Onsite Senior Mission Critical Project Manager

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About the role

  • Senior Project Manager overseeing complex cabling projects for LINX's hyperscale clients. Leading project execution, financial performance, and client engagement while mentoring junior managers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the execution of LINX’s largest and most technically complex projects for large hyperscale customers, including: Design-build engagements, Multi-phase campus installations, Enterprise-wide system deployments, Multi-year contract programs
  • Establish executive-level project governance and communication cadence.
  • Act as escalation point for client and internal issues.
  • Lead cross-functional coordination between operations, engineering, procurement, and field teams.
  • Resolve resource conflicts across portfolios to protect schedule and margin.
  • Drive proactive schedule compression planning and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Serve as primary interface with: Security Directors, CIO / IT Leadership, Facilities Executives
  • Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs).
  • Facilitate enterprise roadmap discussions.
  • Confidently handle executive-level conflict and negotiation.
  • Align project execution with broader strategic account objectives.
  • Own full financial performance of assigned projects and programs.
  • Drive margin expansion through cost forecasting discipline, labor efficiency oversight, procurement strategy alignment, change order optimization
  • Identify financial patterns across multiple projects. Monitor backlog health and advise leadership on portfolio exposure. Provide leadership with forward-looking financial risk assessments.
  • Proactively review: Prime contract terms and conditions, Liquidated damages exposure, Schedule compression liability, Scope gaps and ambiguities
  • Participate in bid reviews and preconstruction risk planning. Identify early indicators of financial or operational risk. Implement mitigation strategies before escalation is required.
  • Provide executive-level field support on critical milestones. Ensure installation quality, safety compliance, and site organization standards. Drive collaboration across multiple trades and subcontractors. Oversee large-scale material and logistics coordination for complex deployments.
  • Informally mentor and coach Project Managers. Influence process improvements across project delivery functions. Participate in leadership planning sessions. Contribute to continuous improvement of project management standards. Strengthen cross-functional alignment across departments.

Requirements

  • Valid Driver’s License
  • Familiarity with TIA/EIA or BICSI cabling standards
  • 7+ years of progressive project management experience in high-density structured cabling deployments in hyperscale or large enterprise data centers
  • Management of customers, vendors, and subcontractors
  • Proven financial management experience with multi-million-dollar budgets
  • Provide regular financial reporting and forecasting to leadership
  • Owning financial performance for assigned cabling projects, including labor, materials, and subcontractor costs, ensuring projects stay within budget.
  • Monitoring and protecting project margins by optimizing labor deployment, material usage, and installation efficiency
  • Identifying potential scope changes, change orders, and cost risks early, implementing mitigation strategies to safeguard budget and margins
  • Strong executive communication and presentation skills
  • Advanced proficiency in: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word
  • Demonstrated ability to: Analyze contracts and financial exposure, Interpret technical specifications and drawings, Identify operational and financial risk patterns, Manage multiple high-impact initiatives simultaneously
  • Ability to travel to project sites and support field operations as required.

Benefits

  • 401K with 50% employer match up to first 5%
  • Insurance options including Medical plans with Flexible Spending and/or Health Savings Accounts, Disability, Dental, and Vision
  • 8 Paid Holidays
  • 3 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) combining sick pay and vacation days
  • Career growth opportunities

Job title

Senior Mission Critical Project Manager

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$105,000 - $145,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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