Senior Project Manager
Position Overview
The Senior Project Manager leads delivery of the organization's most complex, high-value implementation projects while managing strategic customer relationships and contributing to the improvement of Intlx Solutions' project delivery practice. This role carries the same dual focus as the Project Manager - internal delivery rigor and external customer ownership - but operates with greater scope, higher-stakes accounts, and a broader influence on how the PM team functions.
Reports To
Director of Customer Experience
Key Responsibilities
Complex Project Leadership & Delivery
- Own end-to-end delivery of large, complex, or multi-phase implementation projects - including enterprise contact center deployments, multi-site rollouts, and high-value customer programs.
- Develop comprehensive project plans for complex engagements, managing interdependencies across multiple engineering teams, vendors, carriers, and customer workstreams.
- Proactively identify and manage project risks, driving mitigation strategies and escalating unresolved risks to the Director of Customer Experience with clear options and recommendations.
- Lead cross-functional project teams through complex delivery challenges - maintaining momentum, resolving blockers, and keeping all parties aligned on schedule and scope.
- Review and contribute to statements of work, project proposals, and change orders for complex opportunities, ensuring commitments are realistic and clearly defined.
- Develop and refine project delivery standards, templates, and best practices that improve consistency and quality across the PM team.
Strategic Customer Management & Peer Development
- Own relationships with key customer accounts at the program level - maintaining executive-level contacts, leading quarterly reviews, and ensuring sustained customer confidence in Intlx Solutions.
- Lead customer escalation resolution for significant delivery issues, communicating with customer leadership and driving internal recovery actions.
- Support pre-sales on complex opportunities by providing delivery feasibility input, timeline estimates, and risk assessments during the solution design phase.
- Serve as a resource and informal mentor for Project Managers - providing guidance on complex situations, reviewing project plans, and sharing delivery experience.
- Represent the PM function in cross-functional discussions involving process improvement, tooling changes, or new contract requirements.
Qualifications
Education
- A college degree is appreciated but not required. We value practical experience, sound judgment, and the ability to deliver.
- Equivalent combination of education and extensive project management experience
Experience
- 6-10 years of project management experience in telecommunications, IT services, or a related technical delivery environment.
- Proven track record managing complex, multi-phase projects with enterprise customers and cross-functional delivery teams.
- Experience in customer-facing program management including executive relationship ownership and escalation management.
- Background in pre-sales support including delivery scoping, statement of work development, and risk assessment.
Certifications
- Required: PMP (Project Management Professional)
- Preferred: PgMP (Program Management Professional) or equivalent
- Preferred: ITIL Foundation or Practitioner
- Preferred: Any telecommunications or UC industry training
Working Conditions
- Standard business hours with flexibility for executive customer availability, go-live events, and escalation response across time zone
- 30-40% travel including regular overnight stays for complex project engagements and customer executive meetings
- Primarily office-based or remote; senior escalation contact during active high-priority project phases