Statewide Wireless Infrastructure Program Manager

Empire State Development, LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Job summary

Empire State Development, LLC, through ConnectALL, seeks a Technical Program Manager to drive NY’s wireless infrastructure initiatives. You will coordinate internal/external teams, manage site control and permitting processes, and push deployment milestones across New York State.

Reporting to the Wireless Planning and Cellular Coverage Director, you will oversee regional plans, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven program updates while traveling as needed for deployment activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of wireless telecommunications program management or similar infrastructure delivery.
• Experience with site control, acquisition and permitting across New York State, especially Upstate.
• Experience with land use management and utility deployment practices in New York State.
• Strong knowledge of wireless technologies and deployment methods.
• Ability to translate experience into formal evaluation and reporting systems.
• Experience solving problems in dynamic, multi-stakeholder projects.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and apply new information.
• Strong PM, time management, organizational and communication skills.
• Experience cultivating stakeholder relationships.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, ArcGIS, and project management platforms.
• Ability to travel for deployment activities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and regulatory agencies to expand opportunities and improve access to essential infrastructure supporting wireless coverage.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with telecommunications carriers and other third-party entities.
• Coordinate resources to develop regional plans for expanding wireless coverage.
• Forecast, schedule and assign resources for negotiations, infrastructure design and necessary permissions for deployment activities.
• Drive infrastructure growth by marketing public mobile assets to private carriers.
• Engage specialized vendors as needed to achieve initiatives.
• Manage key program indicators including deployment timelines.
• Provide project updates identifying risks, concerns, and escalation points to ConnectALL leadership.
• Identify and incorporate relevant data attributes into tracking systems for organized records and milestones.
• Support ConnectALL programs and efforts as needed.

Skills

Project management

Time management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Learning agility

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

ArcGIS

PM platforms

Job description

Empire State Development, LLC, through ConnectALL, seeks a Technical Program Manager to drive NY’s wireless infrastructure initiatives. You will coordinate internal/external teams, manage site control and permitting processes, and push deployment milestones across New York State.

Reporting to the Wireless Planning and Cellular Coverage Director, you will oversee regional plans, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven program updates while traveling as needed for deployment activities.