Partner Manager, Network Investments - Emerging Markets, Africa at Facebook

Responsibilities

• Support the full lifecycle of infrastructure projects from opportunity identification, business development, structuring, contract development, negotiation and execution.
• Understand, advocate and drive industry-bending shared infrastructure initiatives.
• Identify key infrastructure, regulatory and other bottlenecks and assess common requests from operator partners to drive new opportunities.
• Influencing key stakeholders including operators, towercos, fibercos and other critical ecosystem players
• Champion your projects internally at Facebook with broad partners such as Engineering, Finance, Legal, Regulatory and Policy.
• Draft presentation materials and other written documentation in support of cross-functional communications within Facebook and our external partners.
• Support the direction and expansion of the team, helping to scope future roles as the charter of the team grows.

Minimum Qualification

• BA/BS or higher in an engineering field, economics / business, finance or equivalent experience
• Investment experience in one or more key infrastructure areas: terrestrial fiber, submarine, data centers, or wireless access & backhaul.
• Understanding of basic finance and investments frameworks.
• Well-rounded telecoms and business background, and experience driving infrastructure investments in Africa.
• Familiarity with regional and country level telecom infrastructure in Africa.
• Comfort with quantitative and economics analysis.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel domestic and international 50% or more of time.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience negotiating infrastructure sharing investment models (Fiberco, co-build, submarine consortiums and / or Towerco).
• Private equity, project financing or transaction experience
• Good understanding of regulatory and policy implications of infrastructure sharing.