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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in program management for network infrastructure deployment, including vendor management, risk mitigation, and data-driven decision-making. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects within aggressive timelines.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Program ManagementNetwork Infrastructure DeploymentVendor ManagementData ModelingProject Management Tools
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Hard Skills
Network InfrastructureOptical InfrastructureFiber SplicingDeployment Tracker StructuresScenario AnalysisProject ManagementDashboard ToolingLogistics CoordinationRisk MitigationData Center Construction
Soft Skills
Outstanding Communication SkillsInfluencing Without AuthorityEscalation JudgmentIndependent Operation in High-Pressure EnvironmentsCollaborative Work Environment
Tools & Technologies
LLM PlatformsAgentic AI ToolsClaudeGPT-4Gemini
Industry Keywords
Telecommunications DeploymentCritical Facility ProgramsHyperscale Network DeploymentColocation FacilitiesSite Readiness Workstreams
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own day-to-day program management for a next-generation network infrastructure program
- Serve as the single point of contact for vendor and cross-functional communications
- Lead end-to-end program management from initiation through completion
- Drive strategic programs and alignment across engineering teams, external partners, and competing priorities
- Own or establish RAID trackers, workback schedules, and detailed schedules
- Build scenarios and data models for planning decisions involving sites tracking red and fallout scenarios
- Run the core program cadence, including bi-weekly Core Team syncs, vendor syncs, operations vendor syncs, and weekly leadership 1:1s
- Contribute to partner-owned forums, including the vendor training program
- Establish and run site daily standups, including seven-day-a-week coverage during peak periods
- Reduce meeting count by shifting from line-by-line reviews to programmatic risks, quality issues, and near-term deliverables
- Drive manufacturing, shipment, and delivery commitments to closure
- Manage field execution alignment with vendors and training readiness with the training partner
- Chase shipments, follow up through email and chat, and directly unblock stakeholders
- Manage escalations and SEV visibility, including monitoring site SEVs and requesting updates
- Identify and mitigate equipment, logistics, space, and power readiness risks
- Provide oversight of Space & Power, Deployments, and Operations dashboards
- Update executive leadership weekly for H2 2026 completion tracking
- Use dashboards and data as primary reporting and decision-making tools
- Drive transition from incubator-style program management to a repeatable operational model
- Run retrospectives and convert findings into program mechanism changes
- Standardize templates, trackers, and cadence artifacts so new sites onboard faster
- Travel 25–40% to data center and colocation sites for deployment coordination, site visits, and program offsites
Requirements
What you’ll need- Strong understanding of network and optical infrastructure deployment, including fiber splicing, plane migration, spine and leaf delivery, BOMs, CBB and EBB onboarding
- Familiarity with site readiness workstreams: space and power (colo), equipment logistics, material shortfalls, and shipping and warehouse coordination
- Ability to read and interpret network designs/paths and deployment tracker structures, or demonstrated willingness to learn
- Proficiency with project management and dashboard tooling
- Comfort building data models and scenario analyses
- Hands-on experience with LLM platforms and agentic AI tools such as Claude, GPT-4, or Gemini
- Credibility running senior engineering and operations stakeholders toward decisions
- Strong vendor and partner management instincts, including escalation judgment
- Proven ability to influence without authority across multiple vendors and internal teams
- Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, high-pressure environments with aggressive schedules and frequent remediation cycles
- Track record of driving accountability and closing at-risk milestones
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- 5–8 years of progressive experience in project or program management within network infrastructure, optical or telecommunications deployment, data center construction, or critical facility programs
- Experience managing programs in the $1M–$10M range with multiple concurrent workstreams and cross-functional dependencies
- Direct experience owning vendor relationships through manufacturing, delivery, and field execution
- Experience working with MSPs and field operations teams across multiple concurrent sites
- Prior experience in hyperscale or large-scale network deployment environments strongly preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience (8+ years in network or data center deployment)
- Ability to obtain site access badges and pass background checks for data center and colocation facilities
- Flexibility to support critical deployment milestones outside standard hours, including daily standups seven days a week during peak deployment and SEV response
- Strong commitment to fostering an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative work environment
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical provided through UHC (PPO, HSA, Surest options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only
- Dental provided through UHC
- Nationwide Vision provided by UHC
- Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care
- Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, e.g. Udemy and Coursera
- Corporate Wellness Program provided by Goomi Group
- Employee Assistance Program
- Wellness Days
- 401k Plan
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement (available 6 months after start date, capped)
- Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually)
- Paid Holidays
- Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other ancillary benefits required under state and federal law
- Performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives may apply but are not guaranteed
