Senior Manager, Network Planning & Development-2

QTS Data Centers • Irving, WA

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About The Position

The Senior Manager, Network Planning & Development role is responsible for connectivity requirements gathering, fiber due diligence and documentation, cost analysis, and commercial negotiations with fiber providers. Collaborates with program managers specializing in data center & network infrastructure and will need to leverage strong business acumen and technically versatility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of experience in the telecom, datacenter, or cloud infrastructure industries.
• Experience and understanding of metro, long-haul, & submarine networks throughout EMEA.
• Able to articulate Data Center fiber connectivity development best practices, solves for complex engineering and diversity requirements, identify challenges & risks to the business.
• Able to interpret and evaluate relevant technical addenda in telecom contracts.
• Familiar with basic financial modeling to evaluate and model deal structures (fiber leases, Dedicated Internet leases, IRU’s, etc.).
• The ability to document your decisions and recommendations to internal technical leadership as well as VPs, SVPs, and C-suite.
• A high degree of organization and ability to manage multiple, competing priorities.
• Able to travel for site due diligence trips and industry conferences as needed.
• Proficient in Smartsheet, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Earth, Fiber Locator, Peering DB, & project management software.

Nice To Haves

• Technical Project Management (preferably PMP or equivalent).
• Data management, automation & implementation.
• Network engineering & architecture best practices.
• Considerable experience and organic knowledge of the European fiber networks.
• Strong, existing supplier relationships with European fiber providers.
• Deep understanding of layers 1-4 of the OSI model.
• Bid management, cost analysis, and commercial negotiations.
• Mentoring and team development.
• Risk identification & mitigation.
• Operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Establish a repeatable fiber due diligence program for Europe supporting both QTS & Blackstone driven data center development projects.
• Owns customer requirements gathering and documentation to pre-qualify sites for particular use cases.
• Works collaboratively with parallel teams inside QTS’ and Blackstone, fiber providers, and customers to create best in class connectivity solutions that are intuitive, cost effective, well designed, and easily digestible.
• Lead business meetings, identify and communicate connectivity challenges that are uncertain, costly, or potentially unsolvable.
• Creates and manages a consistent output for connectivity solutions across Europe projects and communicates regularly with parallel teams and executive leadership.
• Vendor management at the technical, business and executive level across all European fiber providers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• flexible spending and HSA accounts
• paid holidays
• paid time off
• paid volunteer days
• employee assistance program
• tuition assistance
• parental leave
• military leave assistance
• QTS scholarship for dependents
• wellness program
• other company benefits
• bonus eligible
• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Every employee is bonus or commission eligible
• Generous PTO, Paid Volunteer Days Plus Floating Holidays
• Stock Purchase Plan (SPP)
• 11 paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked
• Pet and Legal Insurance
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program
• Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Military Benefits Package
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
• QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents
• QTS Crisis Fund
• Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level