Job Description
Director – Network Feeder Fiber Planning & Market Strategy About Forged Fiber At Forged Fiber, our mission is bold but simple: deliver fast, reliable, future-proof connectivity that builds the foundation for everything online. As we execute, we believe the right way to do something is the only way. This foundation guides how the company builds, operates, and maintains a state-of-the-art open-access fiber network platform that empowers millions. Forged Fiber is about more than building a network. It is about people. Every role matters. Every contribution counts. Together, employees create impact through teamwork, trust, and a shared commitment to excellence. The Role We’re building the nation’s best open‑access fiber network platform—reliable, future‑proof infrastructure that empowers communities and unlocks next‑generation internet experiences. The Director – Network Feeder Fiber Planning & Market Strategy is accountable for market-level Network Feeder Fiber (F1) network strategy, leading a team of senior fiber planners responsible for translating growth, tenant demand, and investment priorities into scalable, constructible network plans. This role sits at the intersection of network strategy, capital planning, and wholesale customer enablement. In addition to managing and developing individual contributors performing F1 planning work, the Director serves as a primary interface, aligning network architecture, expansion roadmaps, and delivery timelines with growth needs. The Director ensures that network feeder fiber plans align to long-term risk adjusted opportunity size, while producing outputs that downstream engineering, construction, and operations teams can execute with confidence. Work Location -Hybrid- Denver, CO The Main Responsibilities Strategic F1 Network Leadership Own the F1 fiber planning strategy across assigned markets, integrating tenant demand, growth forecasts, competitive dynamics, and capital constraints. Direct the development of end-to-end F1 plans, including backbone, feeder, distribution, hubs, and interconnection points. Guide lease vs. build vs. buy evaluations, including third-party fiber or duct leasing, joint builds, and acquisition opportunities. Define long-range network architecture principles aligned with wholesale scalability and open-access economics. People Leadership & Team Development Lead and mentor a team of Senior Fiber Planners (individual contributors) performing GIS-based, market-driven planning. Set planning standards, expectations, and review processes to ensure consistency, quality, and constructability of outputs. Build scalable planning capacity through hiring, onboarding, and professional development. Act as an escalation point for complex planning, cost, or feasibility tradeoffs. Wholesale Tenant Engagement Serve as a senior technical and planning interface for wholesale fiber tenants. Translate tenant requirements (routes, diversity, fiber counts, timelines, interconnection needs) into actionable F1 planning strategies. Partner with commercial, product, and tenant onboarding teams to support pre-sale planning, diligence, and post-launch expansion discussions. Communicate network capabilities, constraints, and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical tenant stakeholders. Cross-Functional Alignment Partner closely with finance, real estate, engineering, construction, and operations to align plans to budgets, standards, and execution capabilities. Provide clear planning narratives explaining assumptions, risks, alternatives, and recommendations to executive and investment stakeholders. Ensure smooth handoff from F1 planning into downstream engineering and construction workflows. Governance, Costing & Decision Support Oversee high-level cost modeling, feasibility analysis, and scenario development across competing network strategies. Identify material cost drivers, delivery risks, and mitigation strategies early in the planning lifecycle. Support capital planning, prioritization, and investment committee decision-making with defensible, data-driven plans. What We Look For in a Candidate Forged Fiber’s culture is built on honesty, respect, trust, transparency, and a growth mindset. We strive to treat people as they want to be treated, and to operate with consistency, integrity, customer obsession, and courage. We’re looking for top tier talent to join Forged Fiber that can help us bring this mindset to our everyday