QTS Data Centers

Senior Manager, Network Planning – Development

QTS Data Centers

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Ashburn • Virginia • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Cloud

About the role

  • Establish a repeatable fiber due diligence program for Europe supporting both QTS & Blackstone driven data center development projects
  • Owns customer requirements gathering and documentation to pre-qualify sites for particular use cases
  • Works collaboratively with parallel teams inside QTS’ and Blackstone, fiber providers, and customers to create best in class connectivity solutions that are intuitive, cost effective, well designed, and easily digestible
  • Lead business meetings, identify and communicate connectivity challenges that are uncertain, costly, or potentially unsolvable
  • Creates and manages a consistent output for connectivity solutions across Europe projects and communicates regularly with parallel teams and executive leadership
  • Vendor management at the technical, business and executive level across all European fiber providers
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of experience in the telecom, datacenter, or cloud infrastructure industries
  • Experience and understanding of metro, long-haul, & submarine networks throughout EMEA
  • Able to articulate Data Center fiber connectivity development best practices, solves for complex engineering and diversity requirements, identify challenges & risks to the business
  • Able to interpret and evaluate relevant technical addenda in telecom contracts
  • Familiar with basic financial modeling to evaluate and model deal structures (fiber leases, Dedicated Internet leases, IRU’s, etc.)
  • The ability to document your decisions and recommendations to internal technical leadership as well as VPs, SVPs, and C-suite
  • A high degree of organization and ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
  • Able to travel for site due diligence trips and industry conferences as needed
  • Proficient in Smartsheet, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Earth, Fiber Locator, Peering DB, & project management software
Benefits
  • medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • flexible spending and HSA accounts
  • paid holidays
  • paid time off
  • paid volunteer days
  • employee assistance program
  • tuition assistance
  • parental leave
  • military leave assistance
  • QTS scholarship for dependents
  • wellness program
  • other company benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
fiber connectivity developmentfinancial modelingtelecom contracts interpretationengineering problem solvingrisk identificationvendor managementdata center designnetwork evaluationproject managementsite qualification
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationorganizationdecision documentationleadershipprioritizationcustomer requirements gatheringproblem-solvingadaptabilitystakeholder engagement