Strategic Associate Director, AI Connect Architecture

Verizon; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking an Associate Director to lead architects who manage senior sales engineers, guiding end-to-end customer designs from discovery through build and turn-up. You will ensure design integrity, scope control, and a smooth hand-off.

You will lead a team with 15–30 years of experience, coordinate across Sales, Network Planning, Construction, and Operations, and develop executive presentations and ROI models.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in engineering and architecting telecom, IT or network infrastructure, with deep expertise in dark fiber and the intersection of physical assets with AI/ML digital transformation.
• 3+ years leading senior architects or sales engineers, including workforce planning, coaching and performance management.
• Experience owning complex customer solutions from design through delivery, including scope, change and contract management.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision and build the end-to-end customer design ownership model for AI Connect, Dark Fiber, Lit Fiber/Wave and Edge Data Centers.
• Lead the architects and sales engineers supporting Verizon's top strategic customers across a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, driving bookings and quota attainment.
• Own the customer design lifecycle from discovery through order, hand-off, build tracking and turn-up.
• Govern design and hand-off to keep scope, schedule and cost aligned and reduce rework and time to revenue.
• Run delivery readiness with a cross-functional cadence across Sales, Network Planning, Construction, Right-of-Way and Operations.

Skills

Leadership of architects

Solution design

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communication

AI/ML integration

Sales engineering coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Job description

Verizon is seeking an Associate Director to lead architects who manage senior sales engineers, guiding end-to-end customer designs from discovery through build and turn-up. You will ensure design integrity, scope control, and a smooth hand-off.

You will lead a team with 15–30 years of experience, coordinate across Sales, Network Planning, Construction, and Operations, and develop executive presentations and ROI models.