Network Optimization Manager Jobs in Lancaster, SC

Job Title: Sr Asset Optimization Manager (P5)

For more than three decades, Crown Castle has led the way in shared communications infrastructure, delivering profitable solutions by connecting communities, businesses, and people, and enabling each to thrive with reliable access to voice and data in more places, faster than ever before. When you join Crown Castle, you become part of a dynamic team of passionate and collaborative professionals engaging in complex challenges and contributing to projects that shape the future of life and work.

Role

The Senior Asset Optimization Manager is responsible for improving the financial performance of the tower portfolio through rigorous assetbyasset analysis and coordination with various departments to execute efficiency strategies. This leader identifies, evaluates, and spurs implementation of opportunities to reduce operating expenses, including utility usage, taxes, rationalize or decommission underperforming assets, and identifying financial and operational targets to bring specific assets in line with best-in-class profitability and customer-readiness standards. The role partners crossfunctionally with Operations, Finance, Legal, Tax, and Customer teams to ensure maximum value creation across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Optimization & Financial Performance

• Conduct detailed assetlevel evaluations to identify opportunities for cost reduction, utility optimization, revenue enhancement, asset disposition, reduce maintenance obligations, simplification and customer-readiness enhancement.
• Develop and maintain a prioritized portfolio improvement roadmap with quantified financial impact.
• Lead the development of initiatives to reduce site OPEX, CapEx, land lease expense, and improve customer readiness.

Real Estate & Lease Strategy

• Identify top targets for renegotiation, rent reductions, license increase minimums.  

CrossFunctional Leadership & Execution

• Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to identify cost-saving strategies and identify specific Business Units for action to reduce maintenance costs.

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Work closely with Finance to report savings, track KPIs, and validate forecasted vs. actual impacts.
• Collaborate to build reporting tools to track asset efficiencies, cost trends, and realized savings.
• Present recommendations and results to senior leadership with clear business justification and financial modeling.

Site Rationalization & Asset Disposition

• Lead comprehensive reviews to determine whether assets should be retired, consolidated, or sold based on usage, revenue, cost, and strategic relevance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 10+ years of experience in telecommunications, tower infrastructure, real estate optimization, or related assetmanagement fields.
• Strong financial acumen, including ROI analysis, modeling, and business case development.
• Proven success in costreduction initiatives
• Ability to manage large datasets and use analytics to drive decisions.
• Creative thinking and collaborative approach is required to be successful.

Expectations

• Experience with tower management platforms, assetlevel databases, or utility monitoring systems.
• Accounting and Finance experience.
• Understanding of telecom network operations, power systems, and site construction.
• Strong project management background with experience leading multidepartment initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build relationships across technical and business teams.

Success Metrics

• Annualized OPEX savings delivered (utilities, rents, contracts, etc.).
• Improvement in margin per asset towards best-in-class results.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and alignment across operational, legal, and financial teams.

Organizational Relationship

Reports to: VP Leasing & Real Estate

Title of direct reports (if applicable): N/A

Where You Will Work
To optimize collaboration, relationship building, and key stakeholder engagement, this role aligns to a 4:1 hybrid model which is in office Monday-Thursday with the option for remote work on Fridays.

YOUR COMPANY BENEFITS
At Crown Castle, we do our best to ensure you have access to the resources you need to live a healthy and happy life no matter where you are in life. Our benefits are built around your individual needs, covering physical, mental, and financial health and designed to enhance your quality of life.
We are proud to offer a full suite of health and wealth benefits for you and your loved ones. Below are a few of the key highlights of the many benefits we provide.

• Comprehensive healthcare plans with highly company subsidized premiums and up to $2,000 annual company contribution to your Health Savings Account (HSA base plan for employee and dependents).
• Market-leading 401(k) plan, which includes up to 10% company contributions through our 5% match and 5% profit sharing program (based on employee contributions).
• New-child leave up to 8 weeks of 100% paid leave upon birth or legal adoption of a new child. Birth mothers are eligible for up to 8 weeks of additional 100% paid medical leave.
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year of eligible tuition and fees.
• Crown Castle scholarship program awarding up to $10,000 per recipient each year for eligible dependent children of employees and interns.
• Matching charitable contributions to qualified charitable organizations of up to $1,000 per year per teammate.
• Generous paid time-off for eligible full-time employees (minimum 18 days per year based on years of service).
• 10 company holidays plus 2 floating holidays.
• All offices provide free beverages and snacks.

Compensation
The salary range offered for this position is $143,200 - $196,900 annually. A candidate's offer is determined by various factors including but not limited to, depth of experience, role-related knowledge and skills, relevant education or training, internal alignment, and work location. Depending on the position offered, the compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of a discretionary annual cash bonus or commissions, and equity incentives.
Additional Information
If you are interested in joining our team, please visit the Crown Castle careers site to apply. We do not accept resumes from agencies, headhunters, or other third-party suppliers who have not signed a formal agreement with us. This position will remain posted until filled.