Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Uruguay.

📋 Description

• Oversee client engagements from initiation to completion, utilizing agile, scrum, or hybrid methodologies as necessary for each project.

• Create comprehensive project plans that detail scope, timelines, resources, and budget estimates in alignment with SOW deliverables.

• Manage project scope in accordance with the SOW: negotiate any discrepancies with clients, guide prioritization decisions, and efficiently handle change orders.

• Drive the project schedule and scope while safeguarding engagement finances and preventing budget overruns.

• Take responsibility for the internal logistics of managing an engagement, including budget tracking, forecasting, time tracking inputs, invoicing coordination, and aligning resources with delivery leadership.

• Ensure PM compliance and reporting duties are met: engagement health updates, weekly status reports, sprint reviews, and risk and issue management.

• Clearly identify and distinguish between risks and issues, knowing when to escalate concerns within the engagement and within NextLink.

• Facilitate the creation of backlogs, ensuring tickets have clear definitions, acceptance criteria, and estimates, while managing delivery flow through Jira reports and team rituals.

• Establish and maintain client trust through dependable delivery and consistent communication; engage in proactive, sometimes challenging, client discussions.

• Achieve client business outcomes beyond just the SOW terms, collaborating with Delivery and Sales to identify expansion opportunities.

• Observe project teams and provide timely feedback focused on delivering client value.

• Contribute to the overall NextLink PM practice through process enhancements, template development, and cross-functional initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional project management experience, with at least 3 years in a client-facing Project Manager role.

• At least 2 years of experience in a consulting or professional services setting.

• Proven experience managing software or technology projects with delivery teams of 5 or more members.

• CSM or a comparable agile certification is preferred.

• Capability to utilize multiple project management methodologies (agile, scrum, hybrid) to enhance the client experience.

• Experience in budget management and forecasting for client engagements, including invoicing coordination, time tracking, and ensuring revenue accuracy.

• Strong skills in scope management and change-order negotiations.

• Outstanding organizational abilities with the capacity to manage multiple concurrent client engagements.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to cultivate strong client relationships.

• Ability to engage with clients on both business and technical levels.

• Willingness to work overlapping hours with teams based in the US.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first approach, fostering a strong culture of written communication (documentation, asynchronous updates, and clear status reports).

• Exposure to a diverse range of clients, problems, and technologies within our consulting practice.

• Commitment to your professional development, including opportunities to engage with senior delivery leadership and a pathway toward broader engagement management responsibilities.