Salesforce Project Manager

The primary responsibility of the Project Manager is to lead successful Cloud-based software implementations within project timelines and budgets. You will manage the project including developing work plans, scheduling resources, setting goals and priorities, tracking and resolving issues and customer acceptance.

The Project Manager will be the key point of contact for communication of project status to all customer and internal stakeholders, including Senior Management and will facilitate business & operational relationships between clients and internal teams to ensure accurate and timely project delivery. You must be able to work with Solutions Architects and other technical resources to clearly articulate customer needs internally and represent Asperii professionally externally. You will be responsible for effective management of multiple concurrent, software projects to a diverse customer base.

You will be responsible for managing and tracking project budget, utilization, and other project-related costs as well as managing changes to project budget and scope, through formal change management processes. You will work with assigned teams to help forecast and achieve revenue objectives on a quarterly basis.

Responsibilities:

·      Primary point-of-contact within Professional Services, for all project related activities. Ultimately responsible for ensuring a successful implementation of Salesforce Projects.

·      Resource Management: Coordinate activities of the project team and customer from project inception through successful completion

·      Integration Management: Devise initial Salesforce project plan, monitor the execution of various activities and coordinate any changes

·      Cost Management: Manage and track project budget, utilization and other project-related costs

·      Time Management: Manage and track resource scheduling, and project time utilization

·      Scope Management: Manage changes to project scope, through a formal change management policy

·      Project Communication: Track progress and report status internally and to clients throughout the project life cycles

·      Risk Management: Identify, analyse, and respond to project risks, as they occur

·      Quality Management: Lead quality acceptance activities, for each of the project milestones

·      Participate in, and co-lead, the Functional Requirements Workshop / Project Kick-off Meeting. Draft the Functional Requirements Specification for the project

·      Coordinate transition from Professional Services to on-going Support, at the completion of the project

Required Skills and Qualifications:

·      At least 3 years’ experience in leading Salesforce projects.

·      B.S./M.S in Computer Science, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering or equivalent

·      Ability to maintain excellent colleague and customer relationships

·      Experience managing Full Life Cycle Solution Delivery projects

·      Familiarity with Risk Management and Quality Management

·      Experience anticipating problems and initiating corrective action

·      Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·      At least 3 years’ experience in a team-leading role with direct responsibility for managing the activities (task assignments, budgets, schedules, etc.) of three or more team members.

·      Prior experience should include some technical skills such as customer software development, systems integration, software quality assurance, product development or similar