Senior Project Manager
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold">About Us: </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">We are a full-service digital agency and content studio helping companies grow through strategy, creativity, and technology services since 2012. We deliver measurable results and foster a collaborative, growth-oriented culture where passion and innovation thrive.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold">Job Purpose:</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">We are looking for a <span style="font-weight: bold">Senior Project Manager</span> to lead the execution of complex digital projects in a fully remote environment. This role reports to the Account Manager and works closely with Tech Leads, designers, developers, and QA teams.</span><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The main responsibility of this position is to ensure on-time delivery, efficient resource allocation, and high satisfaction levels for both clients and key stakeholders. The ideal candidate is highly organized, results-driven, and experienced in agile environments.</span></p> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold"><span style="font-weight: bold">Job Details:</span> </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Location:</span> 100% remote. Preference will be given to candidates based in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, or Mexico. </span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Schedule</span>: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Costa Rica time.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Contract Type</span>: Temporary contract.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Language:</span> Native Spanish required. Intermediate English proficiency in reading, writing, and conversation is valued but not mandatory.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Availability</span>: Immediate.</span></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Key Responsibilities</span><span style="font-weight: bold">:</span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Own and maintain the master project plan, tracking milestones, dependencies, timelines, and risks.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Coordinate and oversee daily project activities, ensuring alignment with objectives, deliverables, and organizational standards.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Manage ticket workflows end-to-end, ensuring clarity, prioritization, ownership, and progress visibility.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Coordinate across multiple agency partners, internal teams, Tech Leads, developers, designers, QA, and stakeholders to ensure smooth handoffs and alignment.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Proactively manage risks, blockers, and issues, providing solutions alongside timely escalations when needed.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Keep documentation, status reporting, dashboards, and program artifacts clear, accurate, and up to date.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Support Tech Leads throughout each project phase, including initiation, planning, definition, design, development, testing, and deployment.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Manage and facilitate weekly releases, including task review, prioritization, and resource planning.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ensure smooth communication between development, QA, agency partners, and key stakeholders.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Monitor scope, timelines, and project goals to ensure successful delivery.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Foster collaboration across internal and external teams, aligning efforts around client experience and project outcomes.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Establish operational standards and best practices to strengthen project execution and team performance.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Collaborate with team leaders and the Account Manager to define processes, documentation, and quality criteria for all projects.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Participate in strategic talent allocation for each project, aligning individual capabilities with business needs.</span><br></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Promote effective communication, team engagement, alignment, and ownership.</span></li> </ul> <p><br><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold">Background Education:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">A bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business, or a related field is desirable.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">We highly value solid experience in digital agency projects, web development projects, and software projects using Scrum or Agile methodologies.</span></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold">Required Skills and Experience:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">5+ years of experience in <span style="font-weight: bold">project management</span> or coordination within digital, agency, software, or multi-stakeholder environments.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Experience managing digital projects such as web development, ecommerce, microsites, maintenance, or omnichannel campaigns. </span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Strong experience with project planning and ticketing tools such as <span style="font-weight: bold">Smartsheet</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">Jira</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">Confluence</span>, Excel, or similar platforms.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Proven track record successfully managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Excellent communication, organization, follow-up, and stakeholder management skills.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Strong command of agile methodologies such as <span style="font-weight: bold">Scrum</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold">Kanban</span>, as well as traditional frameworks such as <span style="font-weight: bold">PMI</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold">Waterfall</span>.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Advanced experience in project financial planning, including budget control, forecasting, pipeline management, and roadmap planning.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Strong resource management skills, including priority balancing, timeline management, and task allocation.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Excellent stakeholder management skills, including communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution in demanding environments.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ability to lead remote and multicultural teams while fostering collaboration, efficiency, and autonomy.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Experience implementing continuous improvement processes to ensure high-quality deliverables within established timelines and budgets.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Strong operational excellence mindset, including standards definition, <span style="font-weight: bold">quality control</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">risk identification</span>, and workflow optimization.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Proficiency with project management and productivity tools such as <span style="font-weight: bold">Jira</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">Confluence</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">MS Projec</span>t, Visio, Excel, <span style="font-weight: bold">PowerPoint</span>, or similar platforms.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">High level of professionalism, self-management, continuous improvement mindset, and commitment to excellence.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">PMP, Scrum Master, or Six Sigma certifications are desirable but not required.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Familiarity with Adobe Experience Manager is a plus but not required. Internal training will be provided for specific areas.</span><br></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold">Key Competencies:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Growth mindset:</span> continuous learning, adaptability, and improvement.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Collaboration:</span> effective teamwork and appreciation of others’ contributions.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Proactivity: </span>ability to identify opportunities, anticipate issues, and propose solutions.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Passion and purpose:</span> enthusiasm for creating meaningful content, campaigns, and digital experiences.</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-weight: bold">Quality orientation:</span> attention to detail and high standards in every deliverable.</span></li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold">How to Apply:</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Please submit your updated CV highlighting your experience in digital project management, relevant achievements, and success cases. Including a portfolio or links to web projects you have led across different industries is a plus, especially projects showing measurable results related to timelines, deliverables, and team efficiency.</span><br></p>