Engagement Delivery Director - Financial Services

Salesforce, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud computing company is seeking an Engagement Delivery Director to drive customer success through effective program management. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience leading complex engagements and possess excellent leadership and communication skills. This role involves close collaboration with executive-level customers to deliver high-quality outcomes and requires a commitment to managing Salesforce methodologies and resources efficiently.

Benefits

Wellbeing reimbursement

Generous parental leave

Adoption assistance

Fertility benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Programme Management leading complex programmes.
• Experience managing financial services and Governance Frameworks.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the programme team and ensure strong communication.
• Manage projects ensuring adherence to methodology and budget.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and assist with project deliverables.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Programme Management

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Degree or equivalent relevant experience

Tools

Project Management Methodology Certification

Prince

PMP

SAFe

Scrum

Job description

Department Description

Salesforce Professional Services focuses on delivering strategic engagements that define transformational opportunities and articulate clear plans for execution of change programs. We rely on our team’s expertise and specialisms to engage with executive-level customers to agree on specific business goals and actions to ignite the full value of Salesforce.

Our approach considers people, process, and technology — and a successful engagement includes recommendations to the business for change to support deeper, more relevant use of the Salesforce platform.

Are you passionate about Customer Success and would you like to work at the forefront of Digital Innovation at one of the most exciting CRM companies?

Role Description

Salesforce Professional Services is seeking an Engagement Delivery Director who shares our vision of bringing the power of cloud computing to enterprises. Engagement Delivery Directors are driving successful customer outcomes with our implementations and lead and run more complex, enterprise and strategic work.

Your Impact

• Serve as the overall Leader of the programme team and exhibit excellent leadership skills, ensuring strong communication channels, giving clarity, motivation and direction to the team throughout the engagement

• Be the primary customer interface and perform programme (and project management activities where necessary) that ensures adherence to Salesforce methodology and project gates and governance

• Build and lead programme and plans; supervise and review progress and timelines; adjust schedules and plans as needed; ensure on time and on budget delivery of programmes and projects and identify and resolve issues to ensure project success

• Supervise utilisation of resources in alignment with resource allocation and budget. This includes on time entry and approvals for project timesheets

• Facilitate requirements gathering and assist with crafting project deliverables, and Salesforce documentation as needed

• Being an extension to the account team to extend the Salesforce footprint

Basic qualifications

• + 10 years in Programme Management leading complex programmes of work, with direct responsibility for running teams including teams of Project Managers

• Experience and knowledge of managing financial services and / or programmes

• Ownership / experience of Strategic Governance Frameworks and Risk Management

• Proven history of delivering high quality results on schedule and within budget

• Outstanding and effective interpersonal skills; along with strong communication skills both verbal and written.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, high energy, team-oriented environment

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

• Available to be onsite with customers as needed (typically two days per week)

Preferred qualifications

• Project Management Methodology Certification such as Prince, PMP, SAFe, Scrum

• Consulting experience through a system integrator or software vendor

• Experience managing Salesforce implementations
  

Benefits and Perks

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