Principal project management

Uniti is a premier insurgent fiber provider dedicated to enabling mission-critical connectivity across the United States.

With a steadfast commitment to customer service, operational excellence, and superior network capabilities, Uniti builds, operates and delivers critical fiber-based communications services to connect and empower people and businesses.

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About the Role:
The Principal – Project Management is responsible for driving high-impact strategic initiatives across the organization. This team player builds and leads cross-functional teams, aligns stakeholders, and delivers measurable outcomes through disciplined project execution, process improvement, and effective communication. The ideal candidate brings telecommunications industry experience, strong leadership, systems thinking, and a bias for action, serving as the subject matter expert and primary point of contact for assigned projects.

What You'll Do:

• Lead strategic projects end-to-end, building and guiding cross-functional teams while gaining stakeholder buy-in and alignment.
• Collaborate with project team members to gather and define business and technical requirements, translating requirements into clear project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Manage, monitor, and report on scope, schedule, resources, risks, issues, and dependencies, providing regular status updates tailored to diverse audiences including project team, stakeholders, and executives.
• Provide thought-provoking leadership to foster innovation, teamwork, and appropriate risk-taking.
• Facilitate decision-making, remove roadblocks, implement mitigation strategies and drive resolution through structured problem solving, ensuring accountability.
• Strategically drive resolution by inserting influence, direction, and data-informed decisions into escalations, engaging leadership and cross-functional partners as needed.
• Map current process flows and analyze pain points and bottlenecks, proposing future-state improvements that enhance efficiency, quality, and customer outcomes.
• Establish and maintain project governance (including charters, RACI, acceptance criteria, and post-implementation reviews) and monitor benefits realization and KPIs ensuring that delivered solutions meet business objectives and compliance standards.

Do You Have:

• Understanding of telecom industry specific operational considerations.
• Hands-on experience leading Agile and Hybrid delivery models, including tailoring methodology to multi-team programs and constraints.
• Track record of leading high-stakes initiatives with measurable improvements in cycle time, time-to-market, cost control, and consumer satisfaction.
• Experience de-escalating issues and gaining agreement.

Even Better:

• Functional experience with project management and reporting tools (e.g., Microsoft Planner, Visio, Tableau, Power BI).
• Scrum Master or Project Management certification (e.g., CSM, PSM, PMP, PMI- ACP, SAFe) and demonstrated application in telecom industry projects or programs.

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Our Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance Plans
• 401K Plan
• Health & Flexible Savings Account
• Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
• Educational Assistance Plan

Uniti is an equal opportunity employer. At Uniti, we celebrate the authenticity and uniqueness of our people and their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, protected veteran status, current military status, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, creed, citizenship status, or any other status protected by law, and to give full consideration to qualified disabled individuals and protected veterans.

Actual base pay for this job will depend on the candidate's primary work location and other factors, such as relevant skills and experience.

Notice to Non-U.S. Citizens: Uniti, as a holder of licenses granted by the Federal Communications Commission, is required to notify and to obtain approval from federal regulatory agencies prior to granting certain system/network access to any non-U.S. citizen personnel. Offers of employment extended to non-U.S. citizens are contingent upon receiving the requisite approval from agencies overseeing compliance. Non-U.S. citizens are required to provide Uniti with the personal identifying information required to obtain the necessary approval prior to accessing certain systems and/or Uniti’s network. If you are not a U.S. citizen, please notify your recruiter or email [email protected] as soon as possible for information on Uniti’s foreign personnel disclosure and approval requirements.
Notice to Applicants: Depending on the position and its job functions, offers of employment may be contingent upon successful completion of certain pre-employment screenings, including but not limited to criminal background check, drug-screen, motor vehicle records check, or other pre-employment screening. All such screenings will be conducted by an external third-party with the Candidate’s written consent and in accordance with federal and state law. Refusal to authorize or submit to a required pre-employment screening may disqualify the candidate from employment. A prior criminal record will NOT automatically disqualify a candidate but will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis considering a number of factors, including but not limited to the nature and specific duties of the position. Any misrepresentation during the application or interview process may result in denial of employment, withdrawal of offer, or termination.