Senior Pricing Manager - Dark Fiber & Infrastructure

About the role

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The Senior Pricing Manager - Dark Fiber & Infrastructure will lead pricing strategy, deal support and commercial analysis for fiber infrastructure offerings with a primary focus on hyperscale customers, neocloud companies and large strategic enterprise opportunities. Operating as a senior individual contributor, this role acts as the lead financial architect for complex bids, custom builds, and hyperscale pursuits. This role is responsible for developing market-competitive, financially sound pricing for long-haul and metro dark fiber solutions, In-Line Amplification (ILA) Service and other AI-driven connectivity solutions. This position partners closely with Sales, Finance, Network Planning, Product, Legal, and Executive leadership to structure complex opportunities, support customer negotiations, and drive disciplined commercial outcomes. The ideal candidate combines strong financial and analytical skills with an understanding of fiber infrastructure economics and hyperscale buying behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing strategies and financial models for dark fiber, fiber infrastructure and related network solutions with emphasis on hyperscale and large enterprise opportunities.
• Lead commercial pricing support for complex bids, custom builds, overbuilds and strategic customer pursuits.
• Model and analyze deal economics including revenue, margin, capital requirements, payback period, and NPV.
• Structure and price IRU, lease and other long-term commercial arrangements for metro and long-haul fiber opportunities.
• Partner with Sales and business leadership to create customer-specific pricing recommendations that align market competitiveness with Verizon's return thresholds.
• Support negotiation strategy by evaluating impacts of pricing and other contractual concessions.
• Build and maintain pricing tools, scenario models, and approval packages for executive review.
• Collaborate with Network Engineering to incorporate route design, build costs and service delivery considerations into commercial models.
• Prepare clear, executive-level summaries of deal economics, risks, assumptions, and recommended pricing positions.
• Partner with Finance, Sales and Product on forecast assumptions, revenue planning and portfolio performance tracking metrics.
• Conduct post-deal analysis to improve pricing discipline, win-rate effectiveness and return performance over time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Six or more years of pricing and financial analysis experience within the telecommunications or high-tech sectors with a specific focus on Dark Fiber.
• Expert-level proficiency in financial modeling and the management of complex contractual agreements, specifically those involving infrastructure and IRU models.
• Experience evaluating capital-intensive infrastructure opportunities and communicating recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strategic leadership experience, including experience working cross-functionally across commercial, technical, and financial teams.
• Strong business judgment and experience operating in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
• Excellent presentation skills, with experience distilling complex models into concise recommendations.
• Pricing experience including strong understanding of pricing principles, profitability analysis, and investment return metrics.
• Experience balancing strategic growth objectives with disciplined commercial decision-making.
• Industry knowledge with deep understanding of the economics of Dark Fiber, and emerging AI infrastructure trends.
• Minimal travel may be required.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or equivalent professional experience.
• Fiber infrastructure knowledge including familiarity with interpreting KMZ mapping files and understanding physical route infrastructure.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and experience, proven success in a startup or high-growth environment, with specific experience operating within a hyperscaler or similar large-scale cloud infrastructure ecosystem.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Work location & schedule

This is a hybrid role with a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, as set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies. This position can be located in other valid Verizon locations. Scheduled weekly hours: 40.

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefit options: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and group home & auto insurance.
• Matched 401(k) savings plan.
• Up to 8 company paid holidays per year.
• Up to 6 personal days per year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Tuition assistance.
• Other incentives as part of award-winning total rewards package.
• Depending on the role, opportunity to receive premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc.
• Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service.
• For part-time roles, coverage varies; may be eligible for some benefits depending on individual circumstances.

Pay

This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles, compensation will be adjusted to reflect hours. The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $105,000.00 - $201,000.00. The annual salary range for the Colorado location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $115,500.00 - $201,000.00. The annual salary range for the Illinois location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $115,500.00 - $201,000.00. The annual salary range for the New York location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $115,500.00 - $201,000.00.