Senior Manager, Engineering & Construction Operational Support

Brightspeed•Charlotte, NC

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Brightspeed, we are reimagining how people live, work, play and connect by providing fast, reliable internet connections and an awesome customer experience in twenty states throughout the Midwest and South. Backed by funds managed by Apollo Global Management, our vision is to accelerate the upgrade of copper to fiber optic technologies, bringing faster and more reliable internet service to many rural markets traditionally underserved by broadband providers, while delivering best-in-class customer experience. Be a part of the team that will make this vision a reality….designing and building a world class fiber network and creating a customer experience second to none. Check us out on the web! Brightspeed is looking for a Senior Manager to join our Engineering & Construction Program Management team! As Senior Manager, Engineering & Construction Operational Support, you will lead the department’s financials and force modeling, fiber build oversight and address/ BOSS Order management. In addition, you will support PM teams that are responsible for IQGeo system flows, Network, Transport project management, BEC and Pole/ Right of Way/ Permit Programs. The position will be a critical part of the Engineering and Construction team that will collaboratively manage complex and long duration type projects and PM tools. This role has C Suite exposure and requires strong business acumen, strong data analytics, the abilities to define and implement groundbreaking ideas, to work within a fast-moving environment to rapidly deliver support and services that have a broad business impact, and desire to have an industry wide impact.

Requirements

10+ years telecommunication experience.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical work experience
Ability to facility project creation and management in standard PM tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, Confluence, JIRA, etc.)
Experience with Telcom Network Design systems (IQGeo, GIS, SmallWorld)
Usability & understanding of data visualization tools (PowerBI, Power Apps)
Vendor & Contract Administration
Ability to create complex Methods & Procedures
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Expert knowledge in Microsoft (More specifically Power Point & Excel), Adobe, and related systems
Ability to analyze data to drive strategic business decisions is key.
Ability to build a cohesive relationship with multiple departments through training, development, and accountability.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree and/or related work experience
Knowledgeable of SAP, Fireworks, BidMaster, LeaseNet, Costar, JDS, WFMT, NDS, CLM, APO, FT3, ARMOR, MARTENS
Experience with Regulatory subsidy compliance.

Responsibilities

Lead support and advisor to the Director within Engineering & Construction and lead cross-functional teams with others.
Oversee development and monitoring tools, reports, and dashboards to improve productivity and efficiency.
Track milestone activities for highly complex projects/programs across multiple lines of business both internal and external.
Create, deploy, and maintain requirements from various organization swim lanes for tools consisting of Smartsheet, Excel, and flexibility to embrace other system software.
Cross integration of systems to harvest data in providing analytics and real-time support to the program management team.
Ensure compliance requirements are adhered to for all regulatory obligations.
Ensure projects meet network readiness dates within budget allotments.
Create presentations to support leadership and C-Suite teams.
Provide direct support in aiding VP and their teams.
Collaborates with network leadership and business domain leadership to design and implement future state processes that achieve program goals, and end-to-end process engineering objectives.
Communicate training-based communications, flash documents, M&Ps and related job aids to stakeholders and their teams.
May perform other duties as assigned.