Senior Lead Permitting Manager

The Role

The Sr Lead Permitting Manager will play a critical role in Lumen’s fiber investment throughout communities – acting as a force multiplier for both economic development, growth, and sustainability in communities.
Operationally you will be responsible and measured by your ability to successfully improve infrastructure deployment cycles that meet commitments and guidance. Your role would be responsible for proactively collaborating with local governments and utilities to create a positive relationship that results in reduced cycles for permitting, row agreements, and pole permissions from the various governing bodies. You will also be responsible for ensuring that we have favorable terms that are acceptable for our deployment teams and are within the expectations set with regulatory requirements and corporate guidance.
A successful candidate will have the ability to quickly establish relationships and clear lines of communication with local elected officials, policymakers, influencers, decision-makers and community partners. You will act as the ‘connective tissue’ between Lumen’s Network Implementation team and local permitting offices to establish predictable permitting timelines and help create innovative solutions when necessary to clear hurdles in local permitting application processes.

Location

This is a work from home position within the U.S.

The Main Responsibilities

• Improve permitting, ROW approvals, and permission to attach approval to meet company deployment targets.
• Gather and negotiate the required guidelines and specifications for Engineering design requirements from the governing entities.
• Ensure those requirements are documented in databases and cataloged in a library for reference.
• Quality control submittals that are going to our largest and most sensitive areas to ensure the work being submitted meets the requirements of the governing entities.
• Work directly with your local Network Implementation team to understand details of the build and clear existing roadblocks with local permitting offices
• Work with local governments to understand details of permitting application processes
• Work with vendors when necessary to ensure accuracy of information flow between vendors, local permit offices, and other external partners (utilities, community orgs, businesses)
• Work with State Government Affairs Directors to build upon/maintain relationships with appropriate permit offices and city, county, and state lawmakers
• Act as the ‘connective tissue’ between internal and external organizations ensuring clear lines of communication across organizations internally and externally
• Prepare and present PowerPoint presentations to highlight/amplify Lumen’s fiber investment in local communities and opportunities for consumers, businesses, and anchor institutions
• Coordinate announcements/events with Corporate Communications to celebrate Lumen’s investment and highlight the benefits of Lumen’s fiber network

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Minimum of 6-8 years of experience working in/with permit offices and key public sector elected officials and staff
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in technology, broadband and/or telecom industry
• 5+ years’ subject matter expertise in city/county/state govt and utility permitting

Compensation