WBV Manager / Validation Lead - International Private Connect (Freelance, Remote

For the short-term launch of an international connectivity product, we are looking for an experienced WBV Manager / Validation Lead (m/f/d) . The assignment focuses on the operational validation of a cross-border data-centre connectivity solution for hyperscalers before Stage Gate 3.

This is not a purely organisational project management role. The consultant will actively shape the validation, independently perform or coordinate essential validation activities, and manage the involved national and international telecommunications units.
Project framework

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Start: 09/2026

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End: 11/2026

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Workload: approx. 40–50 person-days

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Capacity: ideally full-time for approximately ten weeks

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Location: fully remote within the EU

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Language: fluent English mandatory; German is an advantage

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Contract type: Freelance

Tasks

- Plan and manage the operational validation before Stage Gate 3

- Define and align the validation scope, criteria and acceptance requirements

- Validate the national and international service and production chains

- Work within the relevant TWIST, Tafel and NGSD process landscape

- Coordinate the involved product, technical, operational and business unitsIdentify and track findings, blockers, dependencies and risks

- Organise and facilitate the required validation sessions

- Prepare reliable validation documentation for the Stage Gate decision

Requirements

- Proven practical experience conducting or leading a WBV or comparable operational/service-readiness validation

- Strong understanding of complex telecommunications, connectivity and production chains

- Concrete practical experience with TWIST

- Concrete experience with the national Tafel chain

- Concrete experience with the international NGSD/TWIST chain

- Ability to manage a validation independently from planning through completion

- Excellent English skills for international stakeholder coordination

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