The Centralized Engineering PMO empowers Wireless RAN business initiatives to execute with excellence. We provide structured project management, foster collaboration, and consistently drive projects to success.  We support the teams that build and upgrade the core infrastructure that powers the national wireless network, and we operate as a trusted, strategic, and efficient partner to multiple cross functional organizations and field teams nationwide. 

As a Principal Engineer on the CE PMO Team, you will serve as the central technical project management lead for large-scale, nationwide deployments, driving transformational initiatives that carry significant budget and strategic importance for the company. You will act as the authoritative program lead for large scale programs – owning execution from strategy through field delivery, while managing capital risk and cross-functional alignment at a national scale.

• Owning end-to-end delivery of large scale national network deployment programs from strategic planning through field execution and closeout.
• Building and continuously refining standardized frameworks, playbooks, and governance processes that accelerate program launches and enable proactive execution.
• Driving vendor governance and accountability by defining end-to-end processes and escalation paths, ensuring third-party and OEM deliverables remain on schedule and aligned with technical requirements.
• Developing and maintaining reporting infrastructure—including dashboards, scorecards, and executive summaries—to provide real-time visibility into program status, risks, and KPIs.
• Leading cross-functional program teams spanning Centralized Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Sourcing & Supply Chain, Planning, Regulatory, and Field teams, driving alignment without direct authority.
• Establishing and running recurring communication cadences, including market kick-offs, progress reviews, and leadership briefings.
• Monitoring concurrent national programs, maintaining accurate dependency and milestone tracking while proactively eliminating roadblocks.
• Managing large-scale project budgets, ensuring strict forecasting and financial accountability.

Other valid Verizon locations may be considered.

You excel at uniting cross-functional teams toward a common goal and thrive on driving projects forward in a rapidly changing environment. You are an intellectually curious, fast learner who is comfortable diving deep into unfamiliar technical scopes to stay ahead of the programs you manage. You find personal satisfaction in analyzing complex problems, delivering actionable solutions, and communicating with clarity to align diverse stakeholders.

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a cobination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Five or mroe years of technical program/project management experience, including leading large-scale, capital-intensive programs from strategy through execution.
• Proven experience owning multi-million-dollar (ideally multi-market or national-scale) capital programs, including budget ownership, forecasting, and financial risk management.
• Experience designing and standardizing project management frameworks, governance processes, or playbooks for repeatable program execution.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and drive alignment across stakeholders.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Business, or a related field.
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical status into clear, audience-appropriate leadership updates.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, managing multiple concurrent high-visibility programs, and making decisions under time and financial pressure.
• Expertise in the wireless network deployment process.
• Experience working in internal tools such as FUZE, CND, INAM, IOP, RFDS.
• Experience leveraging Generative AI tools (e.g., Gemini, Claude, NotebookLM) to optimize daily operations, drive workflow efficiency, and elevate work quality.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining program reporting and dashboards.
• Experience with vendor/OEM management.
• Familiarity with capital planning and financial governance processes.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career, and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D insurance, identity theft protection, pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan, up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year, paid parental leave, adoption assistance and tuition assistance, plus other incentives, we’ve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role, employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, allowances, etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year, which grows with additional service. For part-timers, your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.