Santiago López Zavaletta

Project Manager who builds.

I lead delivery across AI and complex software programs — and build the AI systems and automation that make teams faster.

AI-focused Project Manager · heading toward AI Senior PM / Program Manager roles.

0+Years in delivery
$0MPortfolio under P&L
+0ppAccount margin improvement
0M&A deals integrated

What I do

What I lead

  • Delivery & program management
  • Scope, risk & stakeholder management
  • P&L and margin ownership
  • Cross-functional Agile teams (Data Science, Engineering, DevSecOps, Design)

What I build

  • Agentic AI skills & tooling
  • Self-hosted infrastructure & agents
  • Workflow automation (n8n, Jira Automations)
  • Process automation with Claude

Built things / Lab

Shipped tooling and infrastructure that proves the PM-who-builds angle.

Selected work

AI Delivery

flagship

Blockchains ($5M account) · Globant

Oct 2025 – Present

Problem

A $5M account with a multidisciplinary org (AI Data Scientists & Engineers, Front-end, DevSecOps) under margin pressure and high manual operational overhead.

Action

Owned staffing, capacity and P&L over a 20-person delivery team (within a 40-person, 2-PM account); ran governance with RACI / RAID / status reporting; acted as Scrum Master; built process automation with Claude + Jira Automations to cut manual overhead.

Result

Margin 40% → 45% (+5pp) through staffing optimization and delivery efficiency; reduced manual operational load and faster workflows.

Digital Twin Studio

Globant

Dec 2024 – Oct 2025

Problem

Globant needed to stand up a Digital Twin capability (real-time 3D / Unreal Engine) from scratch and validate it with client-facing POCs in a new domain.

Action

Led the POC team; directed a 5-person LATAM POD (2 Digital Twin Designers, 3D Artist, Technical Artist, Game Developer); delivered a factory digital twin as a packaged Windows app (fixed-price, 6 months, $90k); led partnership negotiations and external vendor management; supported presales.

Result

6 POCs delivered (factory twin for a major US manufacturer, office twin, VR bookshop walkthrough, real-time vehicle configurator for a major US automaker); first POC in ~5 weeks; repeatable studio model.

M&A / Corporate Development

Globant

Jun 2022 – Mar 2023

Problem

Globant's inorganic growth required running due diligence and integration across multiple acquisitions in parallel, across countries.

Action

Due diligence on 3 LATAM acquisitions (~640 people combined: digital marketing, digital agency, Salesforce practice) plus post-merger integration of 1 European firm (~300 people, digital transformation); coordinated legal, marketing and IT; managed change-management risk.

Result

3 due-diligence targets integrated; European post-merger integration executed. 4 deals · ~940 people · 4 countries. Operating at corp-dev level — rare for a delivery PM.

Tech stack

AI & Automation

  • Claude / Claude Code
  • ChatGPT / Codex
  • n8n

Delivery & PM

  • Jira
  • Azure DevOps
  • Linear
  • Figma

Build & Infra

  • Python
  • Shell (Bash/PowerShell)
  • GitHub
  • Docker

Data

  • Power BI

Industries

Life SciencesOil & GasConsultingGamingDigital TwinHospitality (Hotels & Cruise)M&AAI

Certifications

About

I started in IT infrastructure — System Administrator and Technical Project Lead, running UNIX-to-Windows migrations and enterprise middleware before I ever ran a sprint. That foundation is why I don't just coordinate engineers; I build alongside them. Today I lead delivery on a $5M AI account at Globant and build the agentic tooling and infrastructure that makes delivery faster. I'm heading toward AI Senior PM / Program Manager roles — the manager an engineer respects and a VP understands.

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