Senior Data Center Construction Project Manager - Travel

Senior Project Manager

Pay Range: $105K - $145K

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the full lifecycle leadership of LINX's largest, most complex, and highest-risk projects and programs. This role operates with strategic foresight and executive presence, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within scope, and at or above targeted margins.

The Senior PM independently oversees large enterprise systems, phased campus deployments, multi-year contract programs, and high technical complexity design-build portfolios. This role acts as the primary escalation point for clients and internal stakeholders, proactively identifies contractual and financial risk exposure, and drives margin expansion through disciplined financial oversight and operational leadership.

Beyond assigned projects, the Senior PM contributes to organizational health by mentoring Project Managers, influencing process improvements, participating in bid reviews and preconstruction planning, and advising leadership on backlog strength and portfolio risk trends.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Project Leadership

• 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.

Executive Client Engagement

• 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.

Financial & Margin Leadership

• 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.

Risk Management & Contract Oversight

• 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.

Field & Operational Leadership

• 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.

Organizational Impact

• 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.

This job description outlines the general nature and level of work expected for this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. The company reserves the right to modify job duties at any time based on business needs.

Qualifications:

Required

• 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…