Senior Project Manager – Data Center

Linx Telceom; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with 50% employer match

Insurance options (medical, dental, vision)

Paid Holidays

3 weeks Paid Time Off

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in San Antonio, Texas is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee large-scale, complex projects. Responsible for financial performance, managing client relations, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in project management with a strong focus on structured cabling for hyperscale data centers. This role involves leadership, strategic planning, and extensive travel for on-site support.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing large-scale complex projects.
• Experience with hyperscale or large enterprise data center deployments.
• Strong understanding of financial analysis and risk management.
• Owning financial performance for assigned cabling projects, including labor, materials, and subcontractor costs, ensuring projects stay within budget.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of complex projects ensuring safety and timeliness.
• Serve as primary escalation point for client and internal issues.
• Drive margin expansion through financial oversight.
• Drive margin expansion through cost forecasting discipline, labor efficiency oversight, procurement strategy alignment, and change order optimization.
• Mentor and coach Project Managers and influence process improvements.

Skills

Project management

Financial management

Executive communication

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Contract analysis

Travel readiness

Education

7+ years of project management experience

Valid Driver’s License

PMP certification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Job description

The Senior Project Manager (Level IV) 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 asescalationpoint 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).
• 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.
• Implementmitigation 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 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

Preferred

• Experience in design-build and design-assist engagements
• Experience managing phased campus or enterprise-wide deployments
• Experience in security systems integration or large enterprise IT infrastructure
• Experience leading multi-year contract programs
• Exposure to strategic account management
• PMP certification or equivalent project management credential
• Experience mentoring junior Project Managers

About LINX:

Join a team that connects people through technology. We design, install, and support commercial network cabling for data centers, multimedia, security, and wireless systems.

In 2003, industry experts founded LINX to create the workplace they wanted—one built on integrity, teamwork, and innovation. These core values drive us daily, shaping a culture where employees grow and take pride in their work.

Headquartered in Denver, CO, with regional offices in Seattle, WA; Salt Lake City, UT; San Antonio, TX; Atlanta, GA; Cheyenne, WY; and Des Moines, IA, we’re growing fast! With AI, remote work, and digital transformation accelerating, now is the time to build your future with LINX.

TEAMLINX offers great benefits, including:

• 401K with 50% employer match up to first 5%
• Insurance options includingMedicalplans 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

Posting Deadline:

This position will remain openuntilfilled.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

LINX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for this role is listed below. Actual compensation within the range will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, internal equity, and geographic location.