Senior RAN Manager​/MNO - EMEA

AST Space Mobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio and designed for both commercial and government applications. Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today’s five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected.

The Senior RAN Manager / MNO‑EMEA is responsible for leading operator‑side RAN acceptance execution across EMEA markets, ensuring that lab and field validations meet CIQ integrity, persistence expectations, service‑level objectives (SLOs), and standardized acceptance criteria required for pre‑launch and beta activation.

This role plans and executes operator test cycles, validates KPIs, tracks defects across diverse EMEA network conditions, ensures alignment with OSS integrations and NOC workflows, and publishes readiness artifacts that accelerate regional market acceptance while minimizing post‑launch rework.

As the regional RAN acceptance lead for EMEA, the Senior RAN Manager ensures consistent implementation of acceptance frameworks across operators, gateways, and markets. The position aligns test plans, configurations, and templates; governs BPMS requests and activation timing in coordination with the NOC and scheduling functions; and enforces disciplined CIQ checks and persistence validations. Through structured execution and technical rigor, this role enables predictable acceptance outcomes, accelerates market readiness, and ensures EMEA launches meet commercial‑ready performance standards.

• Lead execution of RAN acceptance testing using standardized probe packs, methodologies, and acceptance criteria.
• Validate lab and field results against CIQ accuracy, persistence behavior, mobility KPIs, and regional service SLOs.
• Ensure acceptance tests are performed with repeatability, rigor, and alignment to defined readiness thresholds.
• Ensure ATP plans, network integrity checks, and UE validation are designed and executed to meet commercial ready criteria across operators and regions, maintaining rigorous quality standards throughout the validation lifecycle.
• Drive timely acceptance signoffs across multimarket deployments, ensuring that all test evidence, defect resolutions, and change documentation are complete and approved by the relevant stakeholders according to established timelines.
• Establish and maintain robust defect tracking and follow-up processes for lab identified issues, coordinating resolution activities with vendors, internal engineering, and MNO technical teams to ensure timely closure.

• Plan and coordinate operator test cycles tailored to EMEA market conditions, including mobility patterns, RF environments, and regulatory constraints.
• Align readiness across RF, planning, core, gateway, and OSS teams for pre‑launch and beta acceptance phases.
• Conduct field validations to confirm network stability, coverage behavior, and QoS performance for regional go‑live milestones.

• Validate KPIs including persistence success, beam selection, attach success, mobility KPIs, session stability, and end‑to‑end service behavior.
• Log and track defects through structured workflows; collaborate with engineering teams for RCA and closure.
• Ensure rapid mitigation of acceptance defects to protect EMEA launch timelines.

• Align RAN acceptance findings with OSS hooks, alarm logic, KPI ingestion, and operational readiness requirements.
• Provide acceptance insights and repeatable results to strengthen NOC playbooks, incident workflows, and field diagnostics.
• Validate that telemetry and monitoring reflect actual network behavior in EMEA markets.

• Publish acceptance reports, KPI summaries, defect logs, and EMEA‑specific readiness sign‑off documentation.
• Maintain standardized acceptance packages tailored…