Manager/Senior Manager Spectrum Management

About us:

Access Partnership makes innovation work for the world, guiding businesses and governments through complex regulatory challenges. It shapes regulations and policy that are fair and which enable market access for innovative companies, drive growth, and attract investment into national markets. The firm’s roster of world-leading clients includes the largest tech and innovation companies, major government bodies, and multilateral lenders and development organisations.

Access Partnerships seeks an experienced and accomplished candidate with excellent communication and analytical skills, and an ability to generate and present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. The successful candidate will have a track record in radio communications regulation and/or satellite engineering, and be practised in formulating solutions and leading others. The role will include managing relationships with some of the largest ICT companies in the world, developing and costing proposals to resolve their regulatory challenges.

Space & Connectivity Practice

The Space & Connectivity Practice engages in technical intergovernmental and industry fora on a global level, representing client interests and effecting change in satellite and telecom regulation. We are experts on spectrum and network management, performing regulatory analysis, radio compatibility studies and network coordination, in support of planned and operational wired and wireless technologies. We also effect change in regulation and standards, to reflect novel approaches to spectrum access and ensure network innovation is freed from outdated rules.

What you can expect to be doing:

• Organise and lead teams to deliver high-quality technical and regulatory work
• Provide strategic advice to help clients address complex tech and digital policy and regulatory challenges in the areas of telecommunications, satellite communications, and spectrum management
• Manage client relationships to identify and understand commercial and related objectives, and proactively develop possible solutions
• Research and analyze domestic and international policy topics, trends, processes, and regulations across all space and connectivity policy areas;
• Follow processes in international and intergovernmental organizations such International Telecommunication Union;
• Analyse technical and regulatory problems, identifying key constraints and formulating options to overcome them
• Plan and execute compatibility studies between networks, developing software tools and methods and managing colleagues where appropriate
• Undertake competitive intelligence gathering on the satellite industry, and develop proposals to present to clients to help achieve their commercial and regulatory goals

What you will bring:

Essential

• Strong quantitative background, with at least 5 years’ experience in a technical or regulatory role
• Experience in managing and developing technical staff
• Deep understanding of radio spectrum, and its uses by different radio systems
• A demonstrable interest in the technology industry
• Excellent written and oral English language skills.
  

Desirable

• Fluency in a second language.
• Proficiency in MATLAB software

What We Offer:

Our diverse international client base of technology giants and start-ups will provide the opportunity to work on multiple international projects on behalf of some of the industry’s leading companies. Our firm boasts a collaborative working environment, social events and a robust support system. We are committed to providing training and professional development for all colleagues.