Project Manager (Temporary Contract)

About you

You are a Project Manager with a strong sense of ownership and execution, capable of leading projects from definition through delivery. You enjoy creating structure in ambiguous environments, guiding teams with clarity, and ensuring plans translate into measurable outcomes.

You are comfortable managing projects with regional, country-level, or high social impact, where urgency, complexity, and evolving priorities are part of the day-to-day. You bring a proactive, organized, and solution-oriented mindset, balancing execution, stakeholder management, and team coordination to drive successful delivery.

You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with multidisciplinary teams and high-demand stakeholders while maintaining focus, composure, and accountability under pressure. You are adaptable, detail-oriented, and committed to ensuring alignment between business objectives, delivery plans, and operational execution.

Note: This is a temporary opportunity requiring full-time on-site presence in San Salvador, El Salvador.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing projects end-to-end, with a strong focus on execution and delivery.
• Proven experience creating, managing, and executing work plans, timelines, roadmaps, and critical paths.
• Strong background in project management, planning, and delivery.
• Project Management certification (PMP or equivalent). (Nice to have).
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, including Engineering, QA, UX/UI, Product, and Business teams.
• Experience working on software development or digital projects. (Highly desirable).
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate risks, manage dependencies, and adapt plans in fast-paced environments.
• Experience leading high-impact initiatives with regional, country, or social impact.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with high-demand stakeholders under constant urgency.
• Ability to remain effective, composed, and decisive in high-pressure situations.
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Professional English proficiency.
• Availability to work onsite in San Salvador, El Salvador.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Own and lead projects from planning through execution, acting as the project owner.

• Define and maintain structured work plans, milestones, deliverables, and timelines.

• Ensure continuous and disciplined project follow-up, assigning tasks and tracking execution beyond meeting notes.

• Manage critical paths, roadmaps, and schedules, ensuring timely delivery in high pressure environments.

• Empower teams by fostering autonomy, accountability, and collaboration.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks, blockers, and dependencies proactively.

• Coordinate closely with technical and non-technical teams to align execution with business objectives.

• Manage communication with stakeholders, ensuring clarity, alignment, and firm prioritization.

• Maintain concise, focused communication that drives decisions and action.

• Act as a team player and facilitator, strengthening collaboration across all project participants.

• Report project progress, risks, and decisions clearly to local and international stakeholders.

• 5+ years of experience in Project Management with end-to-end delivery ownership.

• Experience managing work plans, timelines, roadmaps, and critical paths.

• Experience working with cross-functional software development teams.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Availability to work onsite in San Salvador, El Salvador.

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.