Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

In this role, you drive the strategic acquisition of fiber for Project Kuiper’s ground infrastructure sites. You will be responsible for planning, designing, and procuring the fiber network that drives Kuiper’s infrastructure to meet customer demand. Kuiper sites require high availability fiber solutions and so you’ll execute on strategies that drive cost and operational efficiency. Kuiper moves at a rapid pace and hyper scale, so you must build the network for not only today but for the future.

Key job responsibilities
As the Fiber Technical Business Developer, you will play an important role in network planning and contractual sourcing backbone in the South America region. Based on our roadmap’s demand you will design long-haul network routes, and execute procurement contracts for Kuiper sites. You must excel at planning and prioritizing multiple projects at once that can range from a single site to multiple sites across countries. You should be a subject matter expert in the telecommunications buy space, ISP carrier products (wired and wireless), physical network infrastructure, optical technologies, network engineering, and provisioning. This individual will actively drive commercial and technical vendor network strategy, working with suppliers, technology partners, as well as the service teams to meet our customer’s demands. This position will be responsible for the day to day oversight and management of the contractors and internal resources involved in buying and deploying fiber.



A day in the life
- Understand the infrastructure market segments, customer base, and telecom/networking industry within your region.
- Experience with Network Acquisitions and Planning, managing vendor relationships, contract creation, and contractually sourcing new capacity.
- Track vendors delivery of fiber.
- Understand the technical requirements of our engineering teams and negotiate a deal that solves their requirements as well as the business objectives for Kuiper.
- Develop long-term strategic partnerships in support of our key countries. Preparation and presentation of transaction summaries to the Kuiper team including, financial approvals and overall deal costs / benefits.
- Track overall telecoms industry trends and developments in terms of vendor technologies, coverage, cost and deal structures.
- Willing to travel 10% of the time.