Program Manager, FDC - Build Execution

Everett, United States | Posted on 01/05/2026

• Department Name Fiber Design Construction
• Industry Telecommunications
• Country United States
• State/Province Washington

We're building the fiber network you deserve. Consistently fast, refreshingly straightforward and giving you control. From our home base in Kirkland, Washington, we're connecting over one million homes and businesses across the states we serve with fiber internet that works the way it should. No gimmicks, no gotchas. Internet shouldn’t get in the way of life: it should make it better.

Position Title:
Program Manager, FDC – Build Execution

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid timeoff, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.

At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We are delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by mainstream internet companies. And as our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR,  MT, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences.

We emphasize our values in all our interactions:

Genuinely Caring: our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.

Empowering You: We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and coworkers.

Innovation and Improvement: We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers – and each other – better.

Earning Your Trust: We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a corporation.

Job Summary

The Program Manager, Fiber Design & Construction (FDC) – Build Execution is a hands‑on program leader responsible for driving the operational planning, sequencing, milestone tracking and cross‑functional coordination needed to support Ziply's fiber build strategy. This role serves as a central execution partner to engineering, design, permitting, construction, operations, and vendor teams to ensure fiber deployment programs move efficiently through each phase of the build lifecycle.

This Program Manager must bring structure, clarity and accountability to a large, distributed organization that needs consistent program discipline. The ideal candidate can dive deeply into thousands of in-flight projects, translate complexity into clear plans and actions and reinforce a weekly operating rhythm that keeps teams aligned and progressing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

Strategic Alignment & Communication

• Translate build strategy into weekly work plans, prioritized actions, and measurable deliverables.
• Reinforce disciplined reporting by driving structured updates on work completed, upcoming tasks & support needed.
• Communicate program insights clearly to leadership & execution teams based on detailed funnel and milestone data.
• Maintain cross‑functional alignment across engineering, permitting & construction through recurring touchpoints.

Planning & Modeling

• Support sequencing & prioritization to maximize throughput given resource, vendor and permitting constraints.
• Validate planning inputs including force‑to‑load assumptions, design readiness and CPP indicators.
• Build readiness checklists that ensure smooth transitions between design, permitting and construction.
• Analyze forecast output against the yearly ready for sale objectives and identify levers required to close the gap.
• Surface high‑cost or high‑risk build segments early and collaborate with engineering & design on alternatives.
• Track milestones across thousands of projects, surface risks tied to delays…