Reporting to the Senior Network Acquisition Manager, the Network Strategy Officer supports vendor engagement, quote collection, order processing, delivery tracking, and the tracking of network risks across Megaport’s global network.
Working with Network Strategy, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, and external vendors, this role helps ensure network orders, risks, and delivery milestones are tracked, communicated, and progressed efficiently.
This role provides a strong foundation for future growth within the Network Strategy team or related functions such as Procurement, Operations Engineering, or Network Commercial Management. It is ideal for someone looking to build a career in telecoms infrastructure, vendor management, or global network operations.
Reporting to the Senior Network Acquisition Manager, the Network Strategy Officer supports vendor engagement, quote collection, order processing, delivery tracking, and the tracking of network risks across Megaport’s global network.
Working with Network Strategy, Procurement, Engineering, Operations, and external vendors, this role helps ensure network orders, risks, and delivery milestones are tracked, communicated, and progressed efficiently.
This role provides a strong foundation for future growth within the Network Strategy team or related functions such as Procurement, Operations Engineering, or Network Commercial Management. It is ideal for someone looking to build a career in telecoms infrastructure, vendor management, or global network operations.
The Role We are seeking an experienced and customer-obsessed Technical Account Manager (TAM) to join our global team. In this role, you will act as a strategic technical advisor to a set of key enterprise customers and partners, ensuring their success with Megaport's services. This is a post-sales overlay role, focused on customer support and enablement, technical relationship management, and long-term value delivery.As part of the Premium Support business function, you'll manage and support customers who have adopted our premium tier service offering. You'll be the primary point of contact for these customers, providing a high-touch experience that includes: Delivering enhanced support during incident response, assisting with prioritisation and escalations with internal teams and coordination with third-party/cloud providers. Proactive engagement offering technical consulting and advisory services, conducting regular network performance reviews, and guiding customers on current and future use of Megaport's services. This role also has a significant focus on enabling System Integrators (SIs) and Value-Added Resellers (VARs). You'll collaborate closely with network and cybersecurity integrators and ecosystem vendors to drive adoption of Megaport's platform and services through third-party channels.
What You’ll Be Doing
Submit and track vendor quote requests, including local loop and last-mile pricing.
Follow up with vendors on quote responses, commercial details, order documents, delivery milestones, and outstanding actions.
Track vendor response times and delivery commitments, escalating where timelines or service levels are at risk.
Support network order creation through internal systems, vendor portals, and deployment tools such as Forge.
Request, review, and archive KMZ/KML files, LOAs, CFAs, FOCs, circuit designs, service IDs, and handoff details.
Monitor vendor delivery timelines across site survey, design, provisioning, testing, and activation.
Escalate vendor delays, missing documentation, jeopardy notices, or delivery risks to relevant stakeholders.
Maintain accurate updates in Jira and other internal tracking systems.
Coordinate with Operations and Engineering to track network risks, capacity challenges, and operational issues.
Support coordination of hardware renewals, licensing renewals, upgrades, and related vendor activities.
Assist with reporting on vendor escalations, delivery status, operational risks, and network capacity tracking.
Provide cross-functional support across Network Strategy, Procurement, Engineering, and Operations.
What We're Looking For
1-2 years’ experience in telecommunications, IT operations, vendor support, service delivery, procurement coordination, or relevant graduate/internship experience.
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple tasks, vendors, and stakeholders at the same time.
Experience with Jira or similar tracking/project management tools.
Comfortable working with spreadsheets, vendor portals, trackers, and internal workflow tools.
Interest in telecommunications, network infrastructure, data centres, fibre networks, or vendor management.
Proactive, reliable, and eager to learn in a fast-paced global environment.
What We Offer
Requires 1–2 years in telecommunications, IT operations, vendor support, service delivery, procurement coordination, or related experience; strong organization, communication, multitasking, and Jira skills.
Key Responsibilities
- tracking vendor quotes
- monitoring deliveries
- coordinating stakeholders
Skills & Tools
Jira, Forge, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Excel
Job Details
- Category: Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement
- Seniority: Entry Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — United States
- Languages: English
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Generous parental leave
About Megaport
A global provider of Network as a Service that connects businesses to cloud providers, data centers, and other networks. — Industry: Information Technology