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Senior Project Manager – Higher Education Experience (LATAM Candidates Only)

Talentus

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Project Management, Higher Education, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience managing enterprise software implementation projects, preferably within Higher Education.
  • Proven experience implementing and managing Student Information Systems (SIS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Learning Management Systems (LMS), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions.
  • PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, or equivalent project management certification is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end implementation projects for Higher Education institutions, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget.
  • Manage multiple concurrent projects while coordinating cross-functional teams, including functional consultants, technical consultants, and client stakeholders.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle, maintaining strong executive-level relationships.
  • Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and implement corrective action plans.

About the company

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Talentus

Staffing & Recruiting

At Talentus, we are an organization with over 30 years of experience in delivering talent, providing solutions and transforming businesses. Our team has successfully delivered quality-based IT talent, by helping organizations through their digital enablement initiatives aimed at competing in this new digital era, driving business growth, and having a healthy and sustainable business model across the globe. Our focus is around four very specific set of services: • We provide quality-based near-shore Smart Sourcing on an individual staffing need. • We provide Dedicated Teams that have all the roles and skills required to accomplish and IT job. • We deliver Project-based Solutions, starting from the design, blue printing, architecture and into a full-fledge production solution, using either traditional or agile methodologies. • We can take on the maintenance & support of your existing legacy solutions or other platforms, with SLA’s and process improvements in place, that include minor enhancements. We also have several centers of excellence around AI, Quality Assurance & Engineering, Program Management, and ERP solutions including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Oracle and SAP. Lastly, with presence in 20 countries across the globe, we are able to deliver the services required by highly demanding organizations.

Company details

IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size11 - 50

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Job description

At Talentus Global, we are looking for you!
 
We are a U.S. company with a strong presence in LATAM and across 20+ countries around the world. Some of our key near-shore BPO services include: smart-sourcing, dedicated or cluster teams, managed IT services, software outsourcing, and top ERP & CRM solutions—driven by our practices across many industries, including Higher Education.
 
We are currently looking for a Senior Project Manager – Higher Education Experience (LATAM Candidates Only), to become a valuable addition to our dynamic team! 
 

Responsibilities:

  • Lead end-to-end implementation projects for Higher Education institutions, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget.
  • Manage multiple concurrent projects while coordinating cross-functional teams, including functional consultants, technical consultants, and client stakeholders.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle, maintaining strong executive-level relationships.
  • Define project scope, timelines, milestones, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Facilitate project kickoff meetings, status updates, steering committee meetings, and executive presentations.
  • Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies, and implement corrective action plans.
  • Ensure successful coordination between internal teams (Implementation, Development, Support, and Sales) and client representatives.
  • Manage project budgets, change requests, project documentation, and contractual deliverables.
  • Drive client satisfaction by ensuring successful project execution and a smooth transition to post-implementation support.
  • Promote best practices in project management methodologies, governance, and continuous process improvement.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Project Management, Higher Education, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience managing enterprise software implementation projects, preferably within Higher Education.
  • Proven experience implementing and managing Student Information Systems (SIS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Learning Management Systems (LMS), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions.
  • Strong understanding of Higher Education business processes, including Student Lifecycle, Admissions, Registration, Academic Records, Finance, and Student Services.
  • Demonstrated experience leading full project lifecycles, from discovery and planning through implementation, go-live, and post-production support.
  • Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (PMI, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches).
  • Experience managing executive stakeholders, project budgets, timelines, risks, and cross-functional teams.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple complex implementation projects simultaneously.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, presentation, and organizational skills.
  • Experience working with international clients and distributed teams.
  • PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, or equivalent project management certification is highly preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with solutions such as Ellucian Banner, Colleague, PowerCampus, Anthology Student, Workday Student, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Oracle ERP, SAP, or similar enterprise platforms is highly desirable.
  • Advanced English proficiency skills (C1) required.
 
What do we offer? 
· Contractor model 
· Remote model
· Salary in $USD 
· Paid Vacations 
· Day off for birthdays  
· Benefits courses and/or certifications 
-Opportunity to work with top-tier U.S. clients.
-Entrepreneurial, multicultural team culture.
 
 
Join us if you have what it takes to be part of the Talentus Global Team!
 

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