Salesforce Project Manager

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Hyderabad, India, India

Salesforce is seeking a Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of global Salesforce implementations using Agile methodologies and AI-enabled delivery practices. The role involves ownership of delivery excellence, financial performance, governance, and stakeholder alignment, with a focus on managing complex programs and scaling delivery impact. The candidate will leverage AI technologies to enhance team efficiency and optimize project delivery cycles.

What you'd actually do

  1. End-to-End Salesforce Delivery & Financial Ownership: Own the complete Salesforce delivery lifecycle, managing scope, timelines, risks, resourcing, and dependencies while ensuring high-quality outcomes and protecting Sold vs. Delivered margins.
  2. Agile Delivery Leadership: Lead Agile delivery using frameworks such as Scrum and SAFe, driving sprint execution, backlog prioritisation, delivery predictability, and high-performing cross-functional Salesforce teams.
  3. Program Planning & Roadmap Management: Develop and manage integrated project plans and delivery roadmaps, ensuring transparent progress reporting, risk visibility, and dependency management across the engagement lifecycle.
  4. Stakeholder & Executive Management: Drive stakeholder alignment through effective communication, executive reporting, governance forums, and proactive escalation management in complex, global environments.
  5. Quality Governance & Delivery Excellence: Establish and enforce delivery governance, standards, and best practices, ensuring compliance, quality benchmarks, and continuous improvement across projects.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of total experience in the IT industry, with 5+ years delivering Salesforce projects
  • Proven experience managing Salesforce implementations across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud and/or Industry clouds
  • Strong understanding of the Salesforce delivery lifecycle
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, confidently, and assertively with senior stakeholders and executives
  • Salesforce Certifications (any one): Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, Experience Cloud Consultant
  • Project / Agile Management Certification (any one): PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, PRINCE2, CSM, or PSM
  • Hands-on experience with project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps (ADO), MS Project, Smartsheets, Google Workspace
  • Awareness and practical exposure to AI-enabled delivery tools (e.g., Gemini, Notebook LM) and an Agentic Delivery mindset
  • Willingness to travel on a need basis

Nice to have

  • Experience delivering Salesforce projects in Financial Services, Consumer Goods, Healthcare, or Life Sciences domain(s)
  • Exposure to MuleSoft, Salesforce Data Cloud, or related integration and data platforms
  • Salesforce Agentforce Specialist or Legend certifications, with experience managing Agentforce-enabled projects

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-enabled delivery practices
  • AI-driven productivity enhancement
  • Agentic Delivery mindset