Associate Director, AI Connect Solutions Architecture

🕒 3 days ago

🏄 California, New York – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $130k - $248k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💻 Solutions Engineer

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Verizon

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10,000+ employees

📡 Telecommunications

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🏢 Enterprise

💰 $2.3G Post IPO debt on 2025-08

Telecommunications • B2C • Enterprise

Verizon is a multinational telecommunications company that provides wireless, broadband, and network services to consumers, businesses, and government customers across the United States and globally. It operates mobile networks, fixed-line and fiber-optic broadband, and offers related products and services through retail locations and digital channels, while emphasizing innovation, community engagement, and employee development.

📋 Description

• Set the vision and execute the end-to-end customer design ownership model for AI Connect, Dark Fiber, Lit Fiber/Wave, and Edge Data Centers • Lead architects and sales engineers supporting Verizon's top strategic customers across a multi-billion-dollar portfolio • Drive bookings and quota attainment • Own the customer design lifecycle from discovery through order, hand-off, build tracking, and turn-up • Govern design and hand-off standards to align sold scope, schedule, and cost with delivered scope • Reduce rework, change orders, and time to revenue • Run customer-health and delivery-readiness cadences • Escalate issues across Sales, Network Planning, Construction, Right-of-Way, and Operations • Lead opportunity teams to align customer strategy, processes, and IT assets • Develop executive presentations, technical storytelling, competitive positioning, and multi-stakeholder account strategy • Build business cases, ROI and cost models, and ensure designs align with pricing and delivery capability • Introduce automation and off-load low-value work • Hire, coach, motivate, and retain architects and engineers • Maintain certifications and represent Verizon at events and customer advisory boards • Build a culture of empowerment, collaboration, innovation, and integrity

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or directly related equivalent experience • 10+ years in engineering and architecting telecom, IT or network infrastructure • Deep expertise in dark fiber and the intersection of physical assets with AI/ML digital transformation • 3+ years leading senior architects or sales engineers, including workforce planning, coaching and performance management • Experience owning complex customer solutions from design through delivery, including scope, change and contract management • Experience engaging senior executives and delivering effective customer presentations • Demonstrated financial analysis skills: P&L, ROI, cost analysis, and business-case development • MS or MBA preferred • Direct experience with hyperscalers, neoclouds, or carriers preferred • OSP engineering, construction, or delivery background, including ULH or metro fiber programs and contractor management preferred • Knowledge of AI and GPU cluster networking and how topology drives requirements on the fiber layer preferred • Experience with IRUs, swaps, anchor-tenant builds, SLAs, and MSAs preferred • Relevant certifications such as CCIE/CCNP, optical vendor, PMP, or FOA CFOS preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Base salary • Annual incentive • Long-term incentive • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Short-term disability insurance • Long-term disability insurance • Basic life insurance • Supplemental life insurance • AD&D insurance • Identity theft protection • Pet insurance • Group home and auto insurance • Matched 401(k) savings plan • Up to 8 company-paid holidays per year • Up to 6 personal days per year • Paid parental leave • Adoption assistance • Tuition assistance • Other incentives • Premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, and allowances • Up to 15 days of vacation per year for newly hired employees, increasing with additional service

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