Senior IT Project Manager - Application Rationalization & Salesforce Transition

Company Description Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services, IT Staffing, Business/IT Strategy, Business Process Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, and Enterprise Transformation. Job Role: Senior IT Project Manager - Application Rationalization & Salesforce Transition Job Location: Washington, DC (Remote - Quarterly travel required for PI Planning (Washington, D.C. or Wilmington, DE) Job Type: Contract

JOB SUMMARY

Position Summary Our client is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead a complex, multi-year application rationalization and modernization program involving three existing Salesforce applications: SPARTN, Watch List, and DAG. The selected candidate will lead the initiatives from current-state assessment and requirements gathering through platform evaluation, solution selection, implementation, data migration, testing, deployment, and transition to operations. This role requires strong project leadership, Salesforce knowledge, financial management, cross-functional coordination, and executive-level communication skills. Key Responsibilities Program & Project Leadership Lead application rationalization initiatives for SPARTN, Watch List, and DAG from requirements definition through platform selection, implementation, migration, deployment, and operational transition. Manage multiple related projects, applications, and workstreams concurrently within a multi-year program. Develop and maintain an integrated roadmap covering requirements, solution evaluation, procurement, implementation, data migration, integrations, testing, security, training, deployment, and operational transition. Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, issues, assumptions, decisions, resources, dependencies, and deliverables. Develop mitigation and recovery plans for scope, schedule, budget, resource, vendor, and technical risks. Proactively identify issues, challenge assumptions, drive decisions, and ensure action items are completed. Application Rationalization & Salesforce Transition Assess existing Salesforce applications and document functionality, integrations, data, workflows, reporting, security, user groups, and operational dependencies. Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions with business, operational, technical, and safety stakeholders. Identify capabilities to retain, improve, replace, consolidate, or retire. Partner with Architecture and Digital Technology teams to evaluate internal platforms and commercial replacement solutions. Coordinate solution and vendor evaluations based on functional fit, technical compatibility, cybersecurity, integrations, scalability, supportability, implementation complexity, cost, and long-term value. Ensure future-state solutions address data migration, data quality, retention, integrations, security, testing, reporting, user adoption, cutover, and legacy-system retirement. Maintain traceability from current-state functionality and approved requirements through design, development, testing, and implementation. Cross-Functional Technology Coordination Lead and coordinate Salesforce architects, enterprise architects, developers, cybersecurity teams, business analysts, data/integration specialists, quality-control teams, technical leads, and third-party vendors. Translate business and operational needs into defined technical workstreams and measurable deliverables. Manage dependencies and communication across the Digital Technology organization. Establish clear accountability for decisions, action items, deliverables, approvals, risks, and handoffs. Ensure technical teams and vendors remain aligned with approved scope, priorities, timelines, budgets, and architectural standards. Communicate technical issues and solution options effectively to technical and nontechnical stakeholders. Project Governance & Documentation Develop and maintain project documentation and governance artifacts required by formal system-development and project-delivery methodologies. Prepare projects for formal reviews, approvals, and quality gates. Ensure PMO processes, documentation standards, and reporting requirements are followed. Maintain detailed project plans, status reports, risk and issue logs, decision logs, action-item trackers, dependency logs, financial reports, and executive dashboards. Escalate material risks, financial variances, resource constraints, technical concerns, and leadership decisions as appropriate. Financial Management Develop and maintain detailed project financial forecasts covering internal/external labor, vendors, software licensing, infrastructure, platform acquisition, implementation costs, and other project expenses. Manage monthly and quarterly actuals, commitments, invoices, accruals, forecast updates, and budget variances. Maintain monthly financial forecast accuracy within approximately ±5%. Calculate and explain actual-to-forecast and forecast-to-budget variances. Ensure project financial information is accurate, current, documented, and aligned with delivery plans. Provide financial reporting to Safety & Security leadership, Digital Technology executives, Finance, Enterprise PMO, and the Value Management Office. Stakeholder Communication & Reporting Provide weekly and monthly project status reports, dashboards, executive summaries, financial updates, risk reports, and decision requests. Communicate effectively with technical teams, operational users, vendors, PMO leadership, Finance, the Value Management Office, and senior executives. Facilitate requirements workshops, technical discussions, vendor sessions, governance reviews, and executive briefings. Present complex technical, financial, and delivery information clearly and in a decision-oriented manner. Build strong stakeholder relationships through transparency, responsiveness, preparation, and consistent follow-through. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree. PMP certification. 10+ years of progressive IT project management experience. Proven experience leading complex enterprise application development, modernization, migration, replacement, or rationalization initiatives. Direct experience managing Salesforce projects with a strong understanding of the Salesforce application environment. Sufficient functional and technical Salesforce knowledge to effectively direct architects, developers, integration teams, data-migration teams, cybersecurity professionals, and vendors. Experience managing the complete application-rationalization lifecycle, including: Current-state assessment Requirements gathering Platform evaluation Solution selection Data migration Integrations Testing Deployment User adoption Legacy-system retirement Experience managing multiple applications, projects, or workstreams simultaneously. Experience working within formal system-development and project-governance methodologies involving documentation, approvals, executive reporting, and quality gates. Strong project financial-management experience, including forecasting, actuals, accruals, variance analysis, vendor costs, and budget reporting. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams spanning Architecture, Cybersecurity, Development, Quality Control, business operations, vendors, and executive leadership. Preferred Qualifications Experience leading a Salesforce-to-non-Salesforce platform transition. Experience evaluating internal platforms and commercial software products as replacement solutions. Experience managing large, multi-application, multi-year modernization or rationalization programs. Strong understanding of Salesforce data models, integrations, workflows, reporting, security, environments, and migration considerations. Experience developing RFIs, RFPs, vendor-evaluation criteria, scoring models, business cases, or total-cost-of-ownership analyses. Lumen Solutions Group Inc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any legally protected status. Lumen Solutions Group, Inc.