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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Telecom OSS Reinvention Senior Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$112.9k - $338.3k/yr+ Bonus opportunities
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Boston, MA, USA+42 moreMore locations: Seattle, WA, USA | Orlando, FL, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Des Moines, IA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Detroit, MI, USA | Cleveland, OH, USA | Bentonville, AR, USA | Los Angeles, CA, USA | Miami, FL, USA | Morristown, NJ, USA | Dallas, TX, USA | Raleigh, NC, USA | Redmond, WA, USA | Philadelphia, PA, USA | Chicago, IL, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA | St. Louis, MO, USA | Milwaukee, WI, USA | Carmel, IN, USA | Beaverton, OR, USA | Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Sacramento, CA, USA | Walnut Creek, CA, USA | Kirkland, WA, USA | Albany, NY, USA | Scottsdale, AZ, USA | Columbus, OH, USA | Hartford, CT, USA | Oklahoma City, OK, USA | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Mountain View, CA, USA | Atlanta, GA, USA | San Diego, CA, USA | St. Petersburg, FL, USA | United States | Cincinnati, OH, USA | Overland Park, KS, USA
In PersonTravel as needed, up to 80%.
ConsultingTechnology & Systems Consulting
No H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 10 years of telecommunications industry and/or technology consulting experience, with strong technical depth in OSS architecture, engineering, network operations, or implementation.
  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
  • Deep expertise across multiple OSS domains, including service and resource inventory, fulfillment and provisioning, network and service assurance, fault and performance management, planning and optimization, or network automation.
  • Hands-on architecture or implementation experience with leading OSS or network management platforms such as Amdocs, Netcracker, ServiceNow Telecom, Ericsson, Nokia, or equivalent.
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML, generative AI, agentic AI, orchestration, analytics, and closed-loop automation within network operations.
  • Deep working knowledge of TM Forum Open Digital Architecture and Autonomous Networks maturity frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of modern network architectures, including 5G, fiber, cloud-native networks, software-defined networking/network functions virtualization, network APIs, and edge computing.
  • Demonstrated experience defining target architectures, technology strategies, modernization roadmaps, and implementation approaches.
  • Experience leading complex client engagements, multidisciplinary teams, and discussions with senior network and technology executives.
  • Experience with business development, proposals, and client relationship development.
Responsibilities
  • Lead OSS reinvention and solution architecture across service and resource inventory, fulfillment and provisioning, network and service assurance, fault and performance management, planning and optimization, and network automation.
  • Define target architectures, autonomous network strategies, maturity assessments, business cases, and roadmaps aligned with network and business priorities.
  • Architect capabilities including zero-touch provisioning, closed-loop assurance, self-healing operations, intelligent orchestration, and AI-driven network operations center workflows.
  • Shape and guide implementation of AI/ML, generative AI, and agentic AI use cases, including predictive maintenance, intelligent fault detection and triage, root-cause analysis, capacity optimization, and automated remediation.
  • Apply TM Forum Open Digital Architecture and Autonomous Networks frameworks to modernize legacy OSS environments toward modular, cloud-native, API-driven architectures.
  • Evaluate OSS platforms and network management systems and define the data, integration, observability, orchestration, and AI capabilities required for autonomous operations.
  • Provide technical leadership through implementation, addressing complex architecture, integration, API, data, and interoperability challenges.
  • Advise senior network, operations, architecture, and technology leaders on OSS modernization, AI, automation, and autonomous network strategies.
  • Lead client engagements and multidisciplinary teams spanning OSS, network, cloud, data, AI, automation, and architecture, while developing technical talent.
  • Drive business development, solution shaping, proposals, and development of OSS and autonomous network offerings and assets.
  • Travel as needed, up to 80%.
  • Help communications service providers progress from reactive, manually intensive network operations toward predictive, closed-loop, and increasingly autonomous operations.
  • Establish the OSS, data, AI, orchestration, and automation capabilities needed to improve network and service quality, increase resilience and automation, accelerate service delivery, reduce resolution times, and lower operational cost and complexity, while creating a pragmatic path toward higher levels of network autonomy.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with self-organizing networks, closed-loop automation, self-healing networks, AI-driven network optimization, cloud radio access networks, or zero-touch provisioning.
  • Experience integrating agentic AI or large language model-based capabilities into OSS and network operations.
  • TM Forum certifications in Open Digital Architecture, Autonomous Networks, or related areas.
  • Programming or scripting experience with Python or similar technologies for automation, data, or AI integration.
  • Participation in TM Forum Catalyst projects or industry working groups.

About the company

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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