Salesforce Delivery Lead

Salesforce Delivery Lead The successful candidate will be known as an expert internally and externally. Using technical expertise, business acumen and fluid communication skills to translate the possible into reality. The candidate will be able to design solutions that span multiple platforms and include integration and authentication across systems; articulate design considerations, trade-offs, benefits, and recommendations. Ability to manage the architecture solution implementation and build trusted relationship with clients. The Delivery Lead will have support from the Global Delivery Group as well as from local support resources provided by the global team. We can hire for this role anywhere in the US, as long as you are located near an office. Typical Day Snapshot: Lead Salesforce.com implementation engagement and provide engagement leadership Assess engagement performance, risks, issues and impact on solution and service delivery commitments, client relationships, etc. Own development of plan to review and manage client expectations throughout delivery and ensure the values we are delivering are in line with client expectations. Create an integrated project plan from the individual project plans, showing the high-level flow of project milestones and dependencies across projects. Use the plan to rebalance work and manage variances across projects. Lead business and functional requirements definition and prioritization/scoping of requirements Monitor and control the quality management process, manage expectations, conduct milestone reviews, manage process performance, conduct continuous improvement and causal analysis activities. Monitor all issues that affect the team, project, or program and potential risks. Manage program/project's financial, resource strategy and contingency Disseminate best practices on solution positioning and delivery Build and maintain high performance teams Support pre-sales activities inclusive of participating in sales calls and proposal development Basic Qualifications: A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in project management, business analysis, and technology implementation in full life-cycle Cloud/CRM engagements A minimum of 3 years of experience in Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS) and Salesforce.com, either through work at industry participants or consulting to the industry. A minimum of 3 years' experience in Cloud Computing project implementation – Well rounded in both functional and technical aspects of a CRM engagement A minimum of 2 years of experience leading teams Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associates Degree, must have minimum 6 years' work experience) Preferred Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills Ability to adapt to dynamic work environment and be creative within a team Customer oriented and great at building client relationships Strong background in Cloud Computing solutions Previous experience in leading up an Application Functional team (Configuration, customization, Force.com development) or Application Integration team (including data integration/data modeling) Consulting experience with medium to large consulting firms focusing on cloud computing related consulting (solution architecture, storage, SaaS, multi-tenant computing, large scale computing environments, etc). Experience managing multi-shore projects PMP and other project management certification preferred Salesforce.com and other cloud platform certifications Very strong work ethic with a customer service focus (high intensity) 5+ years of consulting experience preferred; executive level sales support experience in consulting/professional services Professional Skill Requirements: Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment. Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment Desire to work in an information systems environment. Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. Excellent leadership and management skills. ClifyX