The position, which reports to Director of Innovation Dolan Beckel, “requires a broad set of skills including strategic thinking, negotiation, telecommunications experience, public policy, team leadership and public collaboration,” the job posting says.
The incumbent “will negotiate value exchange agreements to generate the demand for broadband deployments and ensure city’s departments fulfill that demand by permitting communications facilities including macro site, small cells and underground fiber optics,” the posting says. The broadband manager “will also work closely with innovative technology companies to evaluate ways to accelerate broadband deployment, including Smart City technology within the new context of COVID-19 public health, and the shelter-in-place dynamics that highlight the value of digital inclusion. Collaboration with public interest groups, community organizations and other stakeholders will also be required to ensure public adoption of broadband deployment, especially the deployment of small cells on streetlights.”
Responsibilities of the position include:
- Negotiate value trading agreements with broadband providers that promote economic development, digital inclusion and support for Smart Cities.
- Direct the development of balanced broadband-friendly policies.
- Direct the city departments involved with broadband deployment.
- Collaborate with external stakeholders on community concerns with broadband deployments.
- Evaluate new technologies and approaches to accelerate broadband.
- Report progress to the City Council and external stakeholders.
