Engagement Delivery Manager

Salesforce; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce in the United Kingdom is seeking a Delivery Project Manager to lead enterprise CRM implementations. You will create and govern project plans, drive on-time, on-budget delivery, and manage cross-functional teams.

Strong Salesforce experience, stakeholder engagement, and governance adherence are essential for success. Responsibilities include requirements gathering, design collaboration with architects and developers, and end-to-end project planning, including QA/UAT.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in project management leading enterprise-scale CRM projects.
• Salesforce experience is required.
• Experience leading project teams, budget and schedule.
• Ability to manage Director+ level internal and external project stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication; ability to coordinate with remote teams.
• Ability to lead both small and enterprise-wide engagements, facilitate meetings.
• Mentoring teams of junior members and proactively manage project risks.
• Ability to weigh business and technical requirements; produce project plans and estimates.
• Proactive risk management and governance adherence.
• Willingness to travel for client engagements.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage project plans; monitor and review project progress and timelines; adjust schedules as needed; identify and resolve issues to ensure project success.
• Ensure on time and on budget delivery of projects; adhere to gates and governance during execution.
• Track resources and budget; manage timesheets and approvals.
• Manage day-to-day execution of project implementations; plan, track, and document status.
• Handle scope changes; deliver on time and within budget.
• Lead one or two large projects or several small to medium ones.
• Interface with client; uphold Salesforce methodologies and governance.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and create project deliverables; design docs with architects and developers.
• Adopt a standardized development lifecycle; identify opportunities to leverage Salesforce technologies.
• Facilitate client and team reviews; manage end-to-end implementation planning; coordinate QA/UAT.

Skills

Project management

Salesforce experience

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Meeting facilitation

Mentoring

Requirements analysis

Risk management

Adaptability

Travel flexibility

SCRUM Master

PM certifications (Prince2/APM/PMP)

Salesforce certification(s)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and/or Information Technology

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Customer Success

Job Details

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Delivery Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Create and manage project plans; monitor and review project progress and timelines; adjust schedules and plans as needed; and identify and resolve issues to ensure project success.
• Ensure on time and on budget delivery of projects while also ensuring that project gates and governance are properly adhered to during the execution of the project.
• Track utilization of project resources and manage this against the resource allocation and budget. This includes on time entry and approvals for project timesheets.
• Manage day-to-day execution of project implementations. Assist with the planning, tracking, documentation and status updates for the project.
• Manage scope changes and ensure the project is delivered on time and within budget.
• Able to manage one or two large projects or a couple of small to medium sized.

interrelated projects requiring complex cross-functional collaboration and management at the program level.

• During a project, be the primary customer interface and perform project management activities that ensures adherence to Salesforce and internal methodology and project gates and governance.
• Exercise solid project leadership skills combined with strong business acumen and in-depth analytical skills.
• Facilitate requirements gathering and assist with the creation of project deliverables, as needed.
• Facilitate and own the creation of Salesforce technical design documents for complex projects, by interfacing with Technical Architects and Developers, as needed.
• Adopt a standardized development lifecycle methodology for all projects.
• Identify opportunities to leverage all Salesforce technologies.
• Facilitate review sessions with the client and your team.
• Participate in end-to-end implementation planning including project management, issue management, communication and change management.
• As necessary, write and review QA and UAT test scripts.
• Manage UAT with end users including coordination and user acceptance sign-off.
• Leverage business knowledge and expertise to drive business process improvements.
• Establish and maintain trusted advisor relationships with client project stakeholders by providing vision and future product roadmapping.
• Have difficult conversations regarding budget, resources and timeline and formally capture and communicate outcomes of those meetings.
• Responsible for all project deliverables, reviewing those deliverables prepared by the team prior to submission to the client-
• Identifies and manages project risk.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years experience in project management role leading enterprise-scale CRM projects
• Salesforce experience is required
• Demonstrated project leadership skills with direct responsibility for managing project teams, budget and schedule against a customer or vendor contract
• Demonstrated ability to manage Director+ level internal and external project
• Outstanding and effective interpersonal skills; along with strong communication skills both verbal and written; ability to manage and communicate with remote teams during non-traditional business hours
• Ability to lead both small and enterprise-wide engagements, facilitate meetings,
• mentoring teams of junior team members, and proactively manage project risks
• Ability to weigh business and technical requirements to identify dependencies, produce project plans and estimates
• Ability to proactively identify and manage project risks
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, high energy, team-oriented environment
• Ability to multi-task and perform effectively under pressure
• Must be able to travel
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and/or Information Technology or
• equivalent experience
• Agile SCRUM Master Certification
• Project Management Certification i.e. Prince2, APM or PMP
• Salesforce Certifications (Admin, Sales, Service, Marketing, etc.) preferred but not necessary

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES

• COMPOSURE: Strong customer-facing communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to support complex engagements
• EXPERTISE: Working knowledge of industry best practices and implementation
• experience of the salesforce product suite
• CREDIBILITY: Able to interact with various levels of an organization both technical and non-technical to discuss comprehensive solutions
• CONSULTATIVE: Able to lead high powered workshops and effectively tailor messaging based on the audience and subject matter
• WILLINGNESS: Able to analyze customer issues, articulate comprehensive solutions, and craft a plan of action
• LEARNER: Has a passion for continued education in new technologies and complex business and technical concepts
• PASSION: Passionate about Customer Success and a great listener
• URGENCY: Ability to move fast and drive business value and results
• TRUST: Ability to earn the trust of the stakeholders

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