Senior Project Manager, Brazil

We are tech transformation specialists, uniting human expertise with AI to create scalable tech solutions.

With over 7.400 CI&Ters around the world, we've built partnerships with more than 1,000 clients during our 30 years of history. Artificial Intelligence is our reality.

Hello there

We are on the lookout for a passionate and experienced Senior Project Managerto join our team. To co-lead and manage a complex transition and modernization initiative, ensuring successful delivery within scope, schedule, and budget. The mission is to establish a scalable, high-performance operating model enabled by AI, driving efficiency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across teams.

Main Responsibilities

Define the project scope, roadmap, deliverables, and success metrics in collaboration with stakeholders.

Lead the transition and ramp-up plan, ensuring continuity, minimal disruption, and clear ownership transfer.

Develop and maintain project plans, including timelines, resource allocation, budget, and communication flows.

Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and cross-team dependencies, ensuring proactive escalation and resolution.

Track project progress and performance against defined milestones and KPIs.

Manage cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, engagement, and clarity of responsibilities.

Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring transparent communication and alignment of expectations.

Coordinate activities between product, delivery, architecture, and enablement streams.

Drive the adoption of AI-first practices within the delivery lifecycle, promoting automation and data-driven decision-making.

Participate in the recruiting and onboarding process, ensuring the selection and ramp-up of high-performing team members.

Manage project resources efficiently, balancing priorities and ensuring optimal utilization.

Facilitate issue resolution and conflict management with a focus on outcomes.

Conduct retrospectives and lessons-learned sessions to promote a culture of improvement.

Support team members' career growth through coaching, feedback, and development planning.

Control project financials through established governance, reporting, and forecasting practices.

Key Skills & Qualifications

Proven experience leading transformation or modernization initiatives.

Strong knowledge of Agile and hybrid delivery models.

Demonstrated ability to lead distributed, cross-functional teams.

Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Proven experience managing risks, dependencies, and complex stakeholder landscapes.

Ability to hire, ramp up, and develop new teams in fast-paced environments.

Strategic mindset with the ability to connect delivery execution to business outcomes.

Experience applying AI or automation in delivery processes is a strong plus.

Availability to travel when required for workshops, transitions, or customer engagements.

Fluent English (mandatory).

Our benefits:

• Health and dental insurance
• Meal and food allowance
• Childcare assistance
• Extended paternity leave
• Partnership with gyms and health and wellness professionals via Wellhub (Gympass) TotalPass;
• Profit Sharing and Results Participation (PLR);
• Life insurance
• Continuous learning platform (CI&T University);
• Discount club
• Free online platform dedicated to physical, mental, and overall well-being
• Pregnancy and responsible parenting course
• Partnerships with online learning platforms
• Language learning platform

And many more

More details about our benefits here:

At CI&T, inclusion starts at the first contact. If you are a person with a disability, it is important to present your assessment during the selection process. This way, we can ensure the support and accommodations that you deserve. If you do not yet have the assessment, don't worry: we can support you in obtaining it.

We have a dedicated Health and Well-being team, inclusion specialists, and affinity groups who will be with you at every stage. Count on us to make this journey side by side.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.