Salesforce Project Manager

Purpose

The Salesforce Project Manager will be responsible for managing medium to large sized technology implementation projects in a program with high to medium/high complexity.

Job Duties

Collaborate with customer contacts and multi vendor environment managing cross-functional customer project team members to facilitate project delivery

Collaborate with onshore and offshore Apps Associates project team members to successfully deliver project commitments in tandem with vendor Milestones and dependencies.

Plan and manage the execution of the project's activities and resources in partnership with technical leads, vendors and business partners

Delegate project tasks to employees best positioned to complete them.

Lead project teams through scoping definition and ensure all execution efforts align to project goals

Lead the establishment of measurable and achievable critical success factors for the project

Control planning and execution to ensure that cost, time, and quality goals are met

Successfully manage the handoff from Sales to Project delivery, initiating project kickoff and planning activities

Develop and maintain project plans and related project artifacts

Create long and short-term plans, including setting milestone targets and adhering to deadlines.

Manage scope throughout the engagement, identify potential deviations from scope and clearly communicate decisions

Manage against the approved budget and recommend course correction as necessary.

Conduct periodic stakeholder meetings to ensure status clarity and clear expectations

Communicate with executives, project sponsors to keep the project aligned with their goals.

Plan for and identify potential risks performing qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and risk mitigation strategies.

Adhere to the Apps Associates project management methodology

Support the Sales pipeline through the review of Sales artifacts to provide feedback on scope and resources for new business opportunities

Possesses the ability to turn troubled projects around when and if needed

Work Requirements

The Project Manager must have senior project management level experience and/or hands on experience with at least two (2) of the following technologies/project tracks:

Salesforce implementation experience

Data analysis and migration

Change Management

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Multi-vendor program implementation

Six to Eight years work experience, four years consulting in the project management capacity

Preferred experience in Data Analysis and reporting, Change Management, CPQ, and Financial Force

General Requirements

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:

Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.

Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.

Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.

Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.

Note: Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability veteran status or other protected class. Apps Associates is an at-will employer. Nothing in this job description shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify the at will employment status.