Program Manager

Aspire Communications is a fast-growing internet service provider delivering high-speed fiber-optic connectivity to single-family homes and MDUs. We are expanding operations in Simi Valley, CA and seeking a Program Manager to help lead our California projects.

Primary Responsibilities and Essential Functions

As a Program Manager in Outside Plant (OSP) projects, you will oversee and manage the end-to-end execution of fiber optic network construction, ensuring all activities align with scope, budget, and schedule. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage stakeholders, and ensure compliance with industry standards while driving the successful delivery of infrastructure projects in the field.

• OSP Program Oversight and Management: Lead and manage multiple large-scale OSP fiber projects, including underground and aerial fiber builds, ensuring projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and to specification.
• Cross-Functional Team Coordination: Collaborate with internal and external teams, including construction, engineering, procurement, and regulatory bodies, to ensure seamless project execution across all phases of the OSP deployment.
• Project Planning and Execution: Develop and manage detailed project plans, including scope definition, resource allocation, scheduling, budgeting, and forecasting, with a strong focus on meeting milestones and client expectations.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Negotiation: Prepare comprehensive Project Roadmaps, coordinating with participating organizations, and negotiate project agreements, including detailed work breakdown structures, cost and material estimates, milestone schedules, and risk management plans.
• Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to OSP deployments, including zoning, permitting, construction delays, and regulatory hurdles, ensuring clear communication with stakeholders and timely resolution of issues.
• Financial and Resource Management: Oversee and track project budgets, ensuring accurate forecasting and reporting on capital expenditures, resources, and materials, aligning with financial goals.
• Field Deployment Accountability: Take full accountability for all field deployment activities, including fiber network design, construction management, zoning and permitting, system acceptance, NOC integration, and project closeout.
• Single Point of Contact for Project-Level Communication: Serve as the central point of contact for project status updates, meetings, and communications, providing leadership teams with regular reports on milestones, progress, forecasts, and resolutions to issues.
• Design Review and Oversight: Lead the review of OSP designs, ensuring accuracy in drawings and calculations, and compliance with industry standards for underground and aerial fiber builds. Provide feedback on designs to ensure they meet project requirements and are feasible for construction.
• Documentation and Compliance: Ensure the maintenance of all OSP project documentation, including permitting, design filings, and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Budgeting and Schedule Monitoring: Actively manage and monitor budgets, schedules, and scopes for multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring all aspects of the OSP build are on track and within financial constraints.
• On-Site Field Management: Conduct site visits as needed to oversee construction activities, resolve field issues, and ensure that work is being executed according to plans, specifications, and safety standards.
• Reporting: Provide detailed daily and weekly reports on project status, milestones, resource usage, and field progress, communicating any changes or issues to key stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance: Monitor construction quality, ensuring all fiber installation work meets industry standards and is aligned with design specifications.
• Additional Duties: Perform any other duties as necessary to ensure the successful deployment and completion of OSP projects.

If you are a dynamic leader with a strong technical background in OSP and a commitment to quality and safety, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed