Senior Project Manager – Route Planning

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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IREN

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201 - 500 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

Artificial Intelligence • B2B • Energy

IREN is a provider of purpose-built, high-performance AI data centers and GPU cloud services across North America. IREN develops, owns and operates large, power-dense facilities designed for demanding AI training and inference workloads, offering turnkey data centers, colocations for customer hardware, and managed GPU cloud access. The company emphasizes vertical integration, 24/7 onsite support, and powering its facilities with 100% renewable energy (including RECs). IREN currently lists six North American locations (including Sweetwater, Childress, Oklahoma, Prince George, Mackenzie, and Canal Flats), with secured power capacity of about 5 GW, several hundred to thousands of MW per site in operational, under-construction, and in-development stages, and roughly 4,900 acres of secured land for AI infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Develop candidate routes for every campus connection and inter-campus link from campus entrance to target carrier POP or carrier hotel • Review carrier-provided KMZ and network maps against independent sources • Identify shared conduit, sheath, bridges, railroad crossings and right-of-way conflicts • Score candidate routes on diversity, distance, cost, delivery schedule, permitting risk and future capacity • Recommend primary and secondary routes for each campus • Define fiber-strand and capacity requirements with Network Engineering and Network Infrastructure Engineering • Validate A/B route diversity, including no-common-sheath and shared-risk checks • Audit carrier diversity claims before contract signature and acceptance • Document findings in a campus diversity register • Apply diversity and shared-risk criteria; escalate noncompliant routes with alternatives • Prepare make-versus-lease and IRU-versus-lit comparisons • Support Procurement on carrier RFPs, master agreements and technical contract scope • Aggregate multi-year fiber demand across campuses • Identify right-of-way, easement, utility, roadway and railroad crossing dependencies • Recommend and manage limited carrier authorizations for early engineering, permitting and construction RFQs • Coordinate landowner, utility and local-government engagement with Development and campus Project Directors • Assess carrier availability and route options for prospective campuses before site layout is fixed • Define duct-bank and entrance route options with Network Infrastructure Engineering • Run the route approval gate and assemble route packages for the Director, Network Delivery • Hand approved routes to Senior Project Managers – Network Delivery for carrier ordering and execution • Maintain the portfolio route tracker and contribute to the biweekly carrier connection report • Capture lessons learned and feed them into the campus connectivity standard

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of telecommunications, outside-plant fiber or carrier network experience, including long-haul and metro route planning or OSP engineering • Demonstrated experience validating physical route diversity across multiple carriers, including shared conduit, sheath, bridge, railroad and right-of-way conflicts, and shared-risk link groups • Working knowledge of right-of-way, easement, utility and roadway crossing, and permitting dependencies for fiber construction • Experience comparing dark fiber, IRU, wavelength and lit-service options on cost, term, diversity, delivery schedule and long-term value • Proficiency with GIS and KMZ route data and carrier network maps; able to produce route packages and diversity evidence • 5+ years of proven project management delivering telecommunications, fiber or critical-infrastructure programs across multiple concurrent sites • Executive presence and reporting; able to present route recommendations, risks and alternatives to senior leadership • Experience in a fast-paced growth environment and solving complex problems with company-wide impact • OSHA 30 • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, including Project, Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint • Preferred: outside-plant fiber and carrier delivery experience, including long-haul and metro routes, carrier POP and carrier-hotel handoffs, diverse campus entrances, splicing and OTDR acceptance • Preferred: carrier and utility coordination in Texas and Oklahoma, including TxDOT and county permitting, railroad crossings, electric utility pole and duct attachments, and landowner easements • Preferred: high-capacity network services including 100G/400G, DWDM and optical transport • Preferred: portfolio demand planning across campuses and carrier RFPs/master agreements • Preferred: infrastructure records in GIS, NetBox or other DCIM platforms • Highly regarded: BICSI OSP, RTPM, FOA CFOT or equivalent outside-plant credentials • PM certification such as PMP or equivalent highly regarded but not required • Prior telecommunications carrier or fiber network operator experience highly regarded • Data center or hyperscale/AI infrastructure experience highly regarded • Familiarity with Primavera P6, Procore or Smartsheet highly regarded • A clear criminal record check is required • Must provide own steel-toed work boots; all other PPE is supplied • Must be based at or within reasonable reach of an IREN campus, or plan to relocate before starting work • Regular travel across campuses is required • Flexible approach to work hours is required, with travel to other IREN sites as needed • Must be authorized to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Total Compensation package may be inclusive of annual incentive bonus and equity (long-term incentive) • Relocation (as applicable and based on successful candidate circumstances) • 100% company paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for employees • 75% company paid coverage for dependents • Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance • Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage available • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) when combined with the High Deductible Health Plan • Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • Access to financial planning and legal services • Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays • Internal skills training and advancement pathways • Professional development to support certifications, continuing education, or role related training • Company events and team-building activities