This role is part of our near-shore delivery hub, supporting project execution for clients based in the Americas. As a Project Manager, you will own end-to-end project delivery - managing scope, schedule, budget, and stakeholder relationships - operating entirely in English and within North American business hours (ET), when needed. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams across both LATAM and North America.

Responsible for all aspects of project management: the direction, planning and budgeting, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with SAS’ overall strategy, commitments, and goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end project delivery: Develop and maintains detailed project plans, track milestones, manage risks, and report status to stakeholders.
• Lead and/- or coordinate project planning, resourcing, staffing, supply and subcontract management, progress reporting, troubleshooting, and people management.
• Communicate proactively and regularly on project status – achievement of project goals, quality, schedule, cost, etc.
• Monitor performance and make actionable recommendations on schedule updates, cost adjustments and resource needs.
• Provide clear direction and support to project teams to ensure delivery against agreed upon goals, objectives, and deadlines.
• Assemble, onboard and coordinates projects
• Present progress reports to all stakeholders – including executive-level customer stakeholders – clearly articulating progress, risks, issues and mitigation plans.
• Successfully establish and maintain trusted relationships with the client and all stakeholders.

Additional Responsibilities:

• May function as lead on execution of one or more established department processes, including process improvement initiatives.
• Owns budget management on assigned projects.
• Identify and recommend processes, procedures, and tooling improvements to drive efficiency, customer service, quality and/or cost savings.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English — capable of running client-facing meetings, drafting executive reports, and managing difficult conversations and escalations entirely in English
• Ability to lead and influence project teams and gain consensus
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities without losing quality.
• Excellent knowledge and competence in related business functional area
• Strong financial acumen: budget management, cost tracking, variance analysis and reporting.
• Proficiency in project management tools such as MS Project
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Excellent negotiation, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English – capable of running client-facing meetings, drafting executive reports, and managing difficult conversations entirely in English
• Ability to analyze solutions for the project
• Ability to manage budgeting process and analyze budget performance
• Ability to design and support improvement processes
• Ability to perform well under pressure and meet tight deadlines across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Ability to give attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to travel, including ability to obtain travel visa to the US,, as needed

Education

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in IT, Engineering (preferred), Business, Marketing, Accounting or related field.

Experience:

• Typically requires a minimum of five years of end-to-end project management experience, including full ownership of scope, schedule, budget and stakeholder management.
• Experience managing projects in North America is strongly preferred.
• PMP certification (or equivalent) is strongly preferred. Candidates with equivalent demonstrated experience will be considered.

Language requirement:

• Advanced / Business-level English fluency is required. This role is expected to operate entirely in English with US and Canada based customers – all project communications, status reports, meetings, presentations would be conducted in English

• Flexible working hours / Hybrid working model.
• Top class health and dental insurance, wellness program, language education support with GoFluent.
• Your well-being matters, and that's why we support all dimensions of your well-being by offering programs that reduce stress and distractions to help you remain healthy and productive.
• Paid holidays and end-of-year holiday break

Job level will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience. Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process