Senior Project Manager – Route Planning
Employment Information
Report this job
Job expired or something wrong with this job?
Job Description
Senior Project Manager validating diverse fiber routes for IREN’s renewable-powered AI data centers. Leading route approval, permitting, carrier coordination, and network delivery handoffs.
Responsibilities:
- Develop candidate routes for every campus connection and inter-campus link from campus entrance to target carrier POP or carrier hotel
- Review carrier-provided KMZ and network maps against independent sources
- Identify shared conduit, sheath, bridges, railroad crossings and right-of-way conflicts
- Score candidate routes on diversity, distance, cost, delivery schedule, permitting risk and future capacity
- Recommend primary and secondary routes for each campus
- Define fiber-strand and capacity requirements with Network Engineering and Network Infrastructure Engineering
- Validate A/B route diversity, including no-common-sheath and shared-risk checks
- Audit carrier diversity claims before contract signature and acceptance
- Document findings in a campus diversity register
- Apply diversity and shared-risk criteria; escalate noncompliant routes with alternatives
- Prepare make-versus-lease and IRU-versus-lit comparisons
- Support Procurement on carrier RFPs, master agreements and technical contract scope
- Aggregate multi-year fiber demand across campuses
- Identify right-of-way, easement, utility, roadway and railroad crossing dependencies
- Recommend and manage limited carrier authorizations for early engineering, permitting and construction RFQs
- Coordinate landowner, utility and local-government engagement with Development and campus Project Directors
- Assess carrier availability and route options for prospective campuses before site layout is fixed
- Define duct-bank and entrance route options with Network Infrastructure Engineering
- Run the route approval gate and assemble route packages for the Director, Network Delivery
- Hand approved routes to Senior Project Managers – Network Delivery for carrier ordering and execution
- Maintain the portfolio route tracker and contribute to the biweekly carrier connection report
- Capture lessons learned and feed them into the campus connectivity standard
Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years of telecommunications, outside-plant fiber or carrier network experience, including long-haul and metro route planning or OSP engineering
- Demonstrated experience validating physical route diversity across multiple carriers, including shared conduit, sheath, bridge, railroad and right-of-way conflicts, and shared-risk link groups
- Working knowledge of right-of-way, easement, utility and roadway crossing, and permitting dependencies for fiber construction
- Experience comparing dark fiber, IRU, wavelength and lit-service options on cost, term, diversity, delivery schedule and long-term value
- Proficiency with GIS and KMZ route data and carrier network maps; able to produce route packages and diversity evidence
- 5+ years of proven project management delivering telecommunications, fiber or critical-infrastructure programs across multiple concurrent sites
- Executive presence and reporting; able to present route recommendations, risks and alternatives to senior leadership
- Experience in a fast-paced growth environment and solving complex problems with company-wide impact
- OSHA 30
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, including Project, Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Preferred: outside-plant fiber and carrier delivery experience, including long-haul and metro routes, carrier POP and carrier-hotel handoffs, diverse campus entrances, splicing and OTDR acceptance
- Preferred: carrier and utility coordination in Texas and Oklahoma, including TxDOT and county permitting, railroad crossings, electric utility pole and duct attachments, and landowner easements
- Preferred: high-capacity network services including 100G/400G, DWDM and optical transport
- Preferred: portfolio demand planning across campuses and carrier RFPs/master agreements
- Preferred: infrastructure records in GIS, NetBox or other DCIM platforms
- Highly regarded: BICSI OSP, RTPM, FOA CFOT or equivalent outside-plant credentials
- PM certification such as PMP or equivalent highly regarded but not required
- Prior telecommunications carrier or fiber network operator experience highly regarded
- Data center or hyperscale/AI infrastructure experience highly regarded
- Familiarity with Primavera P6, Procore or Smartsheet highly regarded
- A clear criminal record check is required
- Must provide own steel-toed work boots; all other PPE is supplied
- Must be based at or within reasonable reach of an IREN campus, or plan to relocate before starting work
- Regular travel across campuses is required
- Flexible approach to work hours is required, with travel to other IREN sites as needed
- Must be authorized to work in the United States
Benefits:
- Total Compensation package may be inclusive of annual incentive bonus and equity (long-term incentive)
- Relocation (as applicable and based on successful candidate circumstances)
- 100% company paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for employees
- 75% company paid coverage for dependents
- Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage available
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA) when combined with the High Deductible Health Plan
- Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Access to financial planning and legal services
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
- Internal skills training and advancement pathways
- Professional development to support certifications, continuing education, or role related training
- Company events and team-building activities
Similar Jobs
Senior Project Manager – Network Infrastructure Design
Senior Project Manager governing fiber, telecom design, and acceptance standards for IREN’s renewable-powered AI data centers. Approving campus infrastructure and directing engineering partners across North American, European, and APAC projects.
Lead Project Manager
Technical project manager leading GE Vernova gas and electrical infrastructure equipment projects. Managing technical execution, finances, resources, and customer delivery remotely across Belgium.
Project Administrator
Project Administrator supporting an Australian security solutions provider with Excel data, procurement, project documentation, inventory, and invoicing. Fully remote from the Philippines.
Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager leading complex real estate project delivery for JLL, a global real estate and investment management company. Managing budgets, schedules, vendors, risks, and client relationships.
Project Coordinator III
Project Coordinator supporting HSAG’s healthcare quality improvement programs. Managing provider communications, educational activities, websites, and program resources remotely.
Builder Services Project Manager
Builder Services Project Manager coordinating quotations, orders, and change orders for Cornerstone Building Brands, a North American exterior building-products manufacturer. Supporting builders through construction scheduling, pricing, and technical project execution.
Builder Services Project Manager
Builder Services Project Manager coordinating quotations, orders, and change orders for Cornerstone Building Brands’ construction-products business. Supporting builders through technical project execution and customer service.
SAP Project Manager – Remote with Some Travel
SAP Project Manager leading the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s enterprise-wide S/4HANA Wave 2 enhancement initiative. Coordinating vendors, budgets, governance, risks, and concurrent IT workstreams.
Senior Medical Writing Project Manager
Senior ICF Medical Writing Project Manager leading compliant Informed Consent Form and clinical research documentation projects. Managing timelines, budgets, quality, and cross-functional delivery for Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Senior Medical Writing Project Manager
Medical writing project manager leading Informed Consent Form projects for clinical research clients. Managing timelines, budgets, resources, quality, risks, and cross-functional delivery.
Senior Project Manager, FSP
Senior Project Manager leading complex clinical research projects for Thermo Fisher Scientific. Owning sponsor relationships, cross-functional delivery, budgets, risks, and regulatory compliance.
Project Manager
Project Manager leading sponsor-facing clinical research projects for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Mexico. Accountable for cross-functional delivery, budgets, risks, quality, and regulatory compliance.
Senior Project Manager, FSP
Senior Project Manager leading sponsor-facing clinical research projects for Thermo Fisher Scientific. Owning cross-functional delivery across time, cost, quality, risk, and compliance.
Project Manager
Project Manager leading sponsor-facing clinical research projects for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Mexico. Accountable for cross-functional delivery, financial stewardship, risk resolution, and regulatory compliance.
Junior Project Manager – Digitalization, Finance – Public Sector
Junior Project Manager für digitale Finanzsoftware bei Axians Infoma. Einführung von Finanzlösungen und schrittweise Übernahme der Projektleitung für Kommunen und Kirchen.
Senior Project Manager – US Consumer Delivery
Senior Project Manager delivering complex credit card projects for TD, a global financial institution. Leading cross-functional teams, budgets, risk, and executive stakeholder partnerships.
Project Manager – HCI
WWF Project Manager leading the Heart of Conservation Initiative for Indigenous and local communities. Managing global partners, grants, reporting, and biodiversity finance systems change.
Project Manager, HCI
WWF Project Manager leading the Heart of Conservation Initiative for Indigenous and local communities. Managing global partners, conservation finance, reporting, and multi-country delivery.
Project Manager
WWF Project Manager leading the Heart of Conservation Initiative for Indigenous and local communities. Coordinating global partners, grants, reporting, and biodiversity finance systems change.
Intermediate Project Manager
Intermediate Project Manager managing complex Waterfall projects and Microsoft cloud transformation initiatives. Supporting PLATO, Canada’s largest Indigenous-owned software testing and technology services company.