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KPN

Nationwide telecom and ICT services provider

Lead Application Optimization Corporate

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeAmersfoort, Netherlands

About the Job

Requirements

  • Have specialist technical knowledge of application services and understand their technical possibilities and limitations.
  • Understand which profiles are needed to execute the technical roadmap.
  • Provide technical advice to stakeholders and make decisions on architecture choices and technical designs.
  • Actively collaborate with customer and KPN stakeholders and communicate in a target-group-oriented way.
  • Steer the quality and relevance of KPN services in relation to customer needs and competitors' services.
  • Continuously improve the organization, attract top talent, and help colleagues develop.
  • Be a team player who supports collective success and translates goals into concrete actions for the team and each colleague.
  • Have HBO work-and-thinking level.
  • Have at least 3–5 years of experience in a comparable role.
  • Have experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Demonstrate inspirational, authentic, and connecting leadership.
  • Have knowledge of and understanding of relevant technological ICT developments, particularly application environments.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage KPN environments for customer applications and workloads, including integrations with public cloud and relevant tooling, automation, and orchestration.
  • Set ambitious goals and provide customer-focused support that enables customer developers to develop and release continuously.
  • Provide direction as Product Owner by managing the backlog, setting clear priorities, and ensuring optimal allocation of capacity.
  • Ensure a high-quality customer experience by delivering activities quickly and in line with customer expectations.
  • Ensure services are secure and comply with the KPN Security Policy and ISAE/SOC 2 requirements.
  • Continuously identify opportunities to improve services.
  • Guide customers through an application migration strategy tailored to their environment, covering traditional private cloud, cloud-native private cloud, and public cloud.
  • Carry out all HR activities as Lead.
  • Provide operational direction and backlog prioritization as Product Owner, balancing customer needs, services, and innovation.

Desired Qualifications

  • Technical-domain certifications are preferred.
  • Certified Product Owner certification is preferred.

About the Company

KPN

Nationwide telecom and ICT services provider

KPN provides telecommunications and IT services in the Netherlands. They run national fixed and mobile networks, including a large fibre footprint and 5G, to deliver consumer services such as telephony, broadband internet, and TV, often bundled in fixed-mobile packages under multiple brands. For businesses and government, they offer connectivity plus IT services like cloud, cybersecurity, data networks, data centres, workplace management, and IoT, along with wholesale access to their networks for other providers. Their goal is to connect the Netherlands with reliable telecom and IT services, grow recurring revenues, maintain market leadership, and expand capabilities in fibre, 5G, cloud, cybersecurity, and IoT while supporting wholesale partners and investing in relevant technologies.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Founded
1989

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