Telecom & Fiber Infra Program Manager — Data Centers

CloudHQ LLC; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

12 paid holidays

Generous PTO

Development opportunities

Job summary

CloudHQ LLC in Ashburn, VA, seeks a Telecom Infrastructure Project Manager to plan and coordinate inside‑plant and outside‑plant telecom infrastructure. You will align rollout schedules, vendors, permits, engineering, construction, and stakeholders to deliver compliant, documented, and ready installations.

The role requires 5+ years in technical infrastructure management, a related engineering or PM degree, and experience with telecom/fiber projects across sites.

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.
• 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.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or comparable Project Management certification.
• Experience with 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.

Responsibilities

• 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, 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.

Skills

Project management

Telecom infrastructure

Vendor coordination

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GIS

CAD

Project management software

Job description

CloudHQ LLC in Ashburn, VA, seeks a Telecom Infrastructure Project Manager to plan and coordinate inside‑plant and outside‑plant telecom infrastructure. You will align rollout schedules, vendors, permits, engineering, construction, and stakeholders to deliver compliant, documented, and ready installations.

The role requires 5+ years in technical infrastructure management, a related engineering or PM degree, and experience with telecom/fiber projects across sites.