Senior Project Manager

Company Overview:

Global Technology Services is a rapidly expanding organization situated in Medellín, Colombia. We pride ourselves on possessing one of the most influential networks within software development and IT services for the entertainment, financial, and logistics sectors. Our corporate projections offer a multitude of opportunities for professionals to elevate their careers and experience substantial growth. Joining our team means engaging with expansive engineering teams across Latin America, Philippines and the United States, contributing to cutting-edge developments in multiple industries.

Position Title: Project Manager

Category: Project & Delivery Management

Seniority: Senior

Location: LATAM

What you will be doing:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of technical initiatives focused on data engineering and analytics. This role is responsible for ensuring projects are well-defined, prioritized, and executed efficiently while serving as the bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in Agile project management, excels at translating business requirements into actionable work items, and has a working understanding of the data engineering lifecycle to proactively identify risks, dependencies, scope gaps, and delivery blockers. While this is not a hands-on engineering role, familiarity with modern data platforms and engineering workflows is highly desirable.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience managing software development or technology projects.

• Proven experience managing Agile software delivery projects.

• Strong experience creating and managing:

• Project roadmaps

• Product backlogs

• Sprint plans

• Release plans

• Experience translating business needs into detailed user stories and actionable development tasks.

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban.

• Experience prioritizing work based on business value, technical dependencies, and team capacity.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Strong analytical and organizational abilities.

• Experience using project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in fast-paced environments.

Soft Skills

• Exceptional planning and organizational skills.

• Strong ability to define clear project scope and prevent scope creep.

• Excellent prioritization and decision-making capabilities.

• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong facilitation and meeting management skills.

• Proactive problem solver with a risk-management mindset.

• Ability to simplify complex technical discussions for business audiences.

• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence without direct authority.

• High attention to detail while maintaining focus on strategic objectives.