Senior Broadband Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Act as a reliable partner for clients, including utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and private providers.

• Influence broadband strategies by spearheading the creation of master plans, market assessments, and business cases.

• Provide insightful, executive-level advice to senior stakeholders.

• Take charge of consulting engagements from initiation to completion.

• Coordinate cross-disciplinary teams encompassing engineering, GIS, financial modeling, grants, and construction.

• Supervise the assessment and planning of fiber, fixed wireless, and hybrid broadband solutions.

• Evaluate current infrastructure and assist in defining intelligent, scalable deployment strategies.

• Facilitate crucial decisions regarding network architecture, capacity, and performance.

• Oversee the formulation of comprehensive financial models that encompass ROI, business cases, and operational scenarios.

• Assist clients in navigating funding opportunities, including developing strategies for federal and state programs like BEAD and NTIA.

• Offer guidance on grant applications, compliance, and overall funding alignment.

• Take an active role in stakeholder and community engagement, leading workshops, executive briefings, and public meetings.

• Collaborate with local governments, regulatory bodies, and funding agencies.

• Manage relationships with vendors and partners throughout the broadband ecosystem.

• Ensure oversight of program execution, monitoring schedules, budgets, and risks.

• Establish governance frameworks, reporting structures, and performance metrics.

• Advise clients during the transition from planning to engineering, construction, and implementation.

• Contribute to business growth by supporting proposals, defining scopes, and formulating pricing strategies.

• Identify new opportunities within both existing and potential accounts and assist in thought leadership initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 8–15+ years of experience in broadband, telecommunications, or infrastructure consulting.

• Proven track record of leading complex broadband or telecommunications projects.

• Strong expertise in fiber, wireless, and/or hybrid network architectures.

• Established ability to manage client relationships and lead project teams effectively.

• Experience in supporting public-sector broadband initiatives (states, municipalities, co-ops).

• Direct experience with broadband funding programs (e.g., BEAD, NTIA, USDA ReConnect).

• Familiarity with GIS tools, network design platforms, or engineering coordination.

• PMP or similar project management certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company-sponsored medical.

• Dental.

• Vision.

• 401(k) plan with company match.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Voluntary life insurance.

• Disability coverage.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Accident and hospitalization plans.

• HSA or FSA medical accounts.

• FSA dependent care and transportation/parking accounts.

• PTO hours.

• May be eligible for a discretionary bonus.