About The Role
The Strategic Fibre Sales Director is accountable for developing, executing and scaling Boldyn Networks' fibre growth strategy, transforming Boldyn's unique underground, transport and surface fibre assets into a commercially successful and strategically differentiated fibre business. This role is intended to lead the commercialisation of the London Underground Fibre Network, East-West Corridor opportunities, strategic Thames crossings and future fibre infrastructure investments. The role combines commercial leadership, strategic business development, partnership management and solution sales. The successful candidate will create market demand, develop high-value customer relationships, secure anchor customers, establish strategic wholesale partnerships and influence future network investment decisions.
Operating at the intersection of Commercial, Product, Engineering, Finance and Operations, the Strategic Fibre Sales Director will play a critical role in delivering Boldyn's Underground Fibre Strategy whilst creating a scalable long-term growth platform for the organisation.
What You’ll Be Doing
Commercial Strategy & Business Growth
- Own and execute Boldyn's Underground Fibre commercialisation strategy.
- Develop and maintain short, medium and long-term fibre growth plans.
- Identify, qualify and prioritise opportunities across target market segments.
- Build robust revenue forecasts, business plans and investment cases.
- Develop clear go-to-market strategies for:
- Dark Fibre
- Wavelength Services
- Data Centre Interconnect (DCI)
- Lit Fibre Services
- Strategic Connectivity and Diversity Solutions
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate infrastructure capabilities into repeatable commercial propositions.
Strategic Market Development
- Create demand for Boldyn's fibre infrastructure through targeted market engagement.
- Build market awareness of Boldyn's unique underground and transport infrastructure assets.
- Establish Boldyn as a recognised provider within London's data centre, wholesale connectivity and digital infrastructure ecosystem.
- Identify emerging market trends across:
- AI Infrastructure
- Hyperscale Cloud Growth
- Data Centre Expansion
- Public Sector Connectivity
- Network Resilience
- Route Diversity
Strategic Sales & Account Development
- Develop and manage a portfolio of high-value strategic opportunities.
- Secure anchor customers capable of supporting future network investment and expansion.
- Lead complex sales engagements from opportunity creation through to contract execution.
- Build executive-level relationships across customer organisations.
- Develop account strategies for priority customers and target sectors.
- Target customer groups include:
- Fibre Network Operators
- Data Centre Providers
- Hyperscalers
- Cloud Service Providers
- Public Sector Organisations
- Transport Authorities
- Strategic Enterprise Customers
Strategic Partnerships & Channel Development
- Develop and maintain relationships with strategic fibre, infrastructure and wholesale partners.
- Build indirect sales and channel routes to market.
- Structure partnership frameworks which maximise utilisation whilst protecting long-term infrastructure value.
- Identify opportunities for:
- Wholesale agreements
- Revenue share models
- Strategic alliances
- Joint commercial propositions
- Co-investment opportunities
- Manage senior stakeholder relationships with partner organisations.
Network & Investment Commercialisation
- Provide commercial input into future network investment decisions.
- Influence route prioritisation through customer demand and opportunity creation.
- Support business case development for future network expansion initiatives.
- Ensure infrastructure investment is aligned with commercial opportunity and long-term strategic value.
Leadership & Governance
- Act as the commercial lead for Boldyn's fibre business.
- Build internal understanding of market opportunities and commercial priorities.
- Support development of future fibre sales, partner management and business development capability.
- Maintain effective governance, reporting and forecasting of commercial performance.
- Ensure compliance with Boldyn commercial, governance and risk management processes.
What You’ll Bring
- Strong background in infrastructure sales, with demonstrable experience selling telecoms, connectivity, fibre, or digital infrastructure solutions.
- Experience within the fibre and wholesale markets, including exposure to wholesale network services, dark fibre, DCI, and wavelength solutions.
- Commercially astute, with strong negotiation and deal structuring capabilities, particularly within complex or long-term infrastructure agreements.
- Proven track record of winning and delivering complex sales opportunities, managing multi-stakeholder engagements from identification through to contract close.
- Experience engaging and influencing C-level stakeholders, building strategic relationships and navigating complex decision-making environments.
- Good understanding of the data centre and hyperscale ecosystem, including key market drivers, customer requirements, and connectivity challenges.
- Ability to identify market opportunities and drive revenue growth, leveraging industry knowledge and existing networks where applicable.
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, both internally and externally.
Why work with us?
We’re large enough to deliver and maintain large-scale operations, giving you the opportunity to work on exciting projects and expand your skills. You’ll be surrounded talented colleagues who thrive on solving problems, just like you. Together, you’ll make your mark on projects that matter and find new strengths along the way.
We also offer:
- Flexible working opportunities
- Parental leave with up to 20 weeks paid at full salary
- Holiday allowance starting at 25 days rising with length of service
- 4 days off each year to volunteer
Ready to apply? Are you ready to create an impact that will last for generations? Join us at Boldyn Networks today. Hit apply and follow the instructions to get started.
Diversity recognises the ways we differ. Our backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. What makes us unique. And it’s important to us, to our future. To build a workforce that’s representative of the societies we serve. So that we can listen, learn and understand how to solve our customers’ problems in the smartest ways possible.
We are looking for passionate people from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background, or religion.
Skills Required
- Experience selling telecoms, connectivity, fibre, or digital infrastructure solutions
- Experience within fibre and wholesale markets including dark fibre, DCI and wavelength solutions
- Proven track record of winning and delivering complex, multi-stakeholder sales opportunities through to contract close
- Strong negotiation and deal structuring capabilities for complex or long-term infrastructure agreements
- Experience engaging and influencing C-level stakeholders and building executive-level relationships
- Good understanding of data centre, hyperscale cloud and DCI market drivers and connectivity challenges
- Ability to develop revenue forecasts, business plans and investment cases for network expansion
- Experience developing go-to-market strategies and commercial propositions for fibre services
- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills internally and with partners
What We Do
At Boldyn Networks we unlock the power of an interconnected future. Building shared communications infrastructure that enables new possibilities for connected transit, venues, enterprise, next-generation networks, and smart cities. Made up of innovative, bold, and dynamic thinkers, we are one of the largest neutral host providers in the world. Our extensive experience in deploying shared communications infrastructure spans the US, UK, France, Ireland, Spain, Finland, Italy, and Hong Kong. And with our comprehensive solution set and portfolio, we empower you to turn your strategic connectivity vision into reality. Backed by CPP Investments and its C$632 billion net assets, we possess the financial capacity and capability to undertake large and complex infrastructure projects. Consistently delivering innovative solutions that have a real impact. From mobile coverage in the London Underground to private networks on offshore wind farms, self-driving buses, and groundbreaking 5G experiences in major venues worldwide, we are driving transformative advancements. We leverage fibre technology, advance 4G/LTE, accelerate 5G deployment, and prepare for the future with 6G.
