Head of FTTH Planning Operations
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Head of FTTH Planning Operations (Managing Director Level)
Lead a high-growth fibre planning division as a structured profit centre supporting major US network operators.
Melrose Arch Johannesburg. FTTH Industry. EST working hours. R80000 R100000 per month plus Performance Incentives.
About Our Client
The client is a high-growth fibre delivery organisation that supports major US network operators. The company delivers large-scale FTTH planning as-built and design services across multiple US states and operates existing EPC and O&M functions.
The Role: Head of FTTH Planning Operations (Managing Director Level)
This Managing Director-level leadership position exists to run the FTTH Planning Division as a structured profit centre while scaling the function from 15 to 60 professionals. The role is responsible for managing production output of 30000 HHP per month ensuring SLA compliance and protecting margins through structured KPI dashboards and pod-based team structures. It contributes to the business by integrating S197 planning teams and scaling capacity in alignment with US demand.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage 8 years of experience in FTTH and fibre planning to lead a 40-60 person division.
- Deliver consistent production output of 30000 HHP per month while maintaining rework below 7%.
- Operate the Planning Division as a profit centre by protecting gross margins and managing cost per PPU.
- Oversee as-built and design teams using a PPU-based productivity model and stable output forecasting.
- Implement and enforce structured quality workflows and QA gating to eliminate client escalations.
- Structure planners into pod-based teams and integrate S197 transfer teams.
- Report margin performance per client and state using Smartsheet and BI tools.
- Maintain over 95% on-time delivery across multi-state US operational expansion.
About You
- 8 years of experience in FTTH / fibre planning.
- Experience managing 20 engineering or planning professionals.
- Strong knowledge of US FTTH design standards.
- Commercially literate regarding margin cost control and utilisation.
- Proven capability to scale teams sustainably.
- Process-driven KPI-oriented and operationally structured.
- Comfortable with Smartsheet BI tools and operational systems.
- Ability to work EST hours on-site in Melrose Arch.
Key Skills
- Succession Planning
- Growing Experience
- Expense Management
- Management Experience
- Rackspace
- Laboratory Management
- Senior Leadership
- Operations Management
- Relationship Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
- Taxonomy
