This position will be worked remotely. Candidate must currently reside in the United States. Candidate must work EST business hours.
Our direct client has an opening for a Salesforce Program Manager position # . This position is for 12+ months, with option of extension, and will be worked remotely.
If you are interested, please submit the following:
- YOUR CURRENT RESUME
- YOUR HOURLY RATE
Below is the job description – Resumes due ASAP
IMPORTANT:
- This is a H IGHLY visible role.
- Candidates MUST have exceptional communication skills and attention to detail.
- Candidates MUST have experience as an established PROGRAM Management - as this resource will be building out the Agile SAFe Practice within the agency.
- Candidates MUST also have the specific experience working as a PROJECT Manager utilizing SAFe practices supporting Salesforce application development projects.
Description:
Responsibilities include:
- Coordinate with key stakeholders to assess and align management, business, and IT resources required to meet requirements and deliverables for medium to large-scale projects within the DHHS salesforce Portfolio.
- Train and Coach agency staff and team members on agile and Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe) practices.
- Develop project plans, with defined timelines, deliverables, etc. to effectively and efficiently meet requirements that insure successful completion of deployments and implementation of IT solutions for program and agency-wide projects.
- Capture and report required program management metrics
- Monitor project milestones to ensure alignment with defined timelines and deliverables.
- Actively manage multiple DHHS program portfolio activities running in parallel.
- Monitor and, where necessary, recommend courses of action for any portfolio project activities that are at risk, deficient, or not compliant with regulations or requirements.
- Schedule, facilitate, and document results of project meetings, work sessions, etc.
- Provide scheduled and ongoing reporting to key stakeholders on project status, milestones, and deliverables.
- Engage key stakeholders when portfolio project deliverables are at risk and recommend courses of action required to mitigate project risk.
- Collaborate with State agencies and DoIT project managers to develop, monitor, and report on various project within the pipeline portfolio.
- Facilitate scrum of scrums across multiple teams working with the same salesforce Organization
Skills and Technologies:
- SalesForce, Agile SCRUM. Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe) Additionally, Copado experience is preferred.
- 5+ years of experience as a Lead Analyst, Admin, or Developer.
- 4 years of experience in Agile and SAFe Methodology.
- 4 years of Program Management experience.
- 4 years of Project management experience.
- 4 years of experience with customer relationship management processes and systems.
- Excellent oral and written comprehension/communication skills.
- Very strong presentation and negotiation skills.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead and prioritize workload to meet deadlines for the team.
- Salesforce Administrator certification required.
Highly Preferred experience:
- Copado, Public Sector Solutions
Required/Desired Skills:
- Established experience as an IT PROGRAM Manager - Required - 4 Years
- IT PROJECT Management experience - Required - 4 Years
- IT PM experience specifically using Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe) Methodology - Required - 4 Years
- IT PM experience with customer relationship management processes and systems - Required - 4 Years
- Exceptional oral and written comprehension/communication skills and attention to detail are CRITICAL for this role - Required - 4 Years
- Experience with Salesforce application development projects - Required - 4 Years
- Salesforce Administrator certification (dates certifications were obtained must be listed on resume) - Required - 4 Years
- Agile SCRUM - Required - 5 Years
- Prior technical experience as a lead analyst, admin, or developer. - Required - 5 Years
- Copado - Highly desired - 3 Years
- Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS) - Desired