Data Center Telecom Project Lead

Cloudhq; Ashburn (VA); Hybride; USD 110 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical benefits

401(k) with match

12 paid holidays

Generous PTO

Career development

Résumé du poste

CloudHQ in Ashburn, Virginia, is seeking a Telecom Infrastructure Project Manager to plan and coordinate inside‑plant and outside‑plant telecom installations. You will align rollout schedules, vendors, permits, engineering, construction, and stakeholders to deliver compliant, documented, and operational projects.

You will manage design, permitting, procurement, construction, testing, turnover, and closeout while overseeing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical infrastructure management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, telecommunications, project management, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering telecom, fiber‑optic, utility, data center, or critical‑infrastructure projects.
• Experience coordinating vendors, permits, construction activities, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of project controls, risk management, change management, and document control.
• Ability to interpret telecom drawings, route plans, schedules, scopes of work, and technical submittals.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, negotiation, and executive‑status reporting skills.

Responsabilités

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering design, permitting, procurement, construction, testing, turnover, and closeout.
• Coordinate telecom carriers, fiber contractors, engineering consultants, utility providers, permitting authorities, site operations, security, safety, and other cross‑functional teams.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, change control, and project documentation.
• Confirm readiness of route designs, construction drawings, bills of materials, method statements, permits, and access requirements before field execution.
• Lead regular project reviews, communicate status and decisions, escalated constraints, and track corrective actions through closure.
• Oversee vendor performance, validate progress, review deliverables, support invoice verification, and manage punch‑list completion.
• Coordinate outages, maintenance windows, access, logistics, and stakeholder notifications for work affecting live environments.
• Ensure complete turnover packages, including as‑built drawings, test results, splice records, permits, warranties, asset records, and acceptance documentation.
• Promote compliance with applicable safety, quality

Connaissances

Project management

Telecom infrastructure

Vendor coordination

Risk management

Change management

Stakeholder communication

Formation

Bachelor's degree in engineering/related field

Outils

GIS

CAD

Fiber asset database

Project management software

Description du poste

Description

Who We Are

Our purpose at CloudHQ is to provide flexible, efficient and resilient data center solutions to businesses of all sizes. Our growing organization was founded by the pioneer of data center REITs. CloudHQ has state-of-the-art data center sites located on two Northern Virginia campuses, as well as London, Frankfurt, Paris, and São Paulo, and we anticipate exponential growth over the next several years both in the US and abroad

What The Role Entails

Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the Telecom Infrastructure Project Manager at CloudHQ plans and coordinates the delivery of inside-plant and outside-plant telecom infrastructure. This role aligns rollout schedules, vendors, permits, engineering, construction, utilities, site teams, and business stakeholders to deliver safe, compliant, documented, and operationally ready installations.

What You Will Get to Do

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering design, permitting, procurement, construction, testing, turnover, and closeout.
• Coordinate telecom carriers, fiber contractors, engineering consultants, utility providers, permitting authorities, site operations, security, safety, and other cross-functional teams.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, change control, and project documentation.
• Confirm that route designs, construction drawings, bills of material, method statements, permits, and access requirements are ready before field execution.
• Lead regular project reviews, communicate status and decisions, escalate constraints, and track corrective actions through closure.
• Oversee vendor performance, validate progress, review deliverables, support invoice verification, and manage punch-list completion.
• Coordinate outages, maintenance windows, access, logistics, and stakeholder notifications for work affecting live environments.
• Ensure complete turnover packages, including as-built drawings, test results, splice records, permits, warranties, asset records, and acceptance documentation.
• Promote compliance with applicable safety, quality

Success Measures

• Projects meet approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and documentation expectations.
• Risks and dependencies are identified early, assigned, communicated, and closed.
• Stakeholders receive timely, accurate status reporting and clear decision requests.
• Turnover packages are complete, accurate, and accepted by operations.

Requirements

What you Bring to the Role

• 5+ years of technical infrastructure management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, telecommunications, project management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering telecom, fiber-optic, utility, data center, or critical-infrastructure projects.
• Experience coordinating vendors, permits, construction activities, and multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of project controls, risk management, change management, and document control.
• Ability to interpret telecom drawings, route plans, schedules, scopes of work, and technical submittals.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, negotiation, and executive-status reporting skills.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Also Possess

• PMP, PRINCE2, or comparable Project Management certification.
• Experience with both inside-plant and outside-plant fiber infrastructure across multiple sites or regions.
• Familiarity with GIS, CAD, project management platforms, construction management systems, and fiber asset databases.
• Experience supporting mission-critical facilities or active production environments.

What We Offer

CloudHQ’s people and culture are the most enriching aspects that make us a great place to work. We are strengthened by industry experts who bring extensive knowledge, skill, and experience; leaders who bring vision, innovation and commitment to our people; and an expanding team of individuals who believe in that vision, and bring their best to support their customers and team.

Our employees enjoy competitive compensation and rewarding incentives, comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability), 401(k) with match, 12 paid holidays, generous PTO, development opportunities, and the ability to closely impact and contribute to the growth of an exceptional organization.

Equal Employment Opportunity

CloudHQ is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status.