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

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

Senior Manager, Network Planning – Development

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