Salesforce Project Manager at Cognizant in Boston, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Responsibilities:
•    Effectively collaborate with project team and client resources on technical consultative services during the duration of a delivery engagement

•    Prepare Project Plan and execute the project within Time, Cost and Resource constraint

•    Program Planning, status tracking & Monitoring of critical issues/risks across Salesforce.com projects

•    Participate in Design Authority and Architecture review meetings with Clients and Salesforce Architects

•    Work with other Salesforce Service Providers for ensuring alignment with Global COE standards.

•    Communication and Stake Holder Management at Program level

•    Ensure overall program success by adhering with CoE goal

•    Coordinate with respective Client teams for project specific escalated and critical issues

Required Qualifications:
•    At least 13 years of experience in Information Technology 

•    At least 10 years of related experience including leading an organization through a CRM transition

•    Project experience required including at least 6 years of project management experience in SFDC Program Management or SFDC Solution Design experience

•    Expertise in Project Management (includes issue/risk/escalation management, quality assurance, stakeholder management),

•    Must have Salesforce knowledge on Configuration, Customization & Integration experience in SFDC Service Cloud

•    Experience with delivering programs using various project management styles but with recent experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

•    Must have excellent oral and written communication, presenting, meeting facilitation, negotiation, decision making, and problem solving skills

•    Experience defining business requirements, writing user stories, and providing detailed system and functional designs

•    SFDC Integration experience

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Salesforce certification

•    Other certifications in project methodology

•    An advanced degree is preferred.