Project Manager – Data Center & Telecom Infrastructure
Location: Remote – U.S. Based
Travel: Frequent travel to project sites required
Department: Data Center & Telecom Operations
Employment Type: Full-Time
Company: Verveba Telecom
Position Summary
Verveba Telecom is seeking an experienced Project Manager – Data Center & Telecom Infrastructure to lead complex data center, fiber, low-voltage and network infrastructure projects across the United States.
This is a hands-on operational leadership role responsible for project delivery from mobilization through installation, testing, customer acceptance and closeout.
The ideal candidate will have experience across Data Centers, OSP/ISP fiber infrastructure, Central Offices (CO), MTSO facilities and other mission-critical telecom/network environments, with a strong understanding of BICSI practices and industry installation standards. The Project Manager will serve as the primary operational interface between the customer, Verveba leadership, field supervisors, technicians, subcontractors, procurement and recruiting teams, ensuring alignment across scope, schedule, manpower, quality, safety and customer expectations. The position can be remote; however, frequent travel and onsite presence are required based on project needs, particularly during mobilization, critical execution phases and customer escalations.
Key Responsibilities
Project & Customer Management
- Own assigned projects from kickoff and mobilization through customer acceptance and closeout.
- Serve as the primary operational point of contact for customers.
- Understand SOWs, drawings, specifications, schedules and acceptance requirements.
- Translate technical requirements into executable field plans.
- Lead project kickoff, customer meetings and internal operational reviews.
- Manage scope changes, risks, dependencies and customer escalations.
- Maintain proactive and professional communication with customers.
Field Operations & Execution
- Coordinate daily execution with supervisors, leads, technicians and subcontractors.
- Ensure field teams clearly understand the SOW, drawings and daily production targets.
- Maintain onsite leadership during critical project phases.
- Track production against schedule and committed milestones.
- Identify field constraints and drive issues to resolution.
- Coordinate installation, splicing, testing, remediation, commissioning and closeout.
- Ensure Verveba independently manages its personnel rather than relying on the customer for day-to-day workforce management.
Workforce & Resource Management
- Develop manpower plans based on scope, schedule and productivity requirements.
- Coordinate ramp-up and ramp-down of field resources.
- Manage technicians, working leads, supervisors and subcontractors.
- Verify workforce readiness, including PPE, training, certifications, tools and site requirements.
- Maintain accurate daily attendance and crew rosters.
- Address performance, attendance and field issues promptly.
- Coordinate tooling, test equipment, materials and other project resources.
Technical Experience
Candidates should have strong working knowledge across several of the following areas:
- Data Center Infrastructure
- BICSI, TIA/EIA installation practices and standards
- OSP – Outside Plant fiber infrastructure
- ISP – Inside Plant fiber infrastructure
- Central Office (CO) environments
- MTSO / telecom switching facilities
- MMR and data hall connectivity
- Structured cabling systems
- High-count fiber installation
- MPO/MTP fiber infrastructure
- Ribbon and mass-fusion splicing
- Single-fiber splicing and termination
- OTDR and OLTS testing
- Fiber certification and remediation
- Fiber characterization and acceptance testing
- Cable tray, ladder rack, raceway and pathway systems
- Rack, cabinet and equipment installation
- Rack & stack / network equipment deployment
- Fiber patching and cross-connects
- Network migration, cutover and turn-up activities
- QA/QC and commissioning
- Day-2 infrastructure operations
Experience working in live/operational network environments where outages, MOPs, maintenance windows and change controls must be carefully managed is highly desirable.
The Project Manager does not need to personally perform every technical activity but must have sufficient technical knowledge to manage the work, challenge field teams when necessary, validate progress and communicate credibly with customer engineering and operations teams.
Project Controls & Reporting
- Daily manpower, attendance and production reporting
- EOD project reports and next-day execution plans
- Planned-versus-actual production tracking
- Project schedules, milestones and look-ahead planning
- Labor-hour, overtime and productivity tracking
- Budget and cost-performance monitoring
- Change-order and additional-work documentation
- Material, equipment and tooling coordination
- Risk, issue and action-item management
- Timesheet and customer approval management
- Testing records, redlines, QA/QC and closeout documentation
Safety & Quality
- Maintain strong safety and quality standards across field operations.
- Ensure compliance with customer-specific PPE, OSHA and site requirements.
- Ensure installations follow applicable BICSI TIA/EIA, customer and project-specific standards.
- Coordinate quality inspections and workmanship reviews.
- Manage punch-list and remediation activities through final acceptance.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of project management or field operations experience in data centers, telecom, fiber infrastructure, low voltage or mission-critical construction.
- Experience with OSP and ISP infrastructure.
- Experience working within Data Center, Central Office, MTSO or similar critical network facilities.
- Working knowledge of BICSI TIA/EIA standards and installation practices.
- Demonstrated experience managing technicians, supervisors and subcontractors.
- Strong understanding of fiber and structured cabling infrastructure.
- Ability to interpret SOWs, drawings, floor plans and technical documentation.
- Strong customer-facing communication and leadership skills.
- Experience with manpower planning, scheduling and production management.
- Ability and willingness to travel frequently throughout the United States.
Preferred Qualifications
- BICSI certification such as RCDD, RTPM, TECH or Installer is highly desirable.
- PMP certification is a plus.
- OSHA-10 or OSHA-30.
- Hyperscale or large data center experience.
- Central Office / carrier network infrastructure experience.
- Experience managing 20–100+ field resources.
- High-count fiber, ribbon splicing and advanced fiber testing experience.
- Experience with rack & stack, EF&I or network equipment deployment.
- Experience managing multi-site or multi-market programs.
What We Are Looking For
We need a Project Manager who is:
- Operationally strong – understands field execution, not just project administration.
- Technically credible – comfortable discussing fiber, network infrastructure and installation requirements with customers and field teams.
- Customer-facing – capable of representing Verveba professionally with GCs, integrators, carriers, hyperscalers and data center customers.
- Highly organized – maintains control of manpower, production, scope, schedule and documentation.
- Proactive – identifies and resolves issues before they become customer escalations.
- Field-oriented – willing to travel and be physically present when the project requires leadership.
- Accountable – takes ownership of delivery rather than simply reporting problems.
- Adaptable – capable of maintaining operational control in rapidly changing project environments.
Success in This Role
Success will be measured across:
Safety | Customer Satisfaction | Schedule | Quality | Productivity | Manpower Control | Budget Performance | Communication | Successful Closeout
This is not a staffing coordination position. The Project Manager owns the delivery of the assigned scope and is accountable for ensuring Verveba's field organization performs as a professional project execution team from mobilization through final customer acceptance.
Pay: $75,539.73 - $90,972.57 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person