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# Network Develoment Manager

- **Company:** The Meta Game, Inc.
- **Location:** Topeka, KS, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $191,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Spreadsheets, Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Data Integrity, Network Installation Services, Prompt Engineering, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/AA4C27A7E57E4326A9A66AFB487E57E1/job/

## About the Role

13. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
 14. 5+ years of experience in network development, telecommunications, fiber optic infrastructure, or a related field (commercial, technical, or project management)
 15. Experience owning vendor/provider relationships and commercial outcomes in a telecommunications or infrastructure context
 16. Demonstrated experience leading commercial negotiations (IRU, dark fiber lease, MSA/SLA) from strategy through execution
 17. Knowledge of fiber optic network concepts including route design, IRU/lease structures, and the full delivery lifecycle
 18. Experience leading cross-functional programs and driving alignment among engineering, finance, legal, and sourcing stakeholders
 19. Experience communicating status, risk, and recommendations to senior/leadership audiences
 20. Experience with data analysis, spreadsheets, and building business cases
 21. Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

 22. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
 23. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
 24. Experience at a hyperscale technology company, major telecommunications carrier, or infrastructure provider
 25. Knowledge of network planning and capacity forecasting fundamentals
 26. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
 27. Experience with contract management including IRU agreements, MSAs, and SLAs
 28. Experience with data analysis tools, dashboards, or automation
 29. Experience with backbone/long-haul fiber networks and metro fiber infrastructure
 30. Experience mentoring or coaching less-experienced team members

## Description

Meta's Network Investments team is responsible for the strategic planning, commercial development, and delivery of one of the world's largest and fastest-growing fiber optic backbone networks. We partner with telecommunications providers and infrastructure vendors to design, source, and deploy critical network capacity that powers Meta's family of applications and AI infrastructure.We are seeking an experienced Network Development Manager (NDM) to own the commercial development and delivery of fiber network capacity across the North American production environment. In this role you will independently lead provider engagements and complex fiber route development, lead commercial negotiations end to end, and own delivery outcomes for a portfolio of routes/providers - setting strategy with cross-functional partners and mentoring less-experienced NDMs to ensure Meta's network capacity stays ahead of demand growth., 1. Own strategic relationships with a portfolio of telecommunications providers, including performance management, escalation ownership, and provider strategy

 2. Lead identification and evaluation of new fiber routes and capacity solutions
 3. define requirements with Network Planning and engineering and make build-vs-buy / route selection recommendations
 4. Lead commercial negotiations for fiber IRU agreements, dark fiber leases, and related infrastructure contracts, owning negotiation strategy, business case, and approval narrative through execution
 5. Drive alignment across Network Implementation Engineering (NIE), Network Planning, Finance, Legal, Sourcing, and Data Center teams
 6. resolve cross-team conflicts and own clean handoffs from development through implementation
 7. Own delivery accountability against contractual milestones and SLAs for the assigned portfolio
 8. proactively drive risk mitigation with providers and internal partners
 9. Define reporting and tracking standards that give leadership visibility into delivery status and provider performance
 10. ensure network data integrity in internal tools
 11. Lead process and tooling improvements across the team, author best practices and SOPs, and mentor/onboard less-experienced NDMs
 12. Influence multi-year regional capacity strategy in partnership with Planning and Finance