- Manage stakeholder expectations and effectively handle escalations when required.
- Provide regular status reporting, project updates, and executive-level communication.
Agile & Delivery Management :
- Drive Agile delivery practices including sprint planning, backlog management, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, and QA teams.
- Ensure business requirements are translated into actionable delivery plans.
- Track sprint progress, release readiness, and overall delivery performance.
Team Leadership & Resource Management :
- Lead and mentor cross-functional delivery teams consisting of Salesforce Developers, Administrators, Architects, Business Analysts, and QA professionals.
- Foster accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within project teams.
- Manage resource allocation and utilization across multiple projects.
- Identify team risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints and implement mitigation plans.
Governance, Reporting & Compliance :
- Maintain project artifacts including project plans, RAID logs, status reports, budgets, and governance documentation.
- Track and report key delivery metrics, including schedule adherence, budget performance, resource utilization, and quality indicators.
- Ensure compliance with organizational delivery frameworks, security standards, and project governance requirements.
- Drive lessons learned sessions and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Risk, Change & Quality Management :
- Establish proactive risk management practices and mitigation strategies.
- Manage project change requests and scope adjustments while maintaining delivery commitments.
- Ensure adherence to quality standards through effective planning, reviews, and stakeholder alignment.
- Escalate critical issues appropriately and drive resolution through collaboration with leadership and delivery teams.
Qualifications :
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 8 - 12 years of overall project management experience, with at least 3 - 5 years managing Salesforce projects.
- Proven experience delivering projects within a consulting or professional services environment.
- Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and distributed teams.
- Salesforce certifications and project management certifications (PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, etc.) are highly desirable.
Required Skills & Competencies :
Technical & Domain Expertise :
- Strong understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and related Salesforce products.
- Familiarity with Salesforce implementation lifecycles, release management, and deployment processes.
- Experience working with enterprise integrations, data migration, and digital transformation initiatives.