Project Manager/Sr. Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager/Sr. Consultant to lead Salesforce-focused initiatives for clients in Glendale, California. This Long-term Contract position will guide projects from discovery through deployment and post-launch support, ensuring delivery stays aligned with business goals, timelines, and quality expectations. The role partners closely with client stakeholders and cross-functional teams to keep work organized, transparent, and moving forward across complex implementation and enhancement efforts.

Responsibilities:
• Direct Salesforce engagements from initial planning through launch and ongoing support, covering new implementations, system enhancements, integrations, and data-related initiatives.
• Build and maintain delivery plans by defining scope, setting milestones, coordinating resources, and monitoring progress against agreed timelines and commitments.
• Work closely with architects, developers, analysts, quality teams, DevOps professionals, and business stakeholders to keep execution aligned across all workstreams.
• Lead discovery meetings, process reviews, and working sessions to clarify needs, identify gaps, and convert business priorities into actionable delivery roadmaps.
• Select and manage the appropriate delivery approach, whether Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or a blended model, based on project demands and stakeholder expectations.
• Run key project ceremonies and governance activities, including sprint planning, daily check-ins, backlog reviews, status updates, retrospectives, and release preparation meetings.
• Monitor risks, issues, dependencies, budget considerations, and escalations, and take timely action to protect scope, schedule, and overall project health.
• Oversee testing, defect follow-up, release readiness, deployment coordination, data migration validation, and post-go-live support planning to enable successful production outcomes.
• Maintain clear project documentation such as plans, logs, meeting summaries, status reports, release notes, and closure materials while driving continuous improvement through lessons learned.• Demonstrated experience managing Salesforce projects involving implementation, enhancement, integration, support, or migration activities.
• Strong background in IT project management with the ability to lead multiple workstreams and coordinate cross-functional delivery teams.
• Hands-on knowledge of Agile Scrum practices and experience facilitating structured project ceremonies and team collaboration.
• Proficiency with Atlassian Jira for planning, tracking progress, managing backlogs, and reporting project status.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, executive stakeholders, technical teams, and business partners in fast-moving environments.
• Skill in handling project risks, issue resolution, dependency management, and stakeholder escalation processes.
• PMP Certification is preferred or strongly valued for this role.