Cost Manager – Data Center Construction
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🏷️ Data Science⏰ Full-time🎯 Lead / Principal🇺🇸 Dallas, USA
9h ago
Emslinqinc·about 2 months ago
We’re a high-growth software company with a big mission: empowering K-12 district teams to do more with less.
At LINQ, we get K12. That’s why we help districts transform K-12 school operations with best-in-class, cloud-based software solutions built to help districts return more resources to classrooms. Integrating finance, HR, nutrition management, and payments into a single, secure platform, LINQ reduces administrative burden. LINQ is trusted by 30% of school districts across the U.S. to help them operate more efficiently and serve over 1 billion meals to 17 million students annually, process payroll for 364,000 educators, administrators, and staff, and engage with millions of families through the free LINQ Connect app.
Our team? They’re talented, committed, and fiercely loyal problem-solvers. At LINQ, you’ll find challenging and meaningful work, a team that respects and uplifts one another, and a commitment to constant improvement. Our customers love us because we’re attentive, patient, communicative, and solutions focused. They know they can count on us to not only anticipate their needs but to deliver the right answer every time.
Why This Role Exists
LINQ is building AI into the way we work — not as a layer on top, but as part of how every team operates. We need a builder to lead that work from the inside.
This is an embedded role. You will sit with teams across LINQ — starting with Go-to-Market and Customer Experience — map how they work today, simplify the workflows that slow them down, and ship the agents that take real work off people’s plates. You’ll package what you build as reusable skills the rest of LINQ can adopt, instrument the results, and hand it back. Then you move to the next team.
You will also help define how LINQ’s internal agent platform takes shape — the orchestration patterns, the skills library, and the evaluation discipline that make agent work compound across teams. The patterns you set become how LINQ runs on AI at scale.
This is not a research role, a strategy role, or a program management role. You will be expected to ship things, measure whether they worked, and iterate. You will be the technical substance behind LINQ’s AI transformation; we have leaders who own the strategy and the program ops, and you will partner closely with them.
What You’ll Own
Build the Agents (50%)
Shape the Platform (20%)
Enable Everyone Else (20%)
Strategy Partnership & Governance (10%)
What This Role Is Not
To save everyone time, this role is not:
Required
Preferred
This is currently an individual contributor role with a clear path to growth. As LINQ scales its internal AI capability, this position has the potential to evolve into a player-coach role leading a small near- or offshore team focused on internal AI tooling and platform. We are hiring the builder first; the team will follow the work.
Base salary range: $190,000 – $220,000, depending on experience and location. This role is eligible for an annual performance bonus, long-term incentive participation, and LINQ’s full benefits package.
About LINQ
LINQ is a K–12 cloud software company trusted by 30% of U.S. school districts, powering 1B school meals annually, 364K payrolls, and 3.5M families through LINQ Connect. We simplify the operational complexity of running a school district so educators can focus on what matters: students.
We’re PE-backed, ~$100M ARR, and in the middle of a meaningful transformation—modernizing our platform, unifying our product portfolio, and embedding AI across everything we do. This is not an innovation lab. This is a real business with real customers, and AI is how we earn the right to scale.
LINQ is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
🌎Flex Your Workspace: Work remote from one of our eligible states across the US, or if you’re near Austin three days in office a week!
💰Planning Your Future: Our 401(k) plan comes with a 4% employer match on total earnings (not just your base salary).
💸Performance Pays Off: Whether it’s a company bonus or target sales commission, your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed.
🌴Vacation Your Way: Our flexible Open Paid Time Off Plan lets you take the time you need, when you need it.
👶Paid Parental Leave: Take the time you need to welcome your new addition – We’ve got you covered!
🎉Ten Paid Corporate Holidays: Enjoy a little extra downtime to relax and recharge with the ten paid holidays each year.
❤️Giving Back: Feel good while doing good – 16 paid volunteer hours to support the causes that matter most to you. #LINQCares
🏥Benefits That Have Your Back (And Teeth, Too!): Rock-solid medical, dental and vision coverage. Pick your vibe: a low deductible PPO and pair with an FSA or a HDHP with a sweet HSA – with contributions from LINQ. Dental perks that even cover braces for the kiddos.
💪Wellness Perks: Employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Basic Life, and AD&D insurance. Gym reimbursements and tons of extra savings on travel assistance, employee assistance, and even pet insurance options.
🎁Rewards For Referrals: Got an amazing candidate in your network? Send them our way and earn a referral bonus when they join the team!
As a federal contractor and equal employment opportunity employer, LINQ adheres to all applicable laws and regulations regarding employment practices, ensuring that all qualified individuals receive consideration for employment
based on their qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local law.
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