WBV Manager / Validation Lead - International Private Connect (Freelance, Remote EU)
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
- Start: 09/2026
- End: 11/2026
- Workload: approx. 40–50 person-days
- Capacity: ideally full-time for approximately ten weeks
- Location: fully remote within the EU
- Language: fluent English mandatory; German is an advantage
- 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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