Job description

Publication date : Sep 16, 2026, 12:00AM

Join us at Orange Business!

We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.

Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

"Strategic Studies and Innovation Manager in the Transmission Infrastructure Field"

• Conduct technological and strategic watch on the evolution of networks and international infrastructures, with a major focus on transmission networks (WDM, Satellite, terrestrial and submarine systems, optical fibers), considering domain developments (AI, IP/Optical convergence).
• Identify disruptive trends, assess their business and operational relevance for OINIS.
• Conduct opportunity, feasibility, and techno-economic studies on new architectures and functionalities.
• Participate in conferences, seminars, and working groups to gather industry insights and anticipate innovations.

• Define, model, and compare multiple target transmission network architectures and evolution pathways.
• Develop engineering references, technical standards, best practices, and architectural patterns.

• Participate in internal valorization (conferences, strategic notes) and external dissemination (white papers, trade shows).
• Develop technical skills in infrastructure (WDM, satellite, terrestrial and submarine systems, IP and optical convergence, fibers).
• Work closely with marketing, technical, commercial, and operational teams at Orange Business and Wholesale.
• Communicate effectively on innovation strategy, study results, and proposed solutions.
• Organize training and awareness sessions to strengthen internal innovation culture.

• Design innovation programs and lead them.
• Manage anticipation and development projects for new network solutions, from design to deployment.
• Set objectives, deadlines, resources, and oversee execution in coordination with internal teams and partners.
• Monitor project performance using indicators and portfolio management tools.
• Provide regular reports to management and stakeholders.

Key Skills

• Expertise in network architectures, especially infrastructures (WDM, terrestrial and submarine transmission systems, IP and Optical convergence, fibers).
• Ability to conduct strategic and techno-economic studies.
• Leadership in managing complex projects.
• Strong analytical, synthesis, and communication skills.
• Innovative mindset, technological curiosity, and influence.

Experience

• 10 years in a similar role as a strategic studies and innovation manager in transmission infrastructure or in engineering within the same technical field, with a desire to evolve towards innovation strategy.

You bring passion, energy, taste for exploration and adaptability. You seek the opportunity to expand your knowledge and develop new skills.

• Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.
• Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).
• Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.
• Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.
• Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.
• Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.

At Orange, only your skills matter.

Regardless of your age, gender, background, origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, or appearance, we actively encourage diversity within our teams, as it is a collective strength and a driver of innovation.Orange is a disability-inclusive employer: please feel free to let us know about any specific needs you may have.