Senior Project Manager (Automotive Industry) at Monks

Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website (monks.com/careers). About the Role As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll lead the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional technology initiatives—owning end-to-end execution while partnering with program leadership to ensure projects meet quality standards, timelines, and client expectations. You’ll also play a key role in casting, aligning the right mix of skills and experience to each project and helping teams operate efficiently at scale. Responsibilities • Lead projects end-to-end across initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure • Define project scope, success criteria, deliverables, dependencies, and resource requirements • Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and status reporting cadences • Manage budgets, forecasting, cost controls, and financial monitoring to support profitability • Support vendor payment coordination and assist in proposal creation as needed • Identify, document, and mitigate project risks through a formal risk register • Facilitate decision-making, change control processes, and stakeholder alignment across functions • Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage resource allocation, including casting for optimal team composition • Serve as a primary point of contact for clients and senior leadership, delivering clear communication and executive-level reporting • Enforce project governance, documentation standards, and delivery quality practices • Monitor KPIs and champion continuous improvement practices to strengthen collaboration and execution About You • Qualifications & Skills • 6+ years of project management experience in tech or software environments, including 3+ years in a senior or lead capacity • Strong command of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and Waterfall, with the ability to design and apply hybrid delivery models • Solid understanding of the SDLC, APIs, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), and CI/CD pipelines — enough to partner effectively with engineering teams • Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet, and Monday.com for project tracking, scheduling, and team collaboration • Demonstrated experience with budget management, cost controls, forecasting, and financial monitoring • Strong stakeholder management skills, including executive-facing communication and reporting • Comfortable working in AI-augmented environments, with familiarity with AI-powered tools, automation workflows, or intelligent agents as part of day-to-day delivery • Excellent written and verbal communication in both Spanish and English • Nice to Have • Certifications such as PMP, SAFe Agilist, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or PRINCE2 • Experience mentoring junior PMs and leading through influence in distributed/remote teams. About Monks Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact. Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner. We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.