Vice President of Engineering Services

Company: Biarri Networks

Position: VP, Telecom Engineering Services

Openings: 1

Duration: Perm

Pay Rate: $180,000 - $230,000 Base + 25% Bonus

Location: Denver, CO (Preferred) / Open to remote candidates willing to travel to Denver

Interviews: 2 rounds

Summary: Biarri Networks is seeking a VP, Telecom Engineering Services to lead an 80-90 person global engineering organization spanning the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Philippines, and Vietnam. This role is a backfill for the current VP of Operations, who is transitioning into the President role. The VP will inherit an established organization and focus on improving operational efficiency, profitability, customer relationships, and organizational scalability while helping drive Biarri's strategic expansion beyond traditional FTTH programs into middle-mile, long-haul, data center connectivity, utility, engineering, and software-based solutions.

Duties of the Role:

• Provide executive leadership for all Telecom Engineering Services functions including Design Services, Project Management, Field & Engineering, Consulting, PMO, and Telecom Sales.
• Lead a globally distributed team of approximately 80-90 employees across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Philippines, and Vietnam.
• Manage a leadership team consisting of Operations Managers, PMO leadership, UK leadership, and Sales leadership while developing the next generation of leaders within the organization.
• Drive operational improvements, resource utilization, delivery efficiency, and project profitability across all engineering services functions.
• Establish strategic direction for the Telecom Engineering Services division and translate company objectives into actionable business initiatives.
• Own divisional budgeting, forecasting, financial performance, margin optimization, and headcount planning.
• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with customers, partners, and industry stakeholders while serving as a trusted advisor to clients.
• Support commercial growth initiatives including scaling the U.S. telecom engineering sales organization and identifying opportunities within emerging markets such as middle-mile networks, data centers, utilities, and software services.
• Partner closely with executive leadership to navigate industry changes and position Biarri for continued growth and diversification.
• Ensure quality, consistency, compliance, SOP development, and best practices are maintained across global operations.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within telecommunications engineering, telecom operations, engineering consulting, or project delivery organizations.
• Experience leading large, globally distributed teams across multiple regions and time zones.
• Strong telecommunications engineering background, ideally with FTTx, FTTH, OSP design, telecom delivery, permitting, drafting, or fiber network deployments.
• Demonstrated success managing managers, directors, and multi-layered leadership teams.
• Experience owning P&L, budgets, forecasting, financial performance, and operational metrics.
• Proven ability to improve organizational efficiency, profitability, utilization, and project delivery performance.
• Strong customer-facing experience with executive presence and relationship management capabilities.
• Experience supporting business development, commercial growth, sales strategy, or customer success initiatives.
• Experience leading organizations through growth, change management, and strategic transformation.
• Ability to lead globally distributed teams across various cultures and time zones.

Nice to Have:

• Experience leading telecom engineering services organizations with 75+ employees.
• Middle-mile, long-haul fiber, broadband, or data center infrastructure experience.
• Utility engineering, power delivery, or multi-utility services experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
• Experience working within engineering consulting or professional services organizations.
• Previous exposure to SaaS, software-enabled services, or technology-enabled telecom solutions.
• Experience working with offshore engineering teams in APAC regions.

Compensation:

$180,000 to $230,000 per year annual salary.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.