Senior Project Manager (Spanish bilingual)

About the role

Senior Project Manager (Spanish bilingual) (Contract To Hire) – Hybrid in Madison, Wisconsin. Carex is partnering with a Financial Services industry partner to hire a Senior Project Manager who will oversee a portfolio of high‑impact, enterprise‑wide programs and strategic initiatives focused in Costa Rica. This role drives program strategy, execution, governance, and measurable business outcomes while fostering strong partnerships with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience leading complex transformation efforts, managing risks and budgets, and influencing stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization. Fluency in Spanish and English is required to support effective communication and collaboration with Spanish‑speaking stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with enterprise planning, governance, and business leaders to define program objectives and ensure alignment with organizational strategies and priorities.
• Develop program charters, business cases, roadmaps, delivery plans, and success measures to guide execution and demonstrate business value.
• Establish and maintain program governance structures, including roles, responsibilities, decision‑making protocols, and consistent reporting standards.
• Lead the execution of complex, cross‑functional programs, managing scope, timelines, budgets, dependencies, resources, risks, and issues throughout the program lifecycle.
• Drive the adoption and standardization of appropriate delivery methodologies, including Agile and other project management frameworks, to improve execution and accelerate value delivery.
• Identify opportunities to prioritize minimum viable functionality and deliver measurable business value as early as possible.
• Monitor program performance against established objectives, success metrics, financial targets, and expected benefits.
• Develop and maintain program budgets in partnership with Finance, conducting cost‑benefit analyses and ensuring financial accountability.
• Proactively identify risks, resolve issues, manage scope changes, and escalate critical decisions to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Communicate program status, performance metrics, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership, business partners, and cross‑functional teams.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders, shared services partners, and external stakeholders.
• Lead and mentor project managers and cross‑functional teams, providing direction, coaching, feedback, and accountability throughout program delivery.
• Facilitate collaboration, resolve conflicts, and build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Partner with program delivery leadership to align staffing and resource allocation with program needs.
• Ensure program activities adhere to organizational standards, governance requirements, and applicable regulatory and privacy expectations.
• Oversee program closure, document lessons learned, and facilitate the transition of completed deliverables into ongoing operations.
• Leverage data, business performance metrics, and stakeholder insights to challenge assumptions, identify improvement opportunities, and strengthen decision‑making.
• Communicate effectively in both Spanish and English to support stakeholder alignment, program execution, and organizational collaboration.

Requirements

• W2 only; no C2C
• Must be authorized to work in the US (both now and in the future)
• 6‑month contract with conversion to permanent
• Hybrid position located in Madison, WI

Pay

$65‑75 per hour

Benefits

Carex benefits provided during the contract period

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience
• 10+ years of related experience, including 5+ years leading large‑scale projects, teams, or transformation initiatives
• Fluency in Spanish and English, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and professionally in both languages

Skills

• Program strategy, execution, governance, and measurable business outcomes
• Managing scope, timelines, budgets, dependencies, resources, risks, and issues
• Driving adoption and standardization of delivery methodologies (Agile, etc.)
• Developing program charters, business cases, roadmaps, delivery plans, success measures
• Financial oversight: budgeting, cost‑benefit analysis, financial accountability
• Risk identification, issue resolution, scope change management, escalation
• Communication with senior leadership, business partners, cross‑functional teams
• Building and maintaining relationships with executive sponsors, stakeholders
• Leading and mentoring project managers and cross‑functional teams
• Facilitating collaboration, conflict resolution, consensus building
• Negotiation, influencing, conflict‑resolution, consensus‑building skills
• Leadership abilities: coaching, mentoring, guiding teams, driving accountability
• Strategic thinking and analytical skills
• Results‑oriented mindset, initiative, sound judgment, independent operation
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, group facilitation
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience with Agile methodologies, program delivery frameworks, enterprise transformation initiatives (preferred)