(Senior) Research Consultant managing Brand & Communications projects for clients. Collaborating with teams and presenting insights in a dynamic environment.
About the role
- Research Specialist focused on AI/ML and Computer Vision for BT's Applied Research team. Managing projects in Sustainable Network Optimisation and driving high business value through innovation.
Responsibilities
- Managing research projects/tasks, both internal to Research and Network Strategy and with collaborative partners.
- Domain expert responsible for maintaining expertise in a specific technical domain.
- Responsible for intellectual property creation, managing patent filing in their team and supporting IPR exploitation where appropriate.
- Accountable for performing research in the Sustainable Network Optimisation domain driving high impact and high value across multiple domains.
- Responsible for authoring thought leadership technical papers, capturing intellectual property.
- Supervision of graduate and post-graduate student placements and secondments.
Requirements
- Technical domain expert: Deep technical or domain expertise. They continually develop their expertise in a key technical area so they are recognised as a technical expert in new and emerging network systems technologies, with depth of knowledge across a range of technologies and practices in network management, inventory and asset management and tools, sustainability practices and energy management including energy industry trends.
- Strong academic record in technology specialism with post-graduate qualification(s) (PhD or equivalent research experience).
- Expert communicator: Regularly presents to peers and managers about their research area at conferences.
- Experienced in open innovation: Skilled in patenting, technical publications, conference presentations etc.
- Storytelling with data: Strong skills in building the case for change, drawing on data and analytical techniques where appropriate, and communicating this to business audiences.
- Concept Evaluation: Ability to spot relevant innovations, horizon scanning, determine relevance for the business, develop an effective conceptualization and build trials to test the concept.
- Evidence of sufficient knowledge and skill relevant to Sustainable Network Optimisation, including: • AI/ML and algorithm development, in particular Computer Vision • Data and software engineering • Network Planning & Design and optimisation with focus on asset and inventory management
- Good to have: Modelling and simulation including tools integration and productisation
- Good to have: Experience in Network automation
- Significant delivery: evidence of significant business impact through delivery of research (MANDATORY)
- Stakeholder management: evidence managing projects/stakeholders across the business at a variety of grade/seniority levels (MANDATORY)
- Innovative Thinker: ability to spot, identify new innovations, act on them, capitalise and create value (MANDATORY)
- Commercial Applicability: understanding how these case principles around relevant innovations bring real value to the business through value proposition build (MANDATORY)
- Self-starter actively working with minimal guidance
- Problem solving, intellectually curious, comfortable taking ownership and responsibility.
Benefits
- 10% on target bonus
- BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
- From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
- Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
- 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
- 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
- 2 weeks carer’s leave
- World-class training and development opportunities
- Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
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