Senior Salesforce Programme Manager

Project Manager Jobs; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Manager Jobs in Manchester is seeking a senior Programme Manager to own a critical Salesforce migration. The role focuses on data migration, cutover planning and business readiness to ensure a February go-live.

You’ll manage workstream leads, engage with board-level stakeholders and shape a governance plan for phase two and hypercare. The role is hybrid with 2-3 days on-site in Manchester, designed for delivery certainty and robust governance across the programme lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Programme Manager owning delivery of a Salesforce implementation or CRM migration.
• Experience taking over a programme in difficulty and bringing it back under control.
• Strong grasp of data migration, cutover planning and go-live risk.
• Experience of business readiness: training, comms and change management.
• Comfortable managing workstream owners and working with senior stakeholders up to board level.
• Outside IR35, with clearly defined deliverables.
• 3-6 months initially, go-live in February; phase two and hypercare planning.
• Hybrid working: 2-3 days on-site in Manchester; some flexibility for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of a programme that’s behind schedule and bringing structure, grip and confidence to it.
• Managing the data migration workstream lead and keeping the migration plan on track.
• Creating and owning the cutover plan, which currently has no defined owner.
• Owning business readiness (training, communications and change) and coordinating small teams.
• Ensuring readiness for a February go-live and driving the UAT to a clean close.
• Scoping and sizing any descoped work into a phase two and hypercare plan.
• Supporting reshaping of the wider technology function for post-go-live handover.

Skills

Programme Mgmt

Salesforce CRM

Data migration

Cutover planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Change management

Job description

A trusted pair of hands to land a delayed Salesforce migration.

A Manchester-based business is in the final stretch of a migration from Dynamics to Salesforce. Around 250 users are already across, testing is nearly complete, and go-live is targeted for February. The programme has run late and the board wants a credible, experienced Programme Manager to own it over the line and manage the highest-risk period: data migration and cutover.

This is a senior, accountable role. You’ll own the programme plan, manage the workstream leads, and be the person the board can rely on.

What you’ll be doing:

• Taking ownership of a programme that’s behind schedule and bringing structure, grip and confidence to it
• Managing the data migration workstream lead and keeping the migration plan on track
• Creating and owning the cutover plan, which currently has no defined owner
• Owning business readiness (training, communications and change), pulling together the small teams currently covering these areas
• Making sure technical and business readiness are both in place for a February go-live
• Picking up the tail end of UAT and driving it to a clean close
• Scoping and sizing any descoped or deprioritised work into a clear phase two and hypercare plan
• Supporting the reshaping of the wider technology function, so post-go-live work is handed to the right people

What matters:

• Proven experience as a Programme Manager owning delivery of a Salesforce implementation or CRM migration
• Experience taking over a programme in difficulty and bringing it back under control
• Strong grasp of data migration, cutover planning and go-live risk
• Experience of business readiness: training, comms and change management
• Comfortable managing workstream owners and working with senior stakeholders up to board level
• A calm, credible presence and a track record as a safe pair of hands
• Outside IR35, with clearly defined deliverables
• 3-6 months initially, with go-live in February and a further phase of phase two and hypercare planning
• Hybrid, with 2-3 days a week on-site in Manchester (some flexibility for the right candidate)