Manager, Project Manager

## Description **Project Manager — End-to-End Fiber Construction** **Location:** Arizona — Statewide (Field / Remote Hybrid) **Reports To:** Director of Project Controls **Job Summary:** The Project Manager serves as the end-to-end process owner for all assigned fiber-to-the-home deployment projects; from initial design and permitting through construction, closeout, IT/Network activation, and Ready for Sale (RFS). This role requires, vendor management, owning the project process from intake through RFS, ensuring schedule accuracy, cross-functional handoff discipline, tracker integrity, and escalation accountability across all active build programs. The PM helps own the relationship with the municipality. The PM does not replace the authority of Design & Engineering, Construction, OSP, or IT/Network teams the PM ensures those teams are connected, informed, and moving in the correct sequence. **Key Responsibilities:** · Develop and maintain a schedule of record for all assigned market builds, Distribution Areas, and BEAD project areas — covering every phase from design through Ready for Service and updated continuously throughout the project lifecycle. · Serve as the single point of accountability for project process ownership — ensuring every milestone has a named owner, a current target date, and a clear path to completion; no project advances to the next phase without a documented handoff. · Coordinate cross-functionally with Design & Engineering, Permitting, Construction Managers, OSP, IT/Network, and government affairs resources to ensure each phase of the deployment lifecycle moves forward without gaps or dropped handoffs. · Act as the single point of accountability for project status — ensuring all functional teams, vendors, and leadership have accurate, current visibility into progress, risks, and blockers without needing to chase multiple sources for updates. · Coordinate D&E vendors, construction contractors, and OSP business partners at the process level — tracking deliverable dates, escalating missed commitments, and ensuring no project is stalled without an owner or an active escalation path. · Conduct structured weekly syncs with Construction Managers and vendor teams; maintain a written project status record from each review covering progress, active blockers, inspection and permit status, and a 2-week look-ahead. · Own tracker accuracy across all project phases — ensuring IQGeo, Vetro, Gaiia, and project management systems reflect current field reality within 48 hours of any status change in an active construction zone; validate or update entries personally when functional team updates are absent. · Prepare and present project status reports to D&E leadership and executive stakeholders; proactively flag schedule variances of 5+ business days and escalate critical path risks before they cause avoidable delays. · Prepare and deliver a complete IT/Network handoff package at construction closeout — including confirmed as-builts, splice documentation, punchlist clearance, and address list with SOT IDs; coordinate activation, testing, and RFS confirmation with the IT/Network team. · Maintain a live issues log covering design conflicts, permit delays, utility conflicts, contractor performance concerns, and construction holds; escalate any issue affecting the critical path within 24 hours of identification. Coordinate municipal permitting processes with the Permitting team — tracking submission dates, comment responses, Approved-Held/Approved-Released status, and permit conditions affecting construction mobilization; escalate aging permit items to government affairs resources as needed. · Ensure compliance with all municipal permit conditions, right-of-way requirements, safety standards, and BEAD grant reporting obligations throughout the project lifecycle; flag any compliance gap to the appropriate functional owner immediately upon identification. · Lead RCA/CAP initiation for any incident affecting the critical path;…