Senior Manager: Digital Infrastructure
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About the Role
Parsons Corporation is seeking a Senior Manager for Digital Infrastructure to support the Planning Director in translating city-wide digital infrastructure masterplans into phased implementation plans.
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Responsibilities
- Manage day to day planning coordination for digital infrastructure packages including planning baselines, phasing logic, sequencing, dependencies, critical interfaces, constructability inputs, co build opportunities, and alignment with district CMP/DMP submissions
- Lead demand forecasting and capacity planning inputs including fiber demand, mobile coverage needs, data center/edge capacity, smart city use cases, resilience requirements, spare capacity, growth assumptions, and planning horizons
- Coordinate planning interfaces with design, construction, utilities, authorities, operators, and consultants including SEC, NWC, district cooling, CST, MOMRAH, SDAIA, MNOs, TowerCo, FiberCo, data center operators, and external EPC/design consultants
- Review and validate digital infrastructure planning submissions including fiber routes, tower siting plans, MMR/POP locations, duct bank layouts, right of way requirements, utility dependencies, access corridors, bypass routes, redundancy paths, and commissioning/handover planning inputs
- Track progress against approved planning baselines and report variances including planning risks, schedule impacts, change requests, planning deviations, authority dependencies, delayed inputs, and mitigation actions
- Support planning governance and review forums including preparing planning dashboards, issue logs, risk registers, decision papers, steering committee inputs, technical review comments, and planning approval recommendations
- Ensure planning compliance with applicable standards and project requirements including CST, SBC, MOMRAH right of way requirements, cybersecurity/resilience requirements, sustainability targets, operational readiness, O&M access, maintainability, and future scalability
- Support operational readiness and transition planning ensuring commissioning, integrated system testing, cutover, training, spares, O&M access, as built documentation, and phased handover requirements are embedded into the planning schedule
- Lead and mentor planning engineers/coordinators within the digital infrastructure planning team, promote planning best practices, maintain planning trackers, ensure quality of outputs, and support coordination between planning, design, construction, and external consultants
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, ICT, Telecoms, Digital Infrastructure, Urban/Infrastructure Planning, or Project Management
- Minimum 15+ years experience in ICT, telecoms, smart city, data center, utilities, or critical infrastructure planning
- Strong experience in digital infrastructure planning including phased implementation plans, fiber/mobile/DC/smart systems, demand forecasting, capacity modelling, district connectivity, MMR/POP planning, duct corridors, and right of way coordination
- Proven coordination experience across design, construction, utilities, authorities, consultants, operators, and contractors
- Strong planning control and reporting capabilities including baseline tracking, phasing adjustments, change requests, risk registers
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Overview
- Parsons is seeking a Senior Manager: Digital Infrastructure to support the Planning Director in translating the city wide Digital Infrastructure Masterplan into phased implementation plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day to day planning coordination for digital infrastructure packages including planning baselines, phasing logic, sequencing, dependencies, critical interfaces, constructability inputs, co build opportunities, and alignment with district CMP/DMP submissions
- Lead demand forecasting and capacity planning inputs including fiber demand, mobile coverage needs, data center/edge capacity, smart city use cases, resilience requirements, spare capacity, growth assumptions, and short /mid /long term planning horizons
- Coordinate planning interfaces with design, construction, utilities, authorities, operators, and consultants including SEC, NWC, district cooling, CST, MOMRAH, SDAIA, MNOs, TowerCo, FiberCo, data center operators, and external EPC/design consultants
- Review and validate digital infrastructure planning submissions including fiber routes, tower siting plans, MMR/POP locations, duct bank layouts, right of way requirements, utility dependencies, access corridors, bypass routes, redundancy paths, and commissioning/handover planning inputs
- Track progress against approved planning baselines and report variances including planning risks, schedule impacts, change requests, planning deviations, authority dependencies, delayed inputs, and mitigation actions for escalation to the Planning Director
- Support planning governance and review forums including preparing planning dashboards, issue logs, risk registers, decision papers, steering committee inputs, technical review comments, and planning approval recommendations
- Ensure planning compliance with applicable standards and project requirements including CST, SBC, MOMRAH right of way requirements, cybersecurity/resilience requirements, sustainability targets, operational readiness, O&M access, maintainability, and future scalability
- Support operational readiness and transition planning ensuring that commissioning, integrated system testing, cutover, training, spares, O&M access, as built documentation, and phased handover requirements are embedded into the planning schedule
- Lead and mentor planning engineers/coordinators within the digital infrastructure planning team, promote planning best practices, maintain planning trackers, ensure quality of outputs, and support coordination between planning, design, construction, and external consultants
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, ICT, Telecoms, Digital Infrastructure, Urban/Infrastructure Planning, or Project Management
- Minimum 15+ years experience in ICT, telecoms, smart city, data center, utilities, or critical infrastructure planning, preferably on city wide, giga project, mixed use, campus, or major infrastructure programs
- Strong experience in digital infrastructure planning including phased implementation plans, fiber/mobile/DC/smart systems, demand forecasting, capacity modelling, district connectivity, MMR/POP planning, duct corridors, and right of way coordination
- Proven coordination experience across design, construction, utilities, authorities, consultants, operators, and contractors including SEC, NWC, district cooling, CST/MOMRAH/SDAIA, MNOs, TowerCo, FiberCo, and data center operators
- Strong planning control and reporting capabilities including baseline tracking, phasing adjustments, change requests, risk registers
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