OSP Program Manager - Long Haul Deployment
Zayo GroupAbout the role
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Program Manager, Long Haul OSP Deployment
The Program Manager, Long Haul OSP Deployment is responsible for the successful delivery of long haul fiber deployment programs through direct management of turnkey engineering and construction contractors and oversight of multiple concurrent projects. This role combines strategic program leadership with hands-on project execution responsibilities, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with Zayo quality standards.
The Program Manager serves as the primary operational and contractual interface between Zayo, turnkey vendors, and customers. This position is accountable for contract administration, project controls, budget management, regulatory compliance, contractor performance, risk mitigation, and project closeout activities across a portfolio of long haul network expansion projects. The Program Manager reports to the Director, Long Haul OSP Deployment.
NOTE: The team is open to this position working remotely within the United States.
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Leadership
Lead the delivery of multiple long haul OSP deployment projects simultaneously, including greenfield, overpull, and network expansion initiatives.
Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource forecasts.
Drive project execution from initial planning through engineering, permitting, construction, testing, acceptance, and closeout.
Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
Identify project risks and implement mitigation and recovery plans to maintain delivery commitments.
Contractor & Vendor Management
Serve as the primary contractual and operational interface with turnkey engineering and construction partners.
Draft, review, negotiate, and administer engineering and construction contracts.
Monitor contractor compliance with contractual requirements, milestone commitments, production targets, safety standards, and quality expectations.
Conduct contractor performance reviews and drive accountability through structured reporting, corrective action plans, and executive escalations when required.
Review and approve contractor invoices, production reports, schedules, and change orders.
Contract Administration & Financial Management
Manage project budgets, capital expenditures, forecasts, and financial reporting.
Evaluate and process change orders, assessing impacts to project scope, cost, and schedule. <
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