Deployment Enablement Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Take charge of daily program management for an advanced network infrastructure initiative.

• Act as the primary liaison for vendor and cross-functional communications.

• Lead comprehensive program management from initiation to completion.

• Foster strategic programs and ensure alignment among engineering teams, external partners, and competing priorities.

• Create or maintain RAID trackers, workback schedules, and detailed timelines.

• Develop scenarios and data models to inform planning decisions regarding site tracking for red and fallout scenarios.

• Facilitate the core program cadence, which includes bi-weekly Core Team meetings, vendor syncs, operations vendor syncs, and weekly leadership one-on-ones.

• Participate in partner-led forums, including the vendor training program.

• Organize and conduct daily site standups, ensuring seven-day-a-week coverage during peak periods.

• Decrease the number of meetings by transitioning from line-by-line reviews to focusing on programmatic risks, quality issues, and near-term deliverables.

• Ensure manufacturing, shipment, and delivery commitments are fulfilled.

• Align field execution with vendors and ensure training readiness with the training partner.

• Track shipments, follow up via email and chat, and proactively remove obstacles for stakeholders.

• Manage escalations and SEV visibility, including monitoring site SEVs and requesting updates as necessary.

• Identify and address risks related to equipment, logistics, space, and power readiness.

• Oversee Space & Power, Deployments, and Operations dashboards.

• Provide weekly updates to executive leadership regarding H2 2026 completion tracking.

• Utilize dashboards and data as primary tools for reporting and decision-making.

• Transition from incubator-style program management to a repeatable operational model.

• Conduct retrospectives and implement findings into program mechanism changes.

• Standardize templates, trackers, and cadence artifacts to expedite the onboarding of new sites.

• Travel 25–40% to data center and colocation sites for deployment coordination, site visits, and program offsite meetings.

⛳️ Requirements

• In-depth understanding of network and optical infrastructure deployment, including fiber splicing, plane migration, spine and leaf delivery, BOMs, CBB, and EBB onboarding.

• Familiarity with site readiness workstreams: space and power (colo), equipment logistics, material shortages, and shipping and warehouse coordination.

• Ability to read and comprehend network designs/paths and deployment tracker structures, or a demonstrated willingness to learn.

• Proficient in project management and dashboard tools.

• Comfortable constructing data models and performing scenario analyses.

• Hands-on experience with LLM platforms and agentic AI tools such as Claude, GPT-4, or Gemini.

• Established credibility in guiding senior engineering and operations stakeholders toward decision-making.

• Strong instincts for vendor and partner management, including sound escalation judgment.

• Proven capability to influence without authority across various vendors and internal teams.

• Ability to work independently in ambiguous, high-pressure environments with tight schedules and frequent remediation cycles.

• Track record of driving accountability and achieving at-risk milestones.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• 5–8 years of progressive experience in project or program management within network infrastructure, optical or telecommunications deployment, data center construction, or critical facility programs.

• Experience managing programs within the $1M–$10M range, with multiple concurrent workstreams and cross-functional dependencies.

• Direct experience in managing vendor relationships through manufacturing, delivery, and field execution phases.

• Experience collaborating with MSPs and field operations teams across multiple concurrent sites.

• Prior experience in hyperscale or large-scale network deployment environments is highly preferred.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience (8+ years in network or data center deployment).

• Capable of obtaining site access badges and passing background checks for data center and colocation facilities.

• Flexibility to support critical deployment milestones outside of standard hours, including daily standups seven days a week during peak deployment and SEV response.

• Strong dedication to nurturing an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative work environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical coverage through UHC (PPO, HSA, Surest options) / Medical provided through Kaiser (HMO option only) for California employees only.

• Dental insurance through UHC.

• Nationwide vision coverage provided by UHC.

• Flexible Spending Account for Health & Dependent Care.

• Pre-Tax Account for Commuter Benefit/Parking & Transit (location-specific).

• Continuing Education and Professional Development via various integrated platforms, such as Udemy and Coursera.

• Corporate Wellness Program offered by Goomi Group.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Wellness Days.

• 401k Plan.

• Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance.

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability.

• Critical Illness, Critical Hospital, and Voluntary Accident Insurance.

• Tuition Reimbursement (available six months after start date, capped).

• Paid Time Off (accrued and prorated, maximum of 120 hours annually).

• Paid Holidays.

• Any other statutory leaves, paid time, or other ancillary benefits required under state and federal law.

• Performance-based bonuses, benefits-related payments, or other general incentives may apply but are not guaranteed.