Planning Manager

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the network infrastructure and leadership teams to gather business needs for network expansion.
• Identify vendors and services that cater to Scaleway's network business needs, including metro and long-haul DWDM wavelengths, dark fibers, IP transit, IXP, etc.
• Negotiate key vendor contracts and orders from a business perspective.
• Work together with the network infrastructure leadership on optimizing network costs.
• Find private peering partners, negotiate private peering conditions, and develop private peering outreach.
• Analyse Scaleway traffic patterns and anticipate future capacity growth.
• Collaborate with product managers and product engineering teams to understand product roadmaps and network capacity needs.
• Work closely with the finance team on budget planning and follow-up, business case analysis, and supplier invoicing.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in the service provider industry (ISP, cloud, content, and CDN providers, large scale web-services).
• Understanding of the telecom and datacenter market, including key players and types of services.
• Experience in procurement and business negotiations.
• At least a basic understanding of the technical fundamentals of internet routing, fiber optics, and physical data center infrastructure.
• General computer science background: overall understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networking work, fluency in IT jargon.
• Ability to write documents and present information in a structured manner.
• Strong communication skills.
• Fluent in English and French, spoken and written.

Nice to Have Qualifications

• Previous experience as a network engineer and strong technical background in IP routing, fiber optics, routing protocols, network hardware, and datacenter infrastructure.
• Established contacts with industry players.
• Fluency in French & English.