Description :

Grade: L4
Location: Islamabad
Last Date TO Apply: 9 October 2025

What is Head of Transport Network Planning?

The Head of Transport Network Planning is responsible for the end-to-end planning, design, and evolution of Jazz’s entire transport network — covering optical (DWDM/OTN), IP/MPLS, microwave, IPRAN, FTTS, and passive fiber infrastructure.

This leadership role ensures the transport network is future-ready, resilient, cost-efficient, and scalable to meet the growing needs of nationwide customers, enterprise clients, hyperscalers, and digital platforms. The position combines strategic vision with hands-on technical expertise, driving both long-term architecture and day-to-day planning activities.

What does the Head of Transport Network Planning do?

·       Lead the planning, design, and capacity management of the entire transport domain: optical, IP/MPLS, microwave, and access/backhaul.

·       Prepare and review high-level and low-level designs (HLD/LLD) across transport layers.

·       Evaluate vendor-proposed technical solutions, ensuring compliance with standards and cost efficiency.

·       Deliver detailed implementation and migration plans for transport upgrades, expansions, and new builds.

·       Develop strategies for integration across optical, IP, and microwave domains to support mobile and fixed broadband growth.

·       Oversee IPRAN and FTTH/FTTS planning, including GPON/XGS-PON architectures and last-mile delivery.

·       Conduct capacity planning, link budget analysis, and resiliency design across multiple technologies.

·       Prepare and evaluate RFPs for multi-technology transport platforms and related services.

·       Maintain comprehensive network documentation (capacity dashboards, inventories, restoration maps, SOPs/MOPs).

·       Engage continuously with operations, ensuring optimized performance and seamless service delivery.

·       Collaborate with cross-functional teams (core, IT, cloud, vendors, international carriers, regulators).

·       Lead projects including nationwide transport expansions, metro ring upgrades, FTTH rollouts, 5G backhaul, and submarine landing integration.

·       Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing transport planning team.

Requirements

What are we looking for and what does it require to be a Head of Transport Network Planning?

·       Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

·       Master’s degree is a plus.

·  Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in multi-domain transport planning, with at least 5 years in leadership

·       Strong command of Optical Transport (DWDM/OTN), IP/MPLS, IPRAN, Microwave, and FTTH/FTTS.

·       Skilled in capacity modeling, HLD/LLD preparation, link budget, resiliency planning, and network integration.

·       Knowledge of transport evolution for 4G/5G backhaul and hyperscaler connectivity.

·       Familiarity with industry standards, protocols, and multi-vendor platforms (Huawei, Nokia, Ciena, Infinera, Ericsson, etc.).

·       Hands-on with planning/simulation tools (OptiSystem, NetDesign, MATLAB, or equivalent).

·       Strong communication, stakeholder, and vendor management skills.

·       Proven ability to lead cross-domain teams and deliver large-scale projects on time.

·       Excellent presentation and incident reporting capabilities.

·       Analytical mindset with problem-solving orientation.

Benefits

Why Join Jazz?

As one of the leading employers in the country, Jazz epitomizes the philosophy that each Jazz employee is passionately living a better every day inspired and enabled by visionary leadership, a unique professional culture, a flourishing lifestyle, and continuous learning and development.

Our core values include qualities essential for a positive organizational culture - truthfully guiding entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets, harnessing professional and interpersonal collaboration, and fostering across-the-board customer obsession.

As one of the largest private sector organizations in Pakistan, our objective is to continue to change the lives of our 70+ million customers for the better. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of something transformative, someone who can play a critical role in driving our success. Together, we can empower millions more with the tools necessary to progress in an increasingly digital economy.