[Hiring] Senior Director of Network Infrastructure and Planning @Alaska Communications

Role Description

Directs and manages the teams and programs responsible for planning, engineering, design, records accuracy, and lifecycle stewardship of network infrastructure supporting the ACS network. This role has complete ownership and accountability for Layer 1 infrastructure planning and design, including:

• Outside plant facilities
• Inside plant infrastructure associated with the network
• Fiber routes, ducts, conduits, structures
• DC power capacity, rack location and availability
• Capacity, records, and related construction engineering

The role is also accountable for coordinating end-to-end network infrastructure plans across Layer 2 and Layer 3 domains, in partnership with the Sr. Director of IP Engineering and the Network Architects, to ensure:

• Physical infrastructure, transport, aggregation, routing, resiliency, and growth plans are aligned to business, customer, operational, and capital priorities.

The Senior Director, Network Infrastructure & Planning translates business demand, network strategy, service delivery requirements, reliability objectives, and funded project commitments into actionable infrastructure plans, budget inputs, engineering priorities, and implementation readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in related fields, such as Engineering, Business or Construction. Equivalent experience may be substituted for schooling on a year-for-year basis.
• Twelve (12) years of telecommunications engineering/construction experience. Equivalent education may be substituted for years of experience.

Requirements

• Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
• Ability to plan, organize, measure, and coordinate multiple tasks to deliver the budget for product line, revenue, and profit.
• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
• Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
• Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
• Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
• Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation range: $161,475.00 - $215,299.00