Satellite Planning & Integrated Design Assistant Manager

About the Role

stc is seeking a Satellite Planning & Integrated Design Assistant Manager to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is critical for planning and optimizing Satellite Services Infrastructure to ensure capacity, resilience, and performance align with business requirements. The position involves coordinating investment planning, network integration, regulatory compliance, engineering governance, and project delivery to establish reliable and future-ready satellite services, all in accordance with stipulated business policies and procedures.

Core Responsibilities

• Prepare the annual CAPEX for Satellite Services Infrastructure across GEO, MEO, and LEO orbits.
• Analyze Satellite Services Infrastructure plans to ensure alignment with transport and optical network requirements.
• Coordinate with stakeholder teams, including WBU, CBU, EBU, Royal, STS, and Infra, to assess voice and broadband project forecasts for Satellite services.
• Review network capacity, utilization, and performance reports for Satellite to ensure adequate capacity and service readiness.
• Optimize investments and drive the evolution of Satellite services infrastructure to improve network efficiency, resilience, and coverage.
• Monitor Satellite Services Infrastructure performance and availability, ensuring compliance with service KPIs and implementing optimization plans where required.

Strategic Planning & Infrastructure Evolution

• Lead the planning and execution of the rollout roadmap for approved next-generation satellite technologies, ensuring alignment with business priorities and network transformation objectives.
• Develop and maintain the Satellite Services Infrastructure strategy, encompassing modernization, expansion, spectrum utilization, and technology evolution.

Network Integration & Governance

• Oversee the design of GEO/MEO/LEO satellite access and transport networks, including all integration requirements.
• Integrate multi-orbit satellite systems seamlessly with terrestrial infrastructure.
• Support partnerships, drive satellite network improvements, and ensure cross-functional technology alignment to achieve network security, scalability, and future readiness.
• Review standards and ensure regulatory compliance for all satellite projects.
• Coordinate space segment requirements with related business demand and regulatory teams for satellite projects.
• Develop and govern engineering improvement initiatives that enhance Core and Transport SoWs delivery, minimize PAT rejections, and strengthen data quality and engineering accuracy.
• Maintain and Enhance Data Quality Health Index (DQHI) for CDE’s related to satellite ISOW Systems.
• Solve and track Technology Performance critical cases that are pending with infra departments in coordination with concerned stakeholders.
• Provide End-to-End Tracking, Controlling, and Reporting functionalities for the integrated SOWs till PAT/HO to SEA.

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering or Engineering.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a related discipline.
• Prior experience in Satellite Services Infrastructure within the Telecommunication industry.

Location

This position is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.