About Softtek
Founded in 1982, Softtek is a global provider of process-driven IT solutions with 30 offices in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. With 15 Global Delivery Centers in the U.S., Mexico, China, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Spain, Hungary and India. Softtek helps improve and produce predictable outcomes for top-tier corporations in over 20 countries. Softtek is the creator and a leader of the nearshore industry.
For more information on what we do, who we are, and career opportunities, visit www.softtek.com
Role: Project Manager Junior
Requirements
Must to have experience:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Information Science, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years of professional experience, including meaningful experience managing IT or technical projects; a Master's degree may substitute for part of this experience.
- Delivery & methodology
- Hands on Agile project management experience, including leading Scrum ceremonies and coaching teams on Agile concepts and Scrum practices.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects or workstreams, coordinating dependencies and driving to committed outcomes with cross functional partners.
- Tools & technical fluency
- Experience with Agile/project tools such as Jira, * Target Process, or similar, and strong proficiency with Microsoft productivity suite.
- Comfortable engaging with developers and architects on technical topics, system dependencies, and integration impacts (no expectation to design or code).
- Communication & collaboration
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to lead team meetings, present status and tradeoffs, and tailor messaging for technical teams and business stakeholders.
- Proven ability to build relationships, influence without authority, and drive alignment across teams and regions in support of shared outcomes.
Nice to have:
- Comfortable with ambiguity; uses structured thinking, proactive listening, and data to anticipate issues and keep work moving forward.
- Demonstrates core values, with a focus on collaboration, quality, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Responsabilities
- Plan and manage end to end delivery of internal IT projects defining scope, schedules, milestones, and dependencies, and tracking execution from initiation through deployment and closure.
- Coordinate work across IT staff, vendors, and business stakeholders, facilitating core team meetings and workshops; document decisions, risks, and action items, and ensure follow through.
- Lead Agile delivery for assigned teams, including planning and facilitating ceremonies (e.g., standups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives), monitoring progress and performance, and organizing demos and user acceptance testing aligned with typical Agile frameworks.
- Manage issues, risks, and dependencies proactively, engaging the right owners, driving mitigation plans, and escalating when needed to protect scope, quality, and timelines.
- Partner with product owners, developers, business partners, and analysts to translate business requirements into clear technical deliverables and ensure solutions meet agreed functional and non-functional needs.
- Use data and agreed metrics to track health of projects (schedule, quality, throughput, risk), recommend corrective actions, and support fact-based decisions.
- Provide clear, proactive communication and status reporting to stakeholders and management, including written updates, dashboards, and presentations that highlight progress, risks, and decisions required.
Required Languages
English Fluent Advanced 90%
Possible Job location(s)
Ciudad de México – Hybrid (2–3 days at the client’s office – Reforma)
MX
