Project Manager (Software Development) - Remote, Latin America
Summary
Bluelight Consulting is hiring a remote Project Manager (Latin America) to run client software development projects day to day — managing scope, budgets, timelines, risks, vendors, and Agile/Scrum or Kanban teams while reporting to clients. Core tooling includes Jira/Asana; 5+ years of experience, a bachelor's degree, and US business-hours overlap are required.
Requirements
- 5+ years professional experience managing software development projects
- Experience delivering against fixed, immovable external deadlines (e.g., product launches, trade shows) with critical-path and buffer management
- Experience managing a client dependency register with required-by dates, owners, and escalation paths
- Experience with formal risk registers and change-control processes
- Experience managing project scope, budget, resourcing, and timelines across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Experience coordinating third-party vendor dependencies (contracts, credentials, integration timelines)
- Experience running Agile/Scrum or Kanban teams
- Experience with milestone/gate-based acceptance criteria and client-facing status reporting
- Experience with project management and tracking tools (Jira, Asana, or similar)
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience translating technical concepts for non-technical clients and executives
- Experience identifying, tracking, and mitigating project risks and dependencies
- Substantial background working with large, complex systems and distributed engineering teams
- Ability to overlap US business hours
- Bachelor's degree required
- Extreme ownership and accountability for deliverables
- Client-focused dedication to team commitments
- Best practices knowledge and adherence
- Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
- Positive mindset and can-do attitude
- Meticulous attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, CSM, or PSM certification
- Experience on projects with regulatory or compliance requirements (e.g., legal sign-offs, statutory deadlines)
- Experience with nearshore US-LATAM delivery teams
Company Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases.
- Generous paid-time-off policy
- Flexible working hours
- Work remotely
- Continuing education, training, conferences
- Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications
Skills
As published by lever
Resume/CV, Full name, Email, Phone, Current location, Current company, LinkedIn URL, GitHub URL, Twitter URL, Portfolio URL
