Recruiting Project Sr. Manager/Manager

Salesforce; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Care

Life Insurance

Retirement Savings

Employee Assistance Programs

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Project Manager to lead Recruiting Transformation initiatives. You will translate program-level strategy into scoped plans, milestones, and deliverables in partnership with program leads and cross-functional stakeholders.

The role requires strong PM fundamentals, superb communication, and the ability to manage multiple moderate-to-high complexity projects across business and technical teams. This is a contract position with on-site work in Chicago.

Qualifications

• Formal project management training/education.
• Professional project management certification (PMP, CAPM, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day planning and execution of Recruiting Transformation projects with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Manage multiple moderate-to-high complexity projects across business and technical teams.
• Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and RAID logs; identify and mitigate risks.
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and manage dependencies to keep deliverables on time.
• Interact daily with development, support, and global process owners to shape program plans.
• Track and report project status, metrics, and health (RAG) to stakeholders.
• Own project documentation: charters, status reports, meeting notes, decision logs.
• Drive clear communication and support change management for project rollouts.
• Facilitate meetings and drive decisions; provide leadership to project teams.
• Conduct post-project reviews and prepare presentations for leaders.

Skills

Project management

Planning & scheduling

Agile & Waterfall

Recruiting familiarity

Communication

Critical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Influencing & negotiation

Metrics tracking

PM training

PM certification

Education

Project management training

PMP/CAPM certification

Job description

Who you are

• Proven experience managing projects from initiation through close-out, including scope, schedule, risk, and quality management
• Expert project management skills across planning, capacity planning, and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) and tools
• Familiarity with recruiting/talent acquisition processes and systems (e.g., ATS platforms, sourcing, interview lifecycle) strongly preferred; prior experience supporting or working within a Recruiting or Talent function is a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including active listening and sound judgment for different audiences; comfortable presenting to senior-level stakeholders and sponsors
• Strong critical-thinking skills — able to break down ambiguous, cross-functional problems into structured plans; comfortable with ambiguity and motivated to solve complex, fast-moving problems
• Ability to quickly build close working relationships and work effectively with virtual and global cross-functional teams of varying backgrounds and seniority
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills, with demonstrated leadership experience on large, complex projects
• Experience with data gathering, tracking metrics, and translating data into status insights and recommendations
• Formal project management training/education
• Professional project management certification (e.g., PMP, CAPM, or similar)

What the job involves

• We're looking for a Project Manager to lead day-to-day planning and execution of Recruiting Transformation projects — turning program-level strategy into scoped plans, milestones, and delivered outcomes, in close partnership with program leads and cross-functional stakeholders
• This role requires strong project management fundamentals, excellent communication, and the ability to manage multiple moderate-to-high complexity projects across business and technical teams
• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of assigned Recruiting Transformation projects: define scope, milestones, dependencies, resourcing, and success criteria; own the project plan, schedule, issues, and risks — managing multiple concurrent projects of moderate-to-high complexity across business areas and owners
• Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and RAID logs; proactively identify and mitigate risks, and manage project intake, prioritization, and change control, ensuring scope changes are documented, assessed for impact, and approved
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams (SMEs, Optimization, Compliance, Enablement) and manage dependencies with other teams and business functions to keep deliverables on time, in scope, and on budget
• Interact daily with development, support, and cross-functional business teams and global process owners to shape program plans and schedules and ensure smooth delivery of solutions and deliverables
• Track and report project status, metrics, and health (RAG status) to stakeholders and leadership on a regular cadence
• Own project documentation: charters, status reports, meeting notes, decision logs, and process/change-management artifacts
• Drive clear, consistent communication across teams and stakeholders — status updates, escalations, and readouts — and support change management and enablement planning for project rollouts, including stakeholder socialization
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and reviews; drive decisions and follow-through on action items, and provide leadership to local and virtual project teams, building a collaborative, productive environment
• Conduct post-project reviews/retrospectives to capture lessons learned, and assist in developing/delivering presentations and status readouts for leaders and senior executives
• This is contract position

Benefits

• Medical Care
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings
• Employee Assistance Programs
• With 9 standard holidays and four floating holidays, you get a total 13 paid days off each year