Principal, Wholesale Network Solutions
About the position When you join Verizon, you want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they're daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. Verizon's Consumer Wholesale organization plays a crucial role in how Verizon presents itself in the marketplace, enabling additional revenue streams and subscriber growth through consumer-focused MVNO distribution channels. The Channel Management team you will be joining focuses on the day-to-day account management of two key channels for this important business. Responsibilities • Provide technical engagement on specific business challenges in your assigned channels, and present comprehensive solutions that address current and future needs for Verizon-hosted solutions and shared services that support channel customers. • Lead cross-functional collaboration within Wholesale Channel Management, Product, Operations, and Platform teams, as well as with the broader Consumer and Global Networks & Technology teams at Verizon, to evaluate and populate solutions for SoWs from the channel. • Provide SME level channel expertise, coordinate technical discussions with channel customers across a variety of topics, including network, device, and device plan features. • Build strong relationships within the Verizon organization and externally with Channel Customer product development and engineering teams at the working team and executive levels. • Facilitate and drive directional decision-making within the Verizon Wholesale team, engaging diverse points of view through collaboration and effective communication skills. • Act as an escalation point to senior management on critical technical issues/risks/decision points, and management of these elements on an ongoing basis. Requirements • Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience. • Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training. • An understanding of Wholesale reseller business models and associated technology enablers. • Broad solutions experience in key technical areas such as: 5G NSA and SA core network functions, Emerging Device capabilities, 4G/5G Voice and messaging services, Connectivity plans and features, Billing records and rating, fraud management, Cloud, AI, Satellite products & solutions, emerging Consumer products and associated technologies. • Prior experience in crafting technical solutions and SoWs for tier-1 customer projects. • High level of comfort aligning channel requirements and associated solutions with key internal and external stakeholders. Nice-to-haves • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. • Customer-facing technical sales/solutions experience from a leading telecom solutions provider. • Proven people leadership skills with an ability to influence without authority. • Experience in proven partnerships across Verizon stakeholder organizations to align on scope, deliverables, and timelines for key initiatives. • Skillets to thrive in a fast-moving environment, work across multiple levels of an organization, meet challenging deadlines, and simultaneously work on several projects. • Ability to translate complex ideas and express them in concise, simple-to-understand ways. • Excellent speaking and writing skills to support the creation of user stories and convey complex solutions to all types of audiences. Benefits • Medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. • Matched 401(k) savings plan. • Stock incentive programs. • Up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year. • Parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance. • Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. • Compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Apply tot his job