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 owning delivery excellence, financial performance, governance, and stakeholder alignment, with a focus on driving Enterprise AI Architecture frameworks and championing an AI-First Delivery methodology. The candidate will manage complex programs, protect project margins, and scale delivery impact, utilizing AI tools to optimize schedules and boost team capacity.

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. Drive Enterprise AI Architecture frameworks from a delivery standpoint, establishing clear project tracking milestones for predictive and generative AI workstreams while managing downstream environment and data dependencies
  5. Stakeholder & Executive Management: Drive stakeholder alignment through effective communication, executive reporting, governance forums, and proactive escalation management in complex, global environments.

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, with the ability to collaborate effectively with Architects and Technical Leads (hands-on configuration is not required).
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, confidently, and assertively with senior stakeholders and executives.
  • Salesforce Certifications (any one): Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, or 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, Claude) and an Agentic Delivery mindset.

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.
  • Familiarity with Agentforce use cases or related Specialist certifications, with a foundational understanding of how to scope, track, and manage digital agent-enabled projects.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-enabled delivery practices
  • Agentic Delivery mindset
  • AI-First Delivery & Engineering methodology
  • AI-Driven Productivity Enhancement