Project Manager, Broadband Infrastructure

Company Profile 

At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team. Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager – Broadband Infrastructure to support large-scale network initiatives including infrastructure buildouts, network enhancements, and ring collapse activities. This role will manage the influx of Jira tickets across teams to ensure successful delivery of broadband infrastructure projects. This role will manage tickets for capacity planning, ports, cards, network resolution, etc.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience within telecommunications or broadband network environments and project management experience. This role is a long term, remote contract through the end of the year. (Extensions may be possible). This position will support EST, CST and MST time zones so flexibility will be key. This position requires qualified candidates who live in the continental US. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship, visa transfer or C2C candidates.

Responsibilities

• Drive and manage Jira tickets across many teams to drive resolutions and planning efforts, including:
• Network installations
• Ring collapses
• Network enhancements and upgrades
• Capacity planning
• Port activities
• This role will partner with cross-functional teams including inside plant, implementation teams, field operations and optical network teams.
• Coordinate with the Enterprise Engineering team, ensuring alignment on project execution steps
• Track and provide detailed reporting on project progress, risks, dependencies, and milestones
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including presentations and status decks
• Drive accountability across teams to ensure timely delivery of project objectives
• Quickly adapt to and adopt new tools and processes as client systems evolve

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering or similar
• Minimum of 4-5 years experience in project/program management in the broadband/telecom industry in enterprise environments
• Experience and desire to work with Jira tickets to resolve network initiatives and resolutions.
• Familiarity with network infrastructure and architecture and workflows
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and facilitate discussions across technical and business stakeholders
• Strong executive presence and communication skills
• Proficiency with project management tools such as:
• Jira (must be proficient)
• Smartsheet or MS Project
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience supporting optical or broadband network engineering teams
• Strong communicator who can “speak PM” and translate across technical and non-technical teams
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable in a dynamic, evolving environment
• Collaborative and confident working with senior stakeholders and leadership

Compensation

Sand Cherry Associates is required by Colorado law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range considers a wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This is a consulting engagement with an expected annual salary of $100,000-$110,000. Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role.

Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.