Manager, Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a schedule of record for all assigned market builds, Distribution Areas, and BEAD project areas — covering every phase from design through Ready for Service and updated continuously throughout the project lifecycle.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for project process ownership — ensuring every milestone has a named owner, a current target date, and a clear path to completion; no project advances to the next phase without a documented handoff.
• Cross-functionally coordinate with Design & Engineering, Permitting, Construction Managers, OSP, IT/Network, and government affairs resources to ensure each phase of the deployment lifecycle moves forward without gaps or dropped handoffs.
• Act as the single point of accountability for project status — ensuring all functional teams, vendors, and leadership have accurate, current visibility into progress, risks, and blockers without needing to chase multiple sources for updates.
• Coordinate D&E vendors, construction contractors, and OSP business partners at the process level — tracking deliverable dates, escalating missed commitments, and ensuring no project is stalled without an owner or an active escalation path.
• Conduct structured weekly syncs with Construction Managers and vendor teams; maintain a written project status record from each review covering progress, active blockers, inspection and permit status, and a 2-week look-ahead.
• Own tracker accuracy across all project phases — ensuring IQGeo, Vetro, Gaiia, and project management systems reflect current field reality within 48 hours of any status change in an active construction zone; validate or update entries personally when functional team updates are absent.
• Prepare and present project status reports to D&E leadership and executive stakeholders; proactively flag schedule variances of 5+ business days and escalate critical path risks before they cause avoidable delays.
• Prepare and deliver a complete IT/Network handoff package at construction closeout — including confirmed as-builts, splice documentation, punchlist clearance, and address list with SOT IDs; coordinate activation, testing, and RFS confirmation with the IT/Network team.
• Maintain a live issues log covering design conflicts, permit delays, utility conflicts, contractor performance concerns, and construction holds; escalate any issue affecting the critical path within 24 hours of identification.
• Cookordinate municipal permitting processes with the Permitting team — tracking submission dates, comment responses, Approved-Held/Approved-Released status, and permit conditions affecting construction mobilization; escalate aging permit items to government affairs resources as needed.
• Ensure compliance with all municipal permit conditions, right-of-way requirements, safety standards, and BEAD grant reporting obligations throughout the project lifecycle; flag any compliance gap to the appropriate functional owner immediately upon identification.
• Lead RCA/CAP initiation for any incident affecting the critical path; ensure lessons learned are documented and shared with the D&E team after each project closeout to drive continuous process improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing FTTH infrastructure deployment projects end-to-end, with direct exposure to aerial, underground, and microtrench construction methods and the full lifecycle from design through IT/Network activation.
• Strong project management skills, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in overseeing large-scale construction projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in project planning, scheduling, and tracker ownership — including maintaining a schedule of record across multiple concurrent build programs, managing milestone accountability, and driving end-to-end schedule from design through Ready for Service.
• Working knowledge of OSP design, construction management, municipal permitting processes, and right-of-way coordination; demonstrated ability to operate effectively across all phases of the FTTH deployment lifecycle without requiring functional team supervision to move a project forward.
• Experience with OSP and GIS platforms such as IQGeo, Vetro, or equivalent field documentation and network management systems strongly preferred; familiarity with PowerBI, Snowflake, or comparable reporting tools is a plus.