Salesforce CRM Project Manager

Salesforce CRM Project Manager required to join a leading global end user currently deploying a new Salesforce CRM Service Cloud and Marketing solution in Europe. The role offers excellent rates and a lot of remote work during the course of a 9 month contract. Based in Switzerland.

Full time role with 4 days per week onsite initially then reduced to 2 monthly visits for the duration of the contract.

Salesforce CRM Project Manager key deliverables;

- Work closely with business representatives to define the CRM technology landscape to get the best technology to support growth with an ROI centric approach
- Plan and execute the CRM technology roadmap within the overall technology framework. This may include multiple projects running in parallel
- Contribute to design the solution to meet the business requirements and to define the architecture of integration with other systems, such as retail platforms, E-commerce platforms, Marketing automation tools
- Communicate and collaborate with technical staff and executive and management stakeholders regarding status, technical issues and solutions
- Ultimately deliver successfully on new application features and enhancements
- Manage relationship with key third party suppliers both on product roadmap and on technical daily management
- Once solutions are delivered:
- Oversee and manage application life cycle and product functionality, ensuring at all times that the business users will take the most out of the implemented investments
- Facilitate and propose continuous improvement within the environment
- Promote adoption of best practices and standardized procedures across brands
- Apply skills to respond to business challenges and technical issues with solutions and/or work arounds.

Salesforce CRM Project Manager key skills

- Subject matter expert in Salesforce CRM Service cloud and Marketing cloud
- Proven experience delivering Salesforce CRM initiatives as a Project Manager
- Ability to manage external vendors, push back, quality assurance
- Possess strong knowledge of integration between multiple applications, E-commerce, mobile applications
- Experience with API programming a plus
- broad technical background comprising a variety of technologies, with any past or present programming ability a plus
- Proven knowledge of project management methodologies application, ideally of Agile and Continuous delivery frameworks
- Should have previous hands on expertise on Salesforce Service Cloud and Marketing Cloud, including ability to perform some configuration tasks such as field/page updates, workflows, automated approvals and train others in performing these tasks, but will not be required to deliver configuration
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in a distributed and highly virtual environment
- Good organizational skills: ability to prioritize tasks, manage parallel tasks and switch quickly from one topic to another, able to prioritize tasks effectively
- Business acumen to support business decision and work with senior business leaders
- Self-managing and self-motivating: solving problems with limited supervision and with a high degree of success, seeking out consensus and issue resolution actively
- Resistance to fast pace and high demand environment
- Clear concise communication in English

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