Fiber Deployment Lead for Clean-Energy AI

Rune; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Strategic ownership of deployments

Job summary

Rune in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Fiber Project Manager to own connectivity for RELIC deployments across US and international sites. You will lead route studies, carrier outreach, and turn-up, coordinating with leadership, site operations, and engineering for fast, reliable deployments.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in fiber/telecom infra, experience with data center operators or hyperscalers, and strong vendor, budget, and field-management skills.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years managing fiber or telecom infrastructure projects, including outside plant builds.
• Experience at a data center operator, hyperscaler, or engineering/construction firm.
• Track record delivering connectivity to remote sites on budget and on schedule.
• Technical fluency in fiber design, testing, network architecture, and diverse routing.
• Strong project and vendor management skills, including budgets and schedules.
• Comfortable in the field and willing to travel ~30% of the time.
• Ownership mindset and ability to shape Rune's connectivity strategy.
• Clear, thoughtful communication with vendors and teammates.

Responsibilities

• Own fiber connectivity for each site from scoping through turn-up: route studies, carrier outreach, permitting, testing, handoff to operations.
• Assess connectivity options early in site selection, including lit services, dark fiber, new builds, and interim paths with cost/timelines.
• Source and manage carriers, fiber providers, and outside plant contractors, running RFPs and comparing proposals.
• Negotiate and manage connectivity agreements with Rune's counsel, including lit service orders and leases.
• Design for resilience with path diversity, redundancy, and capacity headroom.
• Manage budgets, schedules, and change orders for each build and track costs.
• Oversee field work on site: installation progress, testing, and as-built docs.
• Coordinate with engineering and site operations for go-live alignment.
• Manage projects across geographies, navigating local processes.
• Build a playbook: standard designs, vendor relations, and timelines.

Skills

Fiber project mgmt

Vendor management

Network architecture

Field testing

Travel readiness

Job description

Rune in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Fiber Project Manager to own connectivity for RELIC deployments across US and international sites. You will lead route studies, carrier outreach, and turn-up, coordinating with leadership, site operations, and engineering for fast, reliable deployments.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in fiber/telecom infra, experience with data center operators or hyperscalers, and strong vendor, budget, and field-management skills.