OSP Director

April 12

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Zayo Group

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Zayo Group is a leading global provider of communication infrastructure services, offering a wide range of products and services including fiber & transport, network connectivity, mobile infrastructure, private networks, and various managed services like SD-WAN and security solutions. Zayo's extensive network spans over 145,000 route miles of fiber and connects over 1,500 data centers worldwide. Its services cater to various industries including education, finance, healthcare, retail, media & entertainment, and more, helping businesses achieve scalable and secure connectivity solutions. With a focus on innovation and customer success, Zayo continuously invests in network expansion and service delivery excellence.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2007

📡 Telecommunications

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

💰 $92.9M Grant on 2023-06

📋 Description

• Manage all facets of the OSP project - deliver on time, on budget, within quality and safety standards. • These projects include FTT projects, On-net orders, route miles of build which may involve major highway, Rail Road and/or river crossings/access. • Resolve OSP roadblocks. • Expected to compose and manage both expense and capital budgets in excess of $1M. • The individual will be responsible for the prompt delivery of revenue both new business and earn from existing accounts. • Effectively track, report and communicate OSP project progress. • Provide early communication on potential due date, interval, and/or budget slips to the OSP functional leadership. • Participate in project meetings and effectively support the overall project effort. • Support customer meetings as necessary. • Develop high-level OSP schedule for each opportunity during proposal and service order generation stages (pre-sale). • Develop detailed baseline OSP schedule upon project kickoff (using standardized OSP tracker), and maintain this schedule throughout the course of the project. • Ensure that project tracker is updated daily. • Manage OSP RFP/bidding/award in compliance with company procurement policy. • Review and approve OSP contractor invoices in a timely manner. • Complete and close-out all assigned ISO tasks in a timely manner. • Provide as-built drawings to Fiber Engineering upon completion of construction for each segment. • Daily and frequent interaction with third party outside plant engineering and construction suppliers, local municipalities, public utilities, Zayo service delivery coordinators, product leads, sales/sales support team members. • Periodic interface with Zayo senior management on critical projects, customer escalations, and budget reviews. • Ensure project meet deadlines. • Manage an organization of 25 technical personnel and managers. • Full ability and willingness to pull on-call duty when assigned, as dictated by the needs of the business.

🎯 Requirements

• BS degree in Engineering, Information Technology or other related technical discipline and/or equivalent work experience. • Minimum of seven (7) years of technical and management work related experience in the telecommunications industry with emphasis on transmission methods, OSP/ISP, optical networks, project management, and direct customer interface. • Requires outstanding critical thinking and decision-making process, the anticipation of risky business situations with deliberate and swift response to same. • Must possess outstanding communication skills, written and verbal, as well as, strong interpersonal skills as he/she interfaces with subordinates, peers, customers, and vendors. • Requires extensive travel and access/availability to serve the needs of the business on a 24/7 basis.

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance • Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan • Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave