Fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Wireless Infrastructure – (Fractional /Remote)
Fractional Chief Operating Officer (COO) / Operations Leader
Wireless Infrastructure • Managed Wi-Fi • Network Innovation

5FT View Consulting is conducting a executive search on behalf of a Major Platform in Wireless Connectivity. we're looking for an exceptional Fractional COO / Operations Leader who has helped scale a company before—and is excited to help do it again. This role is ideal for someone who has lived through rapid growth, built operational systems from scratch, managed complex infrastructure projects, and understands what investors, strategic acquirers, and institutional partners expect to see. If you've been part of a successful telecom, infrastructure, SaaS, managed services, wireless, or technology growth story, we want to talk.
Why This Opportunity Is Different:

Why This Opportunity Is Different You won’t be inheriting bureaucracy.

You’ll be joining a respected industry platform with:

✔ Established brand and reputation

✔ Proprietary intellectual property

✔ Existing customer relationships

✔ Proven deployment expertise

✔ Significant growth opportunities across airports, smart cities, hospitality, multifamily, transportation, and public infrastructure

✔ Leadership team committed to scaling aggressively

This is an opportunity to help build the operating engine behind a company positioned for substantial expansion and future liquidity events.

Your Mission:

Transform a successful founder-led company into an institutional-grade operating platform.


You’ll work directly with leadership to create the systems, processes, team, reporting structure, and operational discipline needed to scale nationally while supporting future fundraising, strategic partnerships, and acquisition opportunities.

What You'll Own:

Build the Operating System

● Create scalable operational playbooks and processes

● Design organizational structure for growth

● Implement accountability across projects, vendors, and teams

● Establish KPIs and operational scorecards

● Drive operational excellence throughout the organization

Lead Project Execution

Own wireless infrastructure deployments from kickoff through completion.

Including:

● Managed Wi-Fi deployments

● Venue and public-space wireless networks

● Smart building connectivity projects

● Transportation and airport implementations

● Network modernization initiatives

Responsibilities include:

● Resource planning

● Vendor management

● Field team coordination

● Schedule management

● Risk mitigation

● Budget oversight

● Client communications

● Profitability tracking

Build and Scale the Team

● Recruit high-performing talent

● Develop organizational structure

● Create repeatable hiring and onboarding processes

● Build a culture of accountability and execution

● Develop leadership capabilities across the organization

Make the Company Investor Ready

Partner closely with executive leadership and finance to create a business that sophisticated investors want to back.

You’ll help establish:

● Executive dashboards

● Operational metrics

● Forecasting systems

● Data-driven reporting

● Due diligence readiness

● Scalable financial and operational processes

● Employee Stock and Bonus Packages

You’ll constantly ask:

“What would a strategic buyer, private equity group, or institutional investor expect to see?”

Productize the Business

Move beyond custom projects.

Identify opportunities to:

● Standardize offerings

● Package services

● Create repeatable deployment models

● Develop scalable managed service programs

● Build data and reporting products

● Improve margins through operational efficiencies

The Ideal Candidate:

You have likely:

● Helped scale a company from early growth to meaningful size

● Built operational systems that didn’t previously exist

● Worked in telecom, wireless, infrastructure, managed services, SaaS, technology, or related sectors

● Managed multi-million-dollar projects and complex stakeholder environments

● Led teams through periods of rapid growth

● Worked directly with founders and executive leadership

● Created operational reporting used by investors and boards

Most importantly:

You think like an owner.

You don’t simply manage projects. You build companies.

Bonus Points For:

You have likely:

● Helped scale a company from early growth to meaningful size

● Built operational systems that didn’t previously exist

● Worked in telecom, wireless, infrastructure, managed services, SaaS, technology, or related sectors

● Managed multi-million-dollar projects and complex stakeholder environments

● Led teams through periods of rapid growth

● Worked directly with founders and executive leadership

● Created operational reporting used by investors and boards Most importantly: You think like an owner. You don’t simply manage projects. You build companies.

What Success Looks Like:

Within 12 months:

✓ Projects run predictably and profitably

✓ Leadership has real-time operational visibility

✓ KPIs drive decision-making

✓ Team scales efficiently

✓ Deployment processes become repeatable

✓ Service offerings become productized

✓ Business is positioned for institutional investment and strategic growth

The Opportunity:

This is more than a fractional operations role.

It’s a chance to help shape the future of a company positioned at the intersection of wireless infrastructure, managed connectivity, smart environments, and next-generation network services.

If you’ve successfully helped build a company before and are looking for your next challenge, we’d like to hear your story.

Please apply online through our job board portal.

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