Senior Director

**Senior Director (Future Technology Development and RAN Architect)**:
**Date**:14 Jul 2025

**Location**: Singapore, Singapore

**Company**:Singtel Group
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**Be a Part of Something BIG**

Future Technology Development
- Enable innovation outcome and scale across the Group by supporting OpCos/Associates in their innovation process of sensing, experimentation and adoption, through cross-group sharing, synergy and scale.
- Develop and maintain Group Innovation Strategy.
- Setup Group-wide innovation programs to deliver innovation outcome and scale.
- Drive ideation, knowledge and best practices sharing.
- Drive external and stakeholder communication of innovation success across the Group, positioning the Singtel Group as an innovation thought leader.
- Develop partner ecosystem of leading technology vendors, SDOs and IHLs to catalyze innovation.

The Senior Director, Future Technology Development works with various teams across the organisation. He/she is knowledgeable of new and emerging technology and industry trends. He/she adopts a global mindset and integrates trends and knowledge from varying sources to chart a compelling vision for the future of innovation. He/she is a charismatic leader who inspires others toward common goals.

**RAN architect**
- Demonstrate advanced expertise in current and emerging RAN technologies within leading telecommunications operators, focusing on:

- Comprehensive knowledge of 4G, 5G, and 5G-A RAN architectures
- Full lifecycle experience: evaluation, piloting, and network integration
- In-depth understanding of Advanced Antenna & Radio Systems (AAU, RRU, BBU) and their network interactions

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESULTS**

Future Technology Development
- Responsible for formulating Group innovation strategy, framework and processes.
- Responsible for running the Group Innovation Strategy and Program Office to facilitate the running of Group innovation framework and processes and to orchestrate various innovation programs and initiatives.
- Responsible for establishing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the implementation and monitoring of Innovation initiatives.
- Responsible for leading the evaluation of new technologies and industry initiatives that emerge.
- Responsible for liaison with technology vendors to gather info and views.
- Responsible for engagement with BU SMEs to assess new technologies.
- Responsible for leading Group innovation initiatives.
- Responsible for running innovation initiatives to meet their outcomes.
- Responsible for the coordination, setting up and maintenance of innovation labs, trials and proof-of-concepts (POC).
- Responsible for engagements with Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) such as GSMA, TM Forum, ORAN-Alliance.
- Responsible for liaison and engagements with SDOs to drive standards and innovations.
- Responsible for engagement with BU SMEs and coordinating Standards work and engagement across the Group.
- Responsible for developing strategic technology partnerships and alliances with vendors, operators, academia, SDOs, R&D bodies.
- Responsible for liaison and engagements with partners through MOU agreements and strategic innovation programs to develop innovations.
- Responsible for coordinating partnership work and engagement across the Group to drive partnership outcomes.
- Responsible for developing AOP plans in the area of future technology development.
- Responsible for budgeting for any initiatives, trials, POC and labs relating to the development of innovations.

RAN architect
- Ensures seamless adoption and optimal performance of cutting-edge RAN systems.
- Lead technical evaluation and deployment strategies for:

- O-RAN, Cloud/Virtual RAN, and AI-RAN technologies
- Utilize advanced AI systems to assess and enhance RAN innovation

The outcomes include, Identifying and integrating transformative technologies, maximizing network efficiency, scalability, and differentiation.
- Provide strategic leadership in radio network planning with a strong operational background, including:

- Guidance on best practices for network capacity, coverage, and user experience
- Oversight of the entire radio network planning lifecycle, from long-term strategic planning to annual tactical execution
- Alignment with evolving spectrum policies, RAN technologies, and business trends

The outcomes include sustaining competitive network performance and anticipating future user and business needs.
- Demonstrate expertise in spectrum development and regulatory affairs, including:

- Active participation in national and international telecommunications policy development
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