Community CloudForce.comLightningSales CloudSalesforceService Cloud
Preferred qualifications
CertificationsProject Management Professional
Original posting
The core function of this role is to develop and manage the full development and implementation lifecycle, including scope, timeline, resources, deliverables, issues, and escalations, while continually managing client expectations.
You will collaborate with project leadership to bring thought leadership and the full force of FormativGroup to client engagements.
In this role, you will lead end-to-end Salesforce projects across the SDLC or Agile lifecycle, serve as a primary client contact, collaborate with cross-functional teams on solution strategy, and support hands-on delivery as needed.
We're anticipating future openings and are connecting now with great talent who'd like to be considered when the time comes.
What You'll Work On
In this role, you will:
Manage end-to-end Salesforce projects, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and deliverables across the SDLC or Agile lifecycle.
Lead day-to-day project execution and ensure adherence to delivery standards, requirements processes, solutioning best practices, and continuous improvement.
Monitor progress and financials; create status reports; track risks, issues, and impediments; develop mitigation plans; and escalate when needed.
Serve as the primary client contact to build strong relationships, facilitate meetings, gather requirements, and deliver presentations, prototypes, and status updates.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define functional and technical approaches, validate solution strategy, and ensure high-quality Salesforce delivery.
Support hands-on delivery as needed, including Salesforce configuration, data loads, and review of team deliverables.
Participate in pre-sales activities such as scoping, estimating, building proofs of concept (POCs), and creating case studies or success stories.
Mentor and guide project team members, including offshore resources, while meeting company utilization and project performance expectations.
What You'll Bring
You will likely be successful in this role if you have:
5+ years as a Technical Project Manager within Salesforce consulting, leading large multi-cloud, multi-integration, multi-workstream projects.
5+ years of Agile software delivery experience in Project, Product, or Program Management across full product, software, and testing lifecycles.
Proven leadership of Salesforce delivery teams, including onshore/offshore models, remote teams, and delivery against scope, schedule, and commitments.
Strong technical solutioning experience across scoping, estimation, planning, execution, and tracking of complex Salesforce initiatives.
Demonstrated expertise in Agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, and Lean.
Ability to assess and optimize cross-functional business processes and manage key stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to present complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and adapt to new domain requirements.
Hands-on experience implementing Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Community Cloud, Lightning, and the Force.com platform.
How You Work
You manage client expectations throughout delivery and address risks, issues, impediments, and escalations proactively.
You build strong client relationships and are comfortable facilitating meetings, gathering requirements, and presenting to technical and non-technical audiences.
You collaborate across functional and technical teams to validate solution strategy and maintain delivery quality.
You lead and mentor distributed project teams, including offshore resources, while maintaining scope, schedule, commitments, utilization, and project performance expectations.
Bonus Points If You Have
PMP certification.
Scrum certification.
What Success Looks Like
Salesforce projects are managed end to end with clear oversight of scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and deliverables.
Delivery progress and financials are monitored, risks and impediments are tracked, and mitigation plans and escalations are handled when needed.
Clients receive clear communication, strong relationship management, and consistent presentations, prototypes, and status updates.
Cross-functional teams are aligned on functional and technical approaches, solution strategy, and high-quality Salesforce delivery.
Why Join FormativGroup
FormativGroup operates within the critical middle layer of business technology, where applications and systems connect infrastructure to business processes. We help the middle market take full advantage of technology investments with deep, industry-centric expertise in one place to unify fragmented systems. With technical expertise across cloud architecture, system integration, AI, and data strategy, we bridge the gap between business goals and modern platforms.
Location Requirements
This role is a remote role.
To be considered for this position, candidates must reside in one of the following U.S. states: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, and Washington DC.
Candidates residing outside these states are not currently eligible for consideration.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa currently.
We are committed to pay equity and transparency. The compensation range for this position represents our good faith estimate of the range we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, education, work location, and internal equity.
In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commissions, or other incentive programs, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, etc.
FormativGroup operates within the critical middle layer of business technology, where applications and systems connect infrastructure to business processes. We are specialists who help the middle market take full advantage of their technology investments with deep, industry-centric expertise, all in one place, to unify fragmented systems. With deep technical expertise across cloud architecture, system integration, AI, and data strategy, we bridge the gap between business goals and modern platforms.
FormativGroup is an equal opportunity employer providing opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
ADA Specifications: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.