Role: Project Manager
Location: Remote
Duration: 5 Months Contract
 
Notes from HM
Overview of what a day for this contractor will look like.

• As a Project Manager supporting client's Innovation Center, you'll spend your day driving technology transformation projects that impact teams across the business.
• You'll start by checking in with cross-functional stakeholders—ranging from developers and QA to business analysts and process owners—aligning on project timelines, risks, and dependencies.
• From there, you'll update and manage project plans, monitor delivery progress, and ensure features or initiatives stay on track. Expect to balance multiple projects at once, each with moderate-to-high complexity, and proactively identify roadblocks while keeping stakeholders informed.
• You'll also partner with Business and IT leaders to scope and roadmap future initiatives, ensuring business goals translate into actionable technical solutions.
• Throughout the day, you'll provide clear communication and leadership, create a collaborative environment for global teams, and ensure deliverables meet expectations for quality, schedule, and budget.

 Must haves

• Project management
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills
• Presenting to senior level project stakeholders

 Preferred Skills Rank wise

• Salesforce and Slack basic skills
• Salesforce lifecycle and/or feature releases

 Teachable skills:

• Salesforce Innovation Center specifics

 Optional skills:

• Agile methodologies and principles
• Background in business process analysis, requirements, design and quality;

 Responsibilities

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills, leadership and judgment;
• Quickly understand project scope, objectives and requirements(already defined and in motion), and will own the project plan, schedule, vendor management, issues and risks;
• Manage the delivery of multiple features/projects concurrently that have moderate to high levels of business or technical complexity and risk, and that involve multiple business areas and owners;
• Manage dependencies and impacts with other teams and business functions;
• Be accountable to ensure project commitments and deliverables are met;
• Interact daily with development teams, quality engineering, business analysts, product managers, support teams, cross-functional business teams and global process owners to develop the overall program plans, schedules and ensure the smooth delivery of the business solution and all deliverables;
• Work is reviewed and measured based on attainment of objectives and overall success of projects;
• Business expectations and ensure client satisfaction with delivery to schedule and budget;
• Provide global and cross-functional leadership to local and virtual project teams, building a collaborative and productive environment for teams to excel in.

 Skills

• Project management and information systems software development lifecycle experience;
• Experience in managing Salesforce lifecycle and/or feature releases
• Knowledge of business applications and business process optimization, with a focus on Salesforce and Slack
• Expert project management skills, specifically communication skills, project planning, risk management and capacity planning;
• Experience with Agile methodologies and principles;
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt in a dynamic environment;
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills including receptive listening skills and ability to present complex ideas in a concise and objective manner;
• Comfortable and experienced in presenting to senior level project stakeholders and sponsors as well as to large audiences;
• Excellent team player able to work with virtual and global cross functional teams;
• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills;
• Ability to work with deadlines and in a fast paced environment;
• Has demonstrated clear leadership skills and experience working with large, complex projects;
• Formal project management training and education.

 Desired skills

• Professional project management credentials (such as PMP).
• Advanced negotiation and presentation skills;
• Knowledge of on-demand web applications, web services APIs and various integration technologies is a plus;
• Background in business process analysis, requirements, design and quality;
• Experience in business partner relationship, business value scorecards and portfolio management.

 Years of Experience:
How many years of experience would you consider overqualified? 10
How many years of experience would you consider underqualified? 1
  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 70.00/hr.