Senior Salesforce Project Manager

Senior Salesforce Project Manager

AArete is one-of-a-kind when it comes to consulting firm culture.

We’re a global, innovative management and technology consulting firm with offices in the U.S., India, and Europe. Our name comes from the Greek word for excellence: “Areté.”   And excellence is exactly what we strive for.

We’re celebrating our fourth year as one of Forbes’ World’s Best Management Consulting Firms – and our success starts with our people. From robust career development planning to competitive life and wellness benefits, AArete’s “Culture of Care” takes a holistic approach to the employee experience.

AAretians (our team members) are leaders at every level. You are encouraged to unlock your full potential by directly contributing to our mission and prioritizing personal development and fulfillment.

The Role

We are seeking a Salesforce Project Manager with a focus on Digital Transformation to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will support client engagements focused on leveraging Salesforce to optimize business processes, enhance constituent experiences, and modernize legacy systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to analyze, design, and implement Salesforce solutions that deliver client needs and support the continued growth of our Salesforce practice and digital transformation strategy.

Work You’ll Do

Lead end to end Salesforce implementation programs, managing business, technical, data, integration, testing, training, deployment, and post go live activities

Manage complex Salesforce projects across multiple concurrent workstreams while maintaining project scope, timeline, budget, quality, and client expectations

Partner with business stakeholders, Salesforce architects, developers, QA teams, integration teams, and third-party vendors to deliver scalable Salesforce solutions that support digital transformation initiatives

Own integrated project plans, sprint schedules, RAID logs, dependency tracking, executive status reporting, and delivery governance

Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives while driving accountability across cross functional teams

Manage Salesforce delivery across configuration, custom development, integrations, release management, user acceptance testing, and deployment planning

Identify delivery risks, scope changes, resource constraints, and project dependencies, developing mitigation strategies and escalating issues appropriately

Coordinate onshore and offshore delivery teams, ensuring clear priorities, communication, and execution across distributed resources

Partner with client leadership and AArete delivery teams to support project governance, executive communications, change control, and budget management

Support business development efforts through solution planning, level of effort estimation, proposal support, and Salesforce practice development

Other duties as assigned

Requirements

7 + years of experience as a Project Manager, with a focus on digital transformation and Salesforce implementations

Strong understanding of the Salesforce platform and ecosystem, including Health Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Sales Cloud, integrations, and custom development

Experience managing Salesforce delivery through discovery, design, configuration, development, testing, deployment, and postproduction support

Demonstrated experience leading Agile delivery teams and managing project plans, sprint execution, risks, dependencies, budgets, and executive communications

Experience coordinating cross functional teams including architects, developers, business analysts, QA engineers, data teams, integration teams, and third-party vendors

Strong client facing consulting experience with the ability to manage executive stakeholders and communicate technical concepts to business audiences

Bachelor's degree in business , Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Willingness to engage in direct client interaction, including travel to client locations

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship

Preferred Requirements

Technical certifications in relevant platforms or disciplines

Healthcare payer or health plan implementation experience

Experience leading Salesforce Health Cloud implementations

Based in Chicago, IL and flexible to work from our Chicago office as needed

Compensation & Benefits

Flexible PTO, monthly half-day refuels, volunteer time off, 10 paid holidays

Own Your Day flexible work policy

Competitive majority employer-paid benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match

Generous paid parental leave options

Employer-paid Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability

Charitable contribution matching program

New client commission opportunities and referral bonus program

Bike share discount program

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