Based in Córdoba, Spain — open to remote roles across the US and EU

The plan behind the launch.

Senior Project Manager. Ten years leading roadmaps, fifteen years talking to real users — I build what people actually need.

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Selected work

7 launches

Chive Media Group

The Bill Murray 1000 NFT Project

A biographical membership program built for 1000 true Bill Murray fans — telling the story of an iconic life, one membership at a time.

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Chive Media Group

theCHIVE app

The most-downloaded humor app in Android history — a daily mix of humor, hotness, and humanity, no long articles required.

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Chive Media Group

myCHIVE rebrand & relaunch

A full tech-stack rewrite, rebrand, and relaunch of iCHIVE into myCHIVE, rebuilt on modern Laravel infrastructure.

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TaskRabbit

Company-wide PMO

Co-architected a brand-new PMO function from scratch, coordinating Perks, Business Concierge, and international expansion across every division.

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IBM, Office of the CIO

Universal Support migration

Led a team upgrading IBM's global systems to universal standards — building support plans, documentation, and training 100+ agents for a seamless transition.

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Signant Health

Global clinical trial systems

Managed multiple concurrent clinical trials across eCOA, RTSM, and ePRO systems, coordinating international launches with clients, CROs, and site teams.

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Sock Club

Sock Designer rebuild

Led the refactor roadmap for Sock Club's real-time custom sock builder — planning the version upgrade, sunsetting deprecated code, and driving a full cleanup of the team's Jira instances, tickets, and Confluence documentation.

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Experience

2015 – present

Mar 2025 – Sep 2025

Scrum Master, Business Credit

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Served as Scrum Master for the Business Credit organization, facilitating sprint ceremonies and removing blockers to keep delivery on track.
Trained and onboarded new teams on Scrum methodology and agile ceremonies, building internal capability for cross-team Agile adoption.

May 2024 – Nov 2024

Technical Project Manager

Sock Club

Austin, TX

Served as Technical Project Manager for the Engineering team, owning the planning and organization of a full codebase refactor spanning the company website and the Sock Designer product.
Planned the version-upgrade roadmap and sunset of deprecated code, and led a full cleanup of the team's Jira instances, tickets, and Confluence documentation.

Jan 2024 – Jul 2024

Independent Project Management Consultant

Self-employed, incl. Chive Charities

Remote

Provided senior PM consulting to Chive Charities and select additional clients on a project basis, scoping and delivering short-cycle engagements spanning nonprofit operations and program management.

Ran concurrently with the Sock Club role above.

Sep 2021 – Jan 2024

Senior Engineering Project Manager

Chive Media Group

Austin, TX

Owned the engineering PMO function company-wide across theCHIVE's iOS and Android apps, the myChive social platform, theCHIVE's WordPress-based website, and the Bill Murray 1000 NFT collection launch.
Directed product roadmap planning and development-cycle cadence across engineering teams, driving a 30% year-over-year increase in engineering efficiency.

Dec 2019 – Sep 2021

Project Manager, Operations

TaskRabbit

Austin, TX

Led operational project management for Perks, Business Concierge, Promotional Partnerships, International Expansion, and CRM initiatives.
Co-architected and helped establish a new company-wide PMO organization, implementing shared processes and governance across previously siloed divisions.
Provided hands-on launch and training support for the company's initial international expansion into Spain and Germany, ensuring both markets were operationally launch-ready on schedule.

Apr 2017 – Dec 2019

Support Specialist / Project SME

IBM, Office of the CIO

Austin, TX

Acted as Subject Matter Expert on an internal taskforce migrating all IBM hardware and software from proprietary to universal platforms, including roadmap design and documentation for a Universal Support model, plus hiring and training support agents.

Jun 2015 – Mar 2017

Clinical Trial Project Manager

Signant Health

San Francisco, CA

Managed simultaneous, rotating efficacy studies as lead point of contact and system owner across eCOA, RTSM, IVRS/IWRS, Clintara, and ePRO platforms.
Coordinated international clinical trial system launches and closures across multiple therapeutic areas, working directly with clients, CROs, and site personnel.

Earlier experience — Advisor, Apple (2017); Technical Advisor, Microsoft (2014–2015); Support Engineer (Contractor), Google (2014).

About

Manny Suárez is a bilingual Senior Project Manager with over a decade of experience turning ambitious, high-visibility technical initiatives — from product launches to full codebase rewrites — into shipped, measurable results. He's built PMO functions from the ground up, coordinated international teams across time zones, and spent 15 years in front-facing user support before ever running a sprint, which means every roadmap he plans is grounded in how people actually use what gets built.

Native in English and Spanish, Manny is currently based in Córdoba, Spain, with full authorization to work across the US and EU.

Delivery

Agile & Scrum delivery
Product & engineering roadmapping
Project scoping

People

Cross-functional team leadership
Stakeholder & client management
Global / distributed team coordination

Strategy

Change management
Risk & data-driven decision making
Budgeting & resource planning

Purdue University — B.A. English Literature, 2012 University of Seville — Spanish Philology thesis