WHO WE ARE 

Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and trillions of consumer signals to make it easier for marketers to acquire, grow, and retain customers more efficiently. Through the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), our vision is to make sophisticated marketing simple by unifying identity, intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform – powered by one of the industry’s largest proprietary databases and AI. Our enterprise customers across multiple verticals are empowered to personalize experiences with consumers at an individual level across every channel, delivering better results for marketing programs. Zeta was founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley and is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. To learn more, go to www.zetaglobal.com.

JOB OVERVIEW

Zeta Global helps brands build stronger customer relationships through data-driven marketing. Zeta’s Marketing Platform (ZMP) is an AI-enabled Martech solution that supports customer acquisition, retention, and growth through personalized engagement. The platform supports use cases across messaging, loyalty, and customer experience, with solutions designed to scale for enterprise and mid-market organizations. Zeta works with brands across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific to deliver measurable marketing performance. 

The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of client-facing projects, ensuring execution against scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. The PM establishes project governance, drives cross-functional planning and coordination, and manages stakeholder communication and risk. As the primary day-to-day owner of delivery, the PM ensures timely decision-making, clear accountability, and successful project outcomes from initiation through closeout. 

 Responsibilities 

• Deliver assigned projects (implementation and one-time engagements) by developing comprehensive project plans that define objectives, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements to deliver the contracted scope. 

• Coordinate project activities, ensuring adherence to project milestones and deliverables.  

• Monitor and track progress, identifying and addressing any issues or risks that may impact project success.  

• Manage project forecasting and resource planning throughout the project lifecycle.  

• Clearly identify resource demand based on detailed project plans.  

• Lead recurring status reviews and stakeholder communications, escalating risks, decisions, and dependencies as required.  

• Develop and maintain project documentation and reporting (e.g., plans, RAID logs, status reports), providing clear visibility to internal and client stakeholders.  

• Define and lead cross-functional project teams (e.g., Technical Services, Production Services, Strategy, Client Success, Global Support and Sales), assigning tasks and responsibilities based on a defined RACI matrix. 

• Define work packages and assignments aligned to contracted scope, ensuring adherence to budget, quality standards, and schedule.  

• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement across the delivery team. 

• Identify and engage project stakeholders, establishing clear communication channels and managing expectations.  

• Identify and assess project risks, developing mitigation strategies and contingency plans.  

• Proactively manage changes to project scope, timelines, and resources, ensuring proper documentation and communication.  

• Monitor and control project budgets, identify cost-saving opportunities, and implement appropriate measures.  

• Collaborate with the Program Director, Portfolio Program Manager (as applicable), and resource owners to ensure appropriately skilled and experienced resources are assigned to the project.  

• Support Sales by coordinating estimates and validations, assessing implementation risks, and reviewing statements of work for completeness and feasibility.  

• Ensure deliverables meet defined quality standards and client requirements, coordinating reviews and approvals as needed.  

• Ensure delivery of the contracted scope and align with the project team on roles, responsibilities, and success criteria. 

PEOPLE & CULTURE AT ZETA

Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.  

We’re committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work. We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support and advocate for one another. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here:  https://zetaglobal.com/blog/a-look-into-zetas-ergs/ 

ZETA IN THE NEWS!

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Incident & Major Incident management 

Key Responsibilities 

• Serve as the Incident Manager / Major Incident Manager for high-severity and business-impacting incidents by organizing incident bridges and war rooms, driving Rapid triage / Clear ownership / Timely decision-making 

• Ensure incidents are properly classified, prioritized, and escalated based on impact and urgency 

ITSM Process Ownership & Governance 

• Enforce ITIL-aligned Incident and Problem Management practices 

• Ensure accurate and complete documentation within ServiceNow, including Impact and affected services / Incident timelines / Root cause summaries and follow-ups 

• Play the role of Problem Manager to Identify recurring issues and systemic risks / Ensure RCAs are completed with actionable outcomes 

• Act as a process authority during incidents, ensuring teams adhere to defined ITSM standards 

Service Availability, Reliability & KPIs 

• Own operational oversight of service availability and reliability - Monitor and manage key service health indicators, including Service availability and uptime / Incident volumes and severity trends / MTTR and MTTD / SLA and OLA adherence 

• Use observability data to proactively identify service degradation and emerging risks 

• Escalate systemic availability or reliability concerns to leadership with data-backed insights 

Observability & Operational Intelligence 

• Actively leverage observability platforms (e.g., Grafana, Datadog)  

• Partner with engineering and SRE teams to improve Monitoring coverage / Alert quality and signal-to-noise ratio 

• Ensure alerting and escalation via PagerDuty aligns with service criticality 

Communication & Executive Engagement: 

• Serve as the primary communication lead during incidents - Deliver concise, executive-level updates that articulate Business impact / Current status / Mitigation steps / Next milestones 

• Translate complex technical details into clear business language 

• Maintain confidence and composure while engaging senior leaders during high-pressure events 

Post-Incident & Continuous Improvement: 

• Facilitate or support post-incident reviews - Identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for Process improvement / Tooling enhancement / Better operational readiness 

• Contribute to the evolution of Command Center playbooks, runbooks, and response standards 

Required Qualifications & Experience 

Experience 

• 3–6 years of experience in: 

• Incident Management 

• Major Incident / Command Center operations 

• Production operations or site reliability support 

• Proven experience managing high-severity incidents in 24×7 environments 

• Demonstrated ownership of service reliability and operational KPIs 

ITSM & Process Expertise 

• Strong working knowledge of ITIL / ITSM frameworks 

• Deep hands-on experience with: 

• Incident Management 

• Major Incident workflows 

• Problem Management  

• Experience enforcing ITSM discipline across distributed technology teams 

Skills & Competencies 

• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills 

• Strong analytical mindset with comfort using metrics and dashboards 

• Ability to operate decisively in high-pressure situations 

• Influences outcomes without formal authority 

• Comfortable interfacing with executive leadership 

Nice-to-Have 

• Experience in regulated or customer-critical environments (FinTech, Payments, SaaS) 

• Exposure to ITSM tools like ServiceNow, PagerDuty etc. 

• Exposure to monitoring tools like Datadog, Grafana, Dynatrace etc. 

About Convera

Convera is the largest non-bank B2B cross-border payments company in the world. Formerly Western Union Business Solutions, we leverage decades of industry expertise and technology-led payment solutions to deliver smarter money movements to our customers – helping them capture more value with every transaction. Convera serves more than 30,000 customers ranging from small business owners to enterprise treasurers, educational institutions, financial institutions, law firms, and NGOs.

Our teams care deeply about the value we bring to our customers, making Convera a rewarding workplace. This is an exciting time for our organization as we build our team with growth-minded, results-oriented people who are looking to move fast in an innovative environment.

As a truly global company with employees in over 20 countries, we are passionate about diversity; we seek and celebrate people from different backgrounds, lifestyles, and unique points of view. We want to work with the best people and ensure we foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.

We offer an abundance of competitive perks and benefits including:

• Market competitive salary.
• Great career growth and development opportunities in a global organization.
• Hybrid schedule with 2 in the office per week.
• Generous insurance (health, disability, life).
• Paid holidays, time-off, and leave policies for life events (maternity, paternity, adoption).
• Paid volunteering opportunities (5 days per year).
• This position follows a shift roster defined by the company. As we operate in a 24/7 environment, the selected candidate will work according to rotating schedules.

Apply now if you’re ready to unleash your potential.

Gestión de Incidentes y Mayores Incidentes

Responsabilidades Clave

• Actuar como Incident Manager / Major Incident Manager para incidentes de alta severidad e impacto empresarial, organizando incident bridges y war rooms, impulsando una triage rápida, propiedad clara y toma de decisiones oportuna.
• Garantizar que los incidentes estén correctamente clasificados, priorizados y escalados según impacto y urgencia.

Propiedad de Procesos ITSM y Gobernanza

• Hacer cumplir las prácticas de Gestión de Incidentes y Problemas alineadas con ITIL.
• Asegurar documentación precisa y completa en ServiceNow, incluyendo: impacto y servicios afectados, líneas de tiempo del incidente, resúmenes de causa raíz y seguimientos.
• Actuar como Problem Manager para identificar problemas recurrentes y riesgos sistémicos, garantizando que los análisis de causa raíz (RCA) se completen con resultados accionables.
• Actuar como autoridad de proceso durante incidentes, asegurando la adherencia a los estándares ITSM definidos.

Disponibilidad del Servicio, Confiabilidad y KPIs

• Ser responsable de la supervisión operativa de la disponibilidad y confiabilidad del servicio. Monitorear y gestionar indicadores clave, como: disponibilidad y tiempo activo del servicio, volúmenes y tendencias de severidad de incidentes, MTTR y MTTD, cumplimiento de SLA y OLA.
• Utilizar datos de observabilidad para identificar proactivamente degradaciones del servicio y riesgos emergentes.
• Escalar preocupaciones sistémicas de disponibilidad o confiabilidad al liderazgo con insights fundamentados en datos.

Observabilidad e Inteligencia Operacional

• Aprovechar activamente plataformas de observabilidad (p. ej., Grafana, Datadog).
• Colaborar con equipos de ingeniería y SRE para mejorar la cobertura de monitoreo, la calidad de alertas y la relación señal/ruido.
• Asegurar que las alertas y escalaciones vía PagerDuty estén alineadas con la criticidad del servicio.

Comunicación y Relación con Ejecutivos

• Ser el punto principal de comunicación durante incidentes: brindar actualizaciones concisas a nivel ejecutivo que articulen el impacto al negocio, estado actual, pasos de mitigación y próximos hitos.
• Traducir detalles técnicos complejos a un lenguaje claro de negocio.
• Mantener confianza y compostura al interactuar con líderes senior durante eventos de alta presión.

Post-Incidente y Mejora Continua

• Facilitar o apoyar revisiones posteriores al incidente, identificando tendencias, brechas y oportunidades para mejorar procesos, herramientas y preparación operativa.
• Contribuir a la evolución de los playbooks, runbooks y estándares de respuesta del Command Center.

Calificaciones y Experiencia Requerida

Experiencia

• 3–6 años de experiencia en:
• Gestión de Incidentes
• Operaciones de Mayores Incidentes / Command Center
• Operaciones de producción o soporte de confiabilidad del sitio (SRE)
• Experiencia comprobada gestionando incidentes de alta severidad en entornos 24×7.
• Evidencia de liderazgo en la confiabilidad del servicio y KPIs operativos.

Conocimientos ITSM y de Procesos

• Sólido conocimiento de marcos ITIL / ITSM.
• Amplia experiencia práctica en:
• Gestión de Incidentes
• Flujos de trabajo de Mayores Incidentes
• Gestión de Problemas
• Experiencia haciendo cumplir disciplina ITSM en equipos tecnológicos distribuidos.

Habilidades y Competencias

• Habilidades excepcionales de comunicación y facilitación.
• Mentalidad analítica y comodidad usando métricas y tableros.
• Capacidad para operar con decisión en situaciones de alta presión.
• Influencia efectiva sin autoridad formal.
• Comodidad al interactuar con liderazgo ejecutivo.

Deseable

• Experiencia en entornos regulados o críticos para clientes (FinTech, Pagos, SaaS).
• Conocimiento de herramientas ITSM como ServiceNow, PagerDuty, etc.
• Conocimiento de herramientas de monitoreo como Datadog, Grafana, Dynatrace, etc.

Sobre Convera

Convera es la empresa de pagos transfronterizos B2B más grande del mundo fuera del sector bancario. Anteriormente conocida como Western Union Business Solutions, aprovechamos décadas de experiencia en la industria y soluciones tecnológicas para ofrecer movimientos de dinero más inteligentes a nuestros clientes, ayudándolos a capturar mayor valor en cada transacción.

Convera atiende a más de 30,000 clientes, desde propietarios de pequeñas empresas hasta tesoreros corporativos, instituciones educativas, instituciones financieras, firmas legales y ONG.

Nuestros equipos se preocupan profundamente por el valor que brindamos a nuestros clientes, lo cual hace que Convera sea un lugar de trabajo gratificante. Este es un momento emocionante para nuestra organización mientras construimos un equipo con personas orientadas al crecimiento y enfocadas en resultados, que quieran avanzar rápidamente en un entorno innovador.

Como una empresa verdaderamente global con empleados en más de 20 países, somos apasionados por la diversidad; buscamos y celebramos personas de distintos orígenes, estilos de vida y perspectivas únicas. Queremos trabajar con el mejor talento y fomentar una cultura de inclusión y pertenencia.

Ofrecemos múltiples beneficios competitivos:

• Salario competitivo en el mercado.
• Excelentes oportunidades de crecimiento y desarrollo profesional en una organización global.
• Un enfoque flexible al trabajo y un esquema híbrido con 2 días a la semana en la oficina.
• Generoso seguro (salud, discapacidad, vida).
• Días feriados, tiempo libre y políticas de licencia para eventos de vida (maternidad, paternidad, adopción).
• Oportunidades de voluntariado pagadas (5 días por año).
• Esta posición sigue un rol de turnos definido por la empresa. Como operamos en un entorno 24/7, la persona seleccionada trabajará según horarios rotativos

Smartsheet is seeking a Learning Experience Designer to join our team. As a LxDesigner, you'll put our employees’ knowledge above all else and have a passion for creating learning solutions. You'll work on a motivated, supportive team with ownership of our internal learning and development products. Graphic design and knowledge of human-computer interaction are essential, and, of course, becoming a certified Smartsheet user is important to your success. 

You will report to our Manager, Learning Experience.This role is eligible for remote work within Costa Rica. You  must reside in Costa Rica.  

You Will:

• Develop creative, customer-centric, performance-based training materials.
• Manage learning product development projects, including scoping, managing Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and working with other departments.
• Work with our Customer Excellence teams and SMEs to create storyboards/scripts and production-ready content that meet employees' needs.
• Report on and communicate the results of educational content to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Stay current on new learning approaches, behavioral science, and technology, and apply that knowledge to our learning products.
• Become a Smartsheet product expert
• Be an Administrator for the Learning Management System (LMS). Maintain systems, create user profiles, create usage reports, publish SCORM, video, and other digital content etc.
• Other job duties as assigned.

You Have

• 5+ years of combined experience building engaging educational content in various modalities in consultation with your stakeholders.
• At least 2 years of experience creating educational content for SaaS. 
• Strong grasp of adult learning principles.
• Proficiency in Articulate Storyline, Articulate Rise, and Camtasia
• Experience with digital content creation using Adobe Creative Cloud.
• A portfolio of eLearning, video, and graphic design projects. The portfolio should reflect graphic design skills with a clean aesthetic.
• Experience using ID strategies to launch digital training
• Experience managing and reporting on all curriculum and assessment data
• LMS administration experience, including eLearning publishing and learning assessments.
• Basic knowledge of web development (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript) is preferred.

Perks & Benefits:

• Fully paid Health & Life insurance for full-time employees and family members
• Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
• 12 days paid Vacation + Flexible Time Away Program
• 20 weeks fully paid Maternity Leave
• 12 weeks fully paid Paternity/Adoption Leave
• Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
• Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to LinkedIn Learning online courses
• Company Funded Perks including a counseling membership and your own personal Smartsheet account

Teleworking options from any registered location in Costa Rica (role specific)

We are seeking an experienced Technical Writer to plan, develop, and maintain customer-facing content for the Smartsheet Help Center and internal product documentation. You'll partner with the product team to deliver and maintain documentation that serves as the foundation for customer and internal enablement. As a Technical Writer, you own documentation quality and strategy across our product knowledge base—enabling both customers and internal teams to self-serve and reducing support and training burden. You'll drive improvement initiatives across our documentation, learning tracks, guides, and video content, while managing rapid product changes.

You will report to the Manager, CE Enablement Knowledge Experiences based in the US. This role is eligible for remote work within Costa Rica. You  must reside in Costa Rica. 

You Will:

• Immerse yourself in Smartsheet's product line and gain an understanding of the technologies and features necessary for accurate documentation.
• Distill specification documents and internal technical specifications and use the information to create targeted, quality, customer-facing content. Deliverables include but aren’t limited to:
• Technical articles for the Smartsheet Help website (how to, reference, FAQ, troubleshooting) and/or API documentation on the dev website
• Content for eLearning modules or videos
• Internal documentation
• Visual aids for Help content (screenshots, gifs, etc.)
• Produce customer-facing video content, including scripting, recording, and light editing in collaboration with stakeholders and subject matter experts
• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to ensure the technical accuracy of your work
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• Use AI tools to accelerate content production, improve quality, and scale output—applying established team workflows and experimenting with new approaches as the tooling evolves
• Track and report on your own project assignments and schedule, working towards hard deadlines
• Contribute to templates, processes, and standards that support consistent, scalable content production
• Review and compile internal change requests and customer feedback and use this information to recommend and implement content changes
• Work with the Web Team to suggest Help site improvements for both the end user and the writers who are publishing content
• Maintain the Smartsheet Help and Learning style guide
• Optimize content for discoverability via Search
• Work on improvement projects to implement content governance tools, improve processes, and document changes. 
• Other job duties as assigned.

You Have:

• 3-5  years of experience writing or editing content for a variety of audiences on the web
• A BA in English, Technical Communication, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Basic understanding of and ability to use HTML formatting
• Strong Command of English language both oral and written (C1 and above)
• Experience developing templates and processes for ensuring consistent delivery
• Understanding of SEO and GEO best practices
• Experience using analytics tools (Google Analytics, for example) to make impactful content decisions
• A passion for technology and familiarity with the benefits and challenges of working on a SaaS product 
• An ability to distill technical jargon and turn it into clear and professional language that is customer-focused
• Familiarity with video content production—scripting, screen recording, or light editing
• Experience creating screenshots and/or visual diagrams to promote understanding of complex ideas 
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to perform basic project management and prioritization tasks
• Experience with content production, for example, moving a document from a draft stage in one tool and formatting and publishing it to a CMS
• Experience using one or more content management systems (experience using Drupal 9 or newer is a plus)
• Demonstrated experience integrating AI tools into professional workflows, including building custom AI configurations (such as GPTs or Gems) and connecting LLMs to external platforms 
• A point of view on where AI is taking technical writing, incuding familiarity with AI writing tools and an interest in expanding how AI is used in content workflows
• Smartsheet Product Certification preferred by not required

Perks & Benefits:

• Fully paid Health & Life insurance for full-time employees and family members
• Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
• Asociacion Solidarista with employee and employer contributions, as well as potential alliances with entities such as universities, gyms, etc.
• 12 days paid Vacation + Flexible Time Away Program
• 20 weeks fully paid Maternity Leave
• 12 weeks fully paid Paternity/Adoption Leave
• Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
• Opportunities for professional growth and development, including access to Udemy online courses
• Company Funded Perks, including a counseling membership and your own personal Smartsheet account
• Teleworking options from any registered location in Costa Rica (role-specific)

Why You'll Love This Role: 

As a Senior Full-Stack QualityEngineer, you will be a critical force in ensuring that mission is delivered through reliable, high-quality software. You will work  alongside talented product engineers to test complex front-end applications powered by cloud-based back-end services, internal LLMs, and third-party AI tools.  The ideal candidate will have strong  experience in test automation, API validation, manual testing, and performance testing, with a proactive mindset and excellent organizational skills. This role requires someone who can deeply understand business and technical requirements and translate them into effective test strategies.

What You'll Be Doing:

• You will own quality end-to-end: from story acceptance criteria all the way to production health monitoring.
• You will perform manual testing for exploratory, regression, and end-to-end scenarios when needed.
• You will review and analyze business and technical requirements to define appropriate test coverage Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure quality across the SDLC.     
• You will build API and service-layer test automation from scratch; test APIs both manually (via tools like Postman) and through automated scripts.  
• You will test internally built LLMs and AI-driven features for accuracy, consistency, and edge case behavior.
• Evaluate third-party AI tools and services integrated into the Newsela platform.                                                    

About You:

• 7+ years of software testing and quality assurance experience in a professional engineering environment.
• 4+ years building automated test frameworks and scripts using TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python.                                    
• 4 + years of hands-on experience with WebdriverIO and/or Playwright.                             
• 4+ years working in an Agile Scrum team.                                                                                            
• Demonstrated experience across the full spectrum of testing types: manual, exploratory, regression, integration, API/services, and  database testing.                                                                                                                     
• Experience testing both web applications and mobile apps.                                                                           
• Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as part of your daily workflow. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills — you can explain a bug to a developer and a risk to a product manager equally well.
• Prior experience in EdTech or consumer-facing SaaS products.     

Please note that given the nature of the contract, this role will not be eligible to participate in company-sponsored benefits

About Newsela:

Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. We deliver integrated, AI-powered solutions designed to unlock student engagement, empower teachers, and drive meaningful learning outcomes. Our suite of products supports knowledge and skill development, writing practice, daily instruction, assessment, and data-informed decision-making across K–12 classrooms. Grounded in learning science research, Newsela’s solutions integrate content, assessment, and analytics to help educators track progress, understand student outcomes, and deliver high-impact instruction that supports every learner.

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The Project Manager reports to a Program Manager. Works closely with Directors and Subject Matter Experts, designers, developers and quality to ensure flawless project execution, efficient resource allocation, project financial sanity and client satisfaction. He/She supports grows project delivery discipline and helps to develop processes, documentation, standardization and tools. He/She is a key player on building high-energy, multi-disciplinary teams. He/She is interested, invested and passionate about the industry, the clients we serve, and the work produced.

You will: 

• You will:

• Manage end-to-end campaign delivery: concepting, development, execution, trafficking, and evaluation.

• Ensure the entire team understands the project tools and workflows (Smartsheet, Figma).

• Facilitate clear communication between creatives, strategists, production, and account teams.

• Identify blockers early, propose solutions, and keep the project moving forward.

• Maintain a big-picture view of integrated campaigns, ensuring all components align within the ecosystem.

• Support teams across North America and LATAM, navigating fast-paced, high-visibility projects.

• Act as internal POC for assigned projects, including set-up and running of meetings, recording and distributing actions, flagging and communicating risks 

• Lead small to medium-sized projects with budgets likely under $500K and with teams of 10 or fewer, with direction from Associate Program Director or above 

• Collaborate to ensure the work stays on brief, client needs and feedback are understood and addressed, and the work delivered is of high quality 

• Communicate day-to-day with clients on project intake, status, and updates and facilitate conversations for clarity of feedback/setting of expectations 

• Work through dependencies and decisions required with internal teams and third parties • Identify and act on organic account growth opportunities in partnership with Client Services 

• Perform analysis and report on project health, attend finance meetings to inform account health (Metrics include: Remaining forecast, forecast to completion, burn (actuals) to date, % project progress, % budget utilized)

• Facilitate (when appropriate) in project retrospective and sunsetting process 

• Act as a beacon of best practice within the account and discipline 

• Mentor emerging talent and provide career development aligned with CM expectations

• Be an active and visible presence in the office and online, shares at Town Halls, All Hands, Snack N Learns 

• Actively and visibly champion the work and team 

• Participate in global Project Delivery initiatives and bring forward ideas on how to improve processes and build community within the discipline

You have: 

• Experience in digital agencies / creative agencies / marketing environments, ideally on large or global accounts.
• 5+ years of experience managing a variety of digital project types; site builds, e-commerce, marketing campaigns, micro-sites, and maintenance
• Background working on integrated campaigns (digital, CRM, social, retail, mass media).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional teams.
• Advanced English skills, comfortable working with international teams.
• Ability to stay self-driven, proactive, and solution-oriented in a fast-paced environment.
• Critical thinking to understand the full ecosystem of a campaign and how each team contributes.
• Flexibility and adaptability to shifting priorities and project needs.
• Familiarity with Smartsheet and Figma (or ability to learn quickly).
• Resource management within the Solution Delivery team including balancing priorities, timelines, mix and casting while understanding and supporting the objectives and motivations of everydiscipline. 
• Proven ability to successfully manage multiple stakeholders and work on large-scale digital projects, including but not limited to implementing processes to ensure high-quality deliverables for our client
• Mastery of office productivity tools such as Excel, Word, MS Project, Visio, PowerPoint, and Keynote.
• Deeply understand the main forms of digital and traditional marketing and how they differ 
• Understand the ways media lives in projects, with a mastery level understanding of media types (paid, owned, earned + audio, video, social, etc.) and the ability to manage medium to large sized projects with a media component
• Mastery level knowledge of collaboration and issue tracking tools such as Box, Jira, Confluence, Teams 
• Mastery in completing tasks in office productivity tools such as Excel, Word, Keynote, and PowerPoint at a project and portfolio level 
• Mastery in completing tasks with project management tools such as Tenrox, Smartsheet, and Halo/Abacus at a project and portfolio leve
• Superb verbal and written communicator (Advanced English)
• Excellent presentation and storytelling skills 
• Excellent organization and time management skills 
• Adaptable and flexible

What we offer: 

• Maternity and parental leave extra days
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts
• And more…

At Critical Mass, we value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.  If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of our employees, we encourage you to apply for this exciting position today!

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

The ask stems from our want to:

Strengthen opportunity for continuous learning
Improve collaboration and team relationships.
Increase employee engagement

This work model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM. We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation, so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.

About the Role

Join forces with Appnovation to deliver high-impact results for one of our key strategic partners - a global leader in their field. This engagement offers a unique vantage point into a world-class organization with exceptional opportunities for professional growth and long-term career advancement

As a Senior AI Software Engineer, you'll transform business ideas into production-ready applications using cutting-edge AI design tools and modern full-stack frameworks. With a strong bias toward frontend development, you specialize in the critical early stages—from concept through pre-totype to prototype—where design systems meet AI-augmented development. You are a visionary technologist who sits at the intersection of engineering excellence and AI innovation. Your mission is to oversee the entire "concept-to-production" pipeline, ensuring our teams leverage cutting-edge AI tools to deliver enterprise-grade applications at unprecedented speeds.

While you maintain a deep technical foundation in full-stack development, your primary focus is strategic leadership: defining design system standards, optimizing AI-augmented workflows, and mentoring a high-performance team of developers and AI builders.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic AI Integration: Direct the adoption of AI design tools (v0.dev, bolt.new, Lovable) to compress the development lifecycle from weeks to days without sacrificing quality.
• Architecture & Standards: Define and enforce the technical standards for production-ready full-stack applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and accessibility across all projects.
• Design-Dev Synthesis: Lead the integration of Figma-based design systems with AI-driven development to create seamless, automated handoff processes.
• Operational Excellence: Manage a ticket-driven workflow in Jira, optimizing team velocity and ensuring technical documentation meets enterprise-level requirements.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Act as a bridge between Strategy, Creative, and Technology departments to ensure AI-powered solutions meet complex business objectives.
• Backend & Data Strategy: Oversee the implementation of robust backend services (Supabase, SQL/NoSQL) and secure authentication frameworks (OAuth, JWT) across the portfolio.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services using platforms like Supabase to support frontend functionality.
• Collaborate with UX Designers, AI Builders, and Innovation Leads throughout the development lifecycle.

Qualification

• 6–10+ years in full-stack development, with at least 3+ years in a management capacity. Bonus points if you have experience working in a startup or rapid prototyping environment.
• Proven track record of implementing AI design tools(such as v0.dev, bolt.new, Lovable, or similar platforms) and workflow automation (e.g., N8N) within a professional engineering team.
• Deep expertise in modern frameworks (React, Vue, Nuxt), TypeScript, and multiple backend languages including Python, PHP, and NodeJS.
• Expert-level knowledge of design systems, design tokens, and CSS frameworks (Tailwind) to ensure brand consistency at scale.
• Comprehensive understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), deployment workflows, and enterprise security patterns.
• Solid understanding of backend development, including API design (REST, GraphQL), server-side logic, and database management.
• Proficiency with authentication mechanisms (OAuth, JWT) and security best practices.
• Expert-level proficiency with Figma, including design system management and component libraries.
• A portfolio demonstrating not just individual code, but the leadership of complex, full-stack applications built using AI-augmented methodologies.
• Strong attention to detail and a passion for innovation.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

What Appnovation Offers

• Challenging and rewarding work with real impact
• Growth opportunities for personal and professional development
• Exposure to exciting projects and high-profile clients
• Supportive work environment with access to company leaders
• Hybrid working model

Here are a few more reasons why you should apply:

• Work-life Balance
• Lots of opportunities for personal and professional growth
• Health Benefits Package
• Mental Health Support
• Personal Days Off
• Fertility and Menopause Leave
• Fitness Allowance
• D,E&I Initiatives
• And much more...

Why we're hiring:

WPP is at the forefront of the marketing and advertising industry's largest transformation. Our Global CIO is leading a significant evolution of our Enterprise Technology capabilities, bringing together over 2,500 technology professionals into an integrated global team. This Team will play a crucial role in enabling the ongoing transformation of our agencies and functions.

We are looking for a highly technical IT manager to oversee End User Services (EUS) and drive strategic technology operations across the Costa Rica market. This role ensures optimal service delivery, enhances IT frameworks, and manages a diverse technology landscape, integrating user endpoint infrastructure, security, and compliance requirements. The successful candidate will lead IT transformation initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology services with business objectives while maintaining robust system integrity and security posture.

What you'll be doing:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage daily technology operations to ensure high availability and reliability of IT services.
• IT Budget management
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to implement technology solutions aligned with business objectives (WPP ET).
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure timely resolution of incidents.
• Manage IT infrastructure, including servers, networks, and cloud services, maintaining security and compliance standards. (AZURE, LAN)
• Supervise and guide technical support staff, fostering professional growth and effective teamwork.
• Collaborate with vendors and service providers for procurement, maintenance, and contract management.
• Report on operational metrics, incident trends, and improvement initiatives to senior leadership.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in IT service management and operational excellence following WPP ET guidelines
• Attend and interact effectively and directly with stakeholders
• Management of support for business-critical applications

Leadership & Line Management of Engineer Resources

• Directly manage EUS Leads and Engineers, facilitate resource planning and workload distribution, ensuring optimal efficiency across projects and operational demands.
• Set clear goals, expectations, and KPIs to measure individual and team performance across technical operations.
• Lead mentoring and skills development initiatives, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
• Champion process standardization, implementing ITIL and service management best practices for consistent execution.

Ticket Queue Management & SLA Compliance

• Oversee ticket queue management, ensuring incidents and requests are categorized, prioritized, and assigned efficiently.
• Monitor SLA compliance, tracking ticket resolution times and ensuring adherence to service performance metrics.
• Ensure documentation of all incidents and service requests, creating detailed root cause analyses for major recurring issues.
• Lead stakeholder communication on SLA performance, ensuring transparency in service quality and incident handling expectations.

Performance Optimization

• Utilize ITIL methodologies to improve service delivery, reduce incidents, and enhance end-user experience.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives, analyzing ticket backlog data to enhance service response times and reduce bottlenecks.
• Identify opportunities to implement AI-driven support solutions, including chatbots, predictive analytics, and self-service portals to streamline IT assistance.

Infrastructure & End-User Services Management

• Manage, implement, and optimize end-user service solutions to enhance support function in the Costa Rica market
• Oversee device management, endpoint security, and identity access controls, ensuring compliance with global standards.
• Manage deployment, configuration, and lifecycle support for core user environments, including endpoint devices, collaboration platforms, business systems and remote access solutions.

Technology Strategy & Architecture

• Develop and refine country IT infrastructure roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business needs and scalability considerations.
• Lead technology standardization efforts for network architecture, Active Directory, endpoint security, and service automation platforms.
• Collaborate with global technology teams to integrate IT frameworks, including enterprise mobility, security policies, and system automation.
• Drive continuous improvements in system architecture, ensuring optimized performance of IT assets across on-premises and cloud-based environments.

Security, Compliance & Risk Management

• Implement cybersecurity best practices in coordination with the Cyber, Risk & Compliance (CRC) team.
• Ensure regulatory compliance across identity & access management (IAM), endpoint encryption, and data protection strategies.
• Lead incident response protocols, overseeing vulnerability management, SIEM monitoring, and remediation efforts.

Vendor & Cost Optimization

• Manage enterprise agreements with our technology partners, vendors and providers, ensuring cost-effective procurement of any licensing and services.
• Optimize IT budgets, identifying opportunities for cost reduction in service contracts and hardware lifecycle management.
• Evaluate emerging technology solutions that align with business expansion and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Project Management & IT Transformation

• Lead market deployment of global IT initiatives, including Network, Infrastructure, Modern Workplace, and Security transformations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams on technology rollouts, overseeing user migration strategies, cloud adoption plans, and infrastructure upgrades.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field. Or relevant experience within Information Technology.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Understanding of IT endpoint infrastructure, including Microsoft OS, MacOS, Active Directory, device management, Identity Management and Audio-Visual technology.
• Proficiency in ITIL and ITSM frameworks
• Experience with endpoint management platforms, including MDM solutions like Jamf and Intune.
• Demonstrated experience in IT governance, compliance audits, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Budget management expertise, overseeing software licensing, vendor contracts, and IT cost optimization.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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