Description:
Role Overview:
The Joint Trench Program Manager oversees the end-to-end development and execution of the client’s Joint Trench Fiber Expansion initiative. This field-based role is responsible for proactively identifying and advancing greenfield (new, previously undeveloped) residential and MDU developments by building strong relationships with developers, city officials, contractors, and utility stakeholders. By surfacing opportunities early, prior to vertical construction, the Program Manager ensures client secures joint trenching participation, accelerates deployment, and maximizes customer growth.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and maintain strong relationships with developers, general contractors, and municipal planning departments to identify upcoming subdivisions and mixed-use projects.
Scout and qualify greenfield developments using local intelligence, permitting activity, and direct outreach.
Engage proactively with builders and contractors to secure joint trench participation, including conduit delivery and construction alignment.
Represent client at preconstruction meetings, site visits, and planning sessions, advocating for joint trenching and early sales engagement.
Serve as the primary liaison between external stakeholders (developers, cities, utilities) and internal teams (Engineering, Sales, MDU, BAU).
Maintain a centralized tracker of development opportunities, site plans, timelines, and key stakeholder contacts.
Support permit acquisition, workprint reviews, and coordination with engineering teams.
Participate in weekly triage and status meetings to align engineering, permitting, construction, and sales.
Monitor development trends to inform client’s long-term fiber strategy and investment decisions.
Qualifications
3+ years of experience in land development, telecom, utilities, construction coordination, or municipal planning.
Strong understanding of fiber deployment, greenfield subdivision development cycles, and joint trenching practices.
Direct experience engaging with residential developers and builders to coordinate joint trench opportunities.
Proven ability to work independently in the field, manage multiple projects, and thrive in a highly autonomous environment.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint.
Willingness to travel frequently across TX.
Typical day look like:
Worker will build relationships, complete behind the scenes work, research, and relationships with developers.
Aim to have bulk agreement within the community
Kick-off initial conversations, maintain relationships with developers for continued growth
Initial Point-of-Contact / research to be built
Expand for trial for North Texas (Spring Town, Reno – to DFW – to Louisiana Border
Top 3-5 must have skills:
Good communication skills – ability to connect via phone and face-to-face
Good IT and Computer skills – navigate client systems, see/understand existing areas, what it would take to get fiber to a new development
Lots of independent work – good with self-management, self-starter, trustworthy to complete work and being working as scheduled, self-motivation
Weekly check-ins to gage movement and opportunities found
VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status