
Senior Mission Critical Project Manager
LINX LLC
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Monroe • Louisiana • United States
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Salary
💰 $105,000 - $145,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- 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
- This is a traveling role, from 30% to 75% depending on job needs
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementfinancial managementcost forecastinglabor efficiency oversightchange order optimizationrisk mitigation strategiescabling standardscontract analysistechnical specifications interpretationhigh-density structured cabling
Soft Skills
executive communicationpresentation skillsconflict resolutioncross-functional coordinationmentoringleadershipnegotiationcollaborationstrategic alignmentcontinuous improvement
Certifications
Valid Driver’s LicenseBICSI certificationProject Management Professional (PMP)Lean Six Sigma certificationCertified ScrumMaster (CSM)Construction Management certificationRisk Management certificationFinancial Management certificationSafety compliance certificationTechnical Project Management certification