Description

ActioNet has an immediate opening for a high-performing  Program Manager with 7+ years of experience (Cleared) leading IT, procurement, logistics, and network infrastructure projects—wireless network experience is preferred. The Program Manager will lead senior-level execution and scaling of a Telecommunications Utility and Grid initiative supporting our DoW client telecommunications infrastructure. The ideal candidate should have a broad understanding of telecommunications infrastructure with executive presence and organization and is a highly organized business-to-technology translator.

This role integrates outside plant (OSP) and premise cabling telecommunications infrastructure modernization, governance alignment (Roles & Responsibilities framework), sustainment operations, facility power integration, and deployment of a Government-controlled Operational Digital Twin (ODT). The Program Manager ensures alignment across DoW leadership, installation stakeholders, and industry partners.

Location: Remote with expectations to travel CONUS

Key Responsibilities: 

• Enterprise Governance Leadership
• Telecom Savvy, Program Focused: Speaks the language of telecom lifecycles (civil works, transport, zoning) fluently enough to hold vendors accountable without getting bogged down in low-level engineering tasks.
• Lead alignment of telecommunications Roles & Responsibilities (RACI) across DoW stakeholders.
• Clarify accountability boundaries for OSP, premise cabling, power, facilities, and equipment.
• Support implementation of a standardized Telecom Utility operating model.
• Align acquisition, funding, and enterprise support strategies.
• Sustainment & Operations Oversight

• Systemic Organization: Masters portfolio-level tracking (not just single projects) and ruthlessly manages long-lead infrastructure risks (permits, hardware, fiber pathways).
• Oversee stabilization and sustainment of outside plant (OSP) and premise cabling fiber and copper infrastructure.
• Own service availability, MTTR, and operational readiness metrics.
• Coordinate field execution teams, splicing crews, testing personnel, and partner performance.
• Ensure fleet, machinery, and workforce readiness for OSP activities (trenching, duct banks, manholes, poles, vaults).

• Infrastructure & Resilience Integration

• Integrate telecommunications with facility systems (power, grounding, HVAC, generators).
• Drive resilience strategy including backup communications nodes and power continuity.
• Address environmental risks impacting OSP (corrosion, water intrusion, coastal exposure).

• Digital Control Layer Deployment

• Oversee deployment of a Telecommunications Grid Operational Digital Twin (ODT).
• Ensure vendor-agnostic integration across OEM platforms.
• Align ODT with enterprise systems (GIS, MAXIMO, Help Desk, TMS).
• Maintain authoritative digital representation of OSP/premise cabling infrastructure assets.

• Partner & Stakeholder Integration

• Lead coordination with teaming partners and subcontractors.
• Serve as primary industry interface to DoW leadership.
• Ensure compliance with acquisition regulations and conflict-of-interest requirements.
• Manage transition from capture to execution seamlessly.
• Elite Room Reading: Possesses ability to sense unstated stakeholder anxieties, navigate organizational politics, and adjust tactics on the fly.

Required Qualifications: 

• 7+ years managing complex DoW or Federal programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing OSP and premise cabling telecommunications infrastructure.
• Experience supporting DoW or large installation environments preferred.
• Highly articulate. Can dive into technical milestones with engineering teams, then immediately pivot to CAPEX/OPEX discussions for the C-suite, changing tone and delivery mid-brief based on audience engagement.
• Strong understanding of fiber optic networks, structured cabling, duct banks, manholes, vaults, and copper transition strategies.
• Experience leading sustainment-focused infrastructure programs.
• Familiarity with governance and RACI-based accountability models.
• Experience integrating cybersecurity and RMF requirements.
• Active Secret clearance required; TS eligibility preferred

Preferred Qualifications: 

• BICSI certification (RCDD, OSP, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Experience with BICSI standards and structured cabling best practices.
• Background in installation real property and facility integration.
• Experience with power resilience systems supporting telecom infrastructure.
• Experience with 5G, broadband, or infrastructure modernization initiatives.