining rigorous consulting problem-solving with extensive industry experience, the TCOE has an unmatched ability to ensure recommendations are grounded in real-world feasibility and deliver measurable impact to clients. 

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Who you are  

After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections—between facts, figures, insights, strategies, tools, technologies, and above all, people. That’s why we look for collaborative, insightful, and inquisitive problem-solvers who don’t accept the first thing in front of them and who are always unapologetically themselves.  

As a Wireless Networks Expert in the Technology Center of Excellence for Telecom, you will: 

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to telecom Network leaders (CTO, CTO-1) on wireless network strategy, design choices, and investment decisions, with a focus on RAN and radio planning–related topics 

  • Bring deep domain expertise in wireless networks in areas such as macro network planning, site-level design considerations, spectrum strategy, capacity and coverage trade-offs, and performance optimization 

  • Translate technical radio planning concepts into clear business insights, implications, and recommendations for senior client stakeholders 

  • Leverage familiarity with industry-standard radio planning tools, data inputs, and outputs to run high-level analyses, challenge assumptions, interpret results, and guide decision-making  

  • Advise on network architecture and evolution topics (e.g., 4G/5G, Open RAN, densification, spectrum refarming), informed by knowledge of leading RAN OEMs and vendor ecosystems 

  • Enjoy flexing across adjacent domains such as transport, core, network operations, and IT enablement, reflecting the breadth required in a small expert team 

  • Work independently and with broader consulting teams to structure complex problems, develop hypotheses, and produce high-quality analyses and client-ready deliverables 

  • Manage small client teams and working sessions; communicate confidently and succinctly with both technical and non-technical audiences 

  • Coach junior and non-expert consultants; contribute to the development of reusable intellectual capital, methodologies, and points of view within the TCOE – manage junior consultant to produce contents 

  • Support business development through expert input into proposals, client discussions, and the shaping of new offerings 

  • Typically bring significant industry experience in wireless networks (often 10+ years), with demonstrated ability to apply technical expertise in a consulting or advisory context 

What we can offer you  

Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:  

  • Generous retirement/pension savings contributions  

  • Comprehensive medical insurance for employees and immediate family  

  • Gym membership discounts  

  • Non-partner equity-based awards (for consulting managers and above)  

  • Structured and on-the-job learning and development opportunities  

  • Personalized opportunities including talent mobility, flexible work programs, and externships to help you chart a unique career journey to pursue your own personal and professional goals  

 

 

Skills Required: 

  • 10+ years experience working in a telco operator (or telco OEM with RAN portfolio) 

  • Experience on RAN planning or radio optimization in telco engineering organization or (operations organization or managed/professional services organization from OEM) 

  • Understanding of wider telco network (core, transport, transmission, core, OSS, etc…) 

  • Exposure to techno-economics, budget planning, etc… 

  • 5+ years in customer-facing role (presales, professional services, consulting, etc…) 

  • Versatility to work in telco topics outside his/her core expertise 

  • APAC-based (SEA-based ideally) 

  • MBA as a plus 

 

Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination  
Kearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. That’s why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.  

Language Requirements

English