Cox Communications

Senior Lead Project Program Manager (RapidScale)

Cox Communications$122K — $204K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8 years' experience or equivalent combinations of education and experience.
  • Strong experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives in complex environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Advanced executive communication and presentation skills, especially for senior leadership materials.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as day-to-day leader for complex transformation initiatives.
  • Lead integration programs for mergers and acquisitions, ensuring strategic alignment.
  • Conduct market benchmarking to guide executive decision-making and performance improvements.
  • Partner with executive leadership to shape strategic priorities into actionable programs.
  • Establish governance structures and reporting mechanisms for enterprise initiatives.
  • Coordinate workstreams across teams, managing timelines and dependencies.
  • Support strategic refinement and integration of future acquisitions.

Benefits

  • Flexible vacation policy allowing employees to take paid time off as needed.
  • Seven paid holidays annually and up to 160 hours of paid wellness leave.
  • Additional paid time off for bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteering, military service, and parental leave.
Full Job Description
Job Family Group

Business Operations

Job Profile

Sr Lead Project / Program Manager

Management Level

Sr Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Can work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Travel %

Yes, 25% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $122,600.00 - $204,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

This role will serve as a strategic and operational program leader focused on driving complex cross-functional initiatives across the organization. Initially, the position will play a critical role in supporting integration and transformation efforts, ensuring programs are executed in alignment with the company's long-term strategic vision and operating objectives. Over time, the role will evolve into a broader enterprise leadership function responsible for helping guide large-scale transformation initiatives, future acquisition integrations, strategic operational alignment, and executive-level program governance across the business.

The ideal candidate combines strong program management discipline with executive presence, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence across all levels of the organization without direct authority. This individual will act as a trusted partner to senior leadership by bringing structure, clarity, and accountability to complex initiatives while also providing competitive benchmarking, operational insight, and integration best practices that support the company's continued growth and evolution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Serve as cross-functional day-to-day leader across complex transformation initiatives, providing strategic direction, maintaining alignment to intended outcomes, and mitigating scope creep or organizational drift.
  • Lead enterprise-wide integration programs related to mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships, ensuring alignment with overall corporate strategy, operating model, and long-term business objectives.
  • Conduct competitive, peer, and market benchmarking across RapidScale operating units to provide leadership with insight into relative performance, emerging trends, and potential areas for improvement.
  • Partner closely with executive leadership to refine strategic priorities, translate high-level objectives into actionable programs, and support execution against key business initiatives.
  • Establish governance structures, operating cadences, and executive reporting mechanisms for major enterprise programs and integrations.
  • Coordinate and align workstreams across multiple functional teams and project managers, ensuring dependencies, timelines, risks, and decision points are effectively managed and escalated.
  • Support long-term strategic refinement and identify gaps for future opportunities.
  • Prepare to lead integration of future acquisitions, driving consistency in process.
  • Track post-integration performance to ensure outcomes align with strategic goals.
  • Prepare executive-level presentations, analyses, and communications to support strategic planning, operational reviews, management discussions, and enterprise initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain a structured integration playbook to streamline future acquisitions and integration projects.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum:
  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 8 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 6 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years' experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field
  • Requires strong knowledge leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives in complex or rapidly evolving organizations.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and drive alignment across teams and senior stakeholders without direct organizational authority.
  • Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership or boards.

Preferred:
  • Exceptional organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities with strong attention to detail.
  • Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, priorities, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong financial and operational acumen, including ability to interpret performance metrics and benchmark against peers or industry trends.
  • Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and related business productivity and analytics tools.
  • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or enterprise transformation initiatives preferred.


Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

About Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers. The company operates in 18 states and has over 6 million customers. Cox Communications is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, a privately held company that also owns newspapers, television stations, and radio stations. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
Learn more about Cox Communications
Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Net Income
$2 billion
5 Year Trend
+10%
Revenue
$12 billion
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