Sr Asset Optimization Manager

About the role

For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio Optimization & Financial Performance
  • Conduct detailed asset-level evaluations to identify opportunities for cost reduction, utility optimization, revenue enhancement, asset disposition, reduce maintenance obligations, simplification and customer-readiness enhancement.
  • Develop and maintain a prioritized portfolio improvement roadmap with quantified financial impact.
  • Lead the development of initiatives to reduce site OPEX, CapEx, land lease expense, and improve customer readiness.
• Data Analysis & Reporting
  • Work closely with Finance to report savings, track KPIs, and validate forecasted vs. actual impacts.
  • Collaborate to build reporting tools to track asset efficiencies, cost trends, and realized savings.
  • Present recommendations and results to senior leadership with clear business justification and financial modeling.
• Site Rationalization & Asset Disposition
  • Lead comprehensive reviews to determine whether assets should be retired, consolidated, or sold based on usage, revenue, cost, and strategic relevance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in telecommunications, tower infrastructure, real estate optimization, or related asset-management fields.
• Strong financial acumen, including ROI analysis, modeling, and business case development.
• Proven success in cost-reduction initiatives.
• Able to manage large datasets and use analytics to drive decisions.
• Creative thinking and collaborative approach is required to be successful.

Organizational Relationship

Reports to: VP Leasing & Real Estate
Title of direct reports (if applicable): N/A

Where You Will Work

To optimize collaboration, relationship building, and key stakeholder engagement, this role aligns to a 4:1 hybrid model which is in office Monday-Thursday with the option for remote work on Fridays.

Company Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holidays.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.

Compensation

The salary range offered for this position is $143,200 - $196,900 annually. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives.