Project Manager – Salesforce CPQ
Vishakha Vij | Updated: August 23, 2023
About Trantor
Trantor is a technology services company focused on outsourced product development and digital re-engineering. Leveraging our CaptiveCoE™ engagement model, we operate as a seamless extension of our clients’ teams to provide rapid scalability with predictable budgets.
Founded in 2012, Trantor has worked with customers across Tech, FinTech, Media & Cyber Security industries. We have centers in the US, India, Canada, and Costa Rica. We are consistently rated as the #1 employer in the region with the ability to attract and retain technical talent.
Our commitment to excellence and impactful results has translated to long-term relationships and value for our clients and solution partners.
Please visit us at: https://trantorinc.com
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create and manage project plans; monitor and review project progress and timelines; adjust schedules and plans as needed; and identify and resolve issues to ensure project success.
- Ensure on-time delivery of projects, while also ensuring that project gates and governance are properly adhered to during the execution of the project.
- Manage day-to-day execution of project implementations. Assist with the planning, tracking, documentation, and status updates for the project.
- Able to manage one or two large projects or a couple of smalls to medium-sized interrelated projects requiring complex cross-functional collaboration and management at the program level.
- Exercise solid project leadership skills combined with strong business acumen and in-depth analytical skills.
- Facilitate requirements gathering and assist with the creation of project deliverables, as needed.
- Facilitate and own the creation of Salesforce design documents for complex projects, by interfacing with Salesforce Product Managers, Technical Architects, and Developers, as needed.
- Adopt a standardized development lifecycle methodology for all projects.
- Facilitate review sessions with the Business and IT cross-functional team.
- Participate in end-to-end implementation planning including project management, issue management, communication, and change management.
- Manage UAT with end users, including coordination and user acceptance sign-off.
- 5+ years experience in Project Management or Scrum Master Role for Salesforce platform implementation.
- Demonstrated project leadership skills, with direct responsibility for managing project teams and schedule.
- 5+ years in Sales Operations, Business Operations or IT. Deep understanding of the Quote-to-cash business process and supporting technologies is a must.
- 5+ years of Salesforce and Salesforce CPQ experience is required
- 5+ years of defining CPQ strategy and road-map. Hands-on experience in developing systems requirements, testing, training and defining support procedures
- Experience managing at least 3 business transformation projects and experience in multiple full-lifecycle CPQ projects is required
- Strong technical and non-technical project management skills, creative thinking and analytical ability
- Must be customer-centric and have the interpersonal skills necessary to manage business and technology relationships
- Ability to concurrently lead multiple projects and teams.
- Excels at cross-functional collaboration at all levels.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills
- Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical parties.
- Motivated self-starter who thrives on working in a complex and challenging environment
- Demonstrated negotiation, conflict management, and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated project management skills with teams of up to 10+ people.
- Outstanding and effective interpersonal skills; along with strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to weigh business and technical requirements to produce project plans and estimates.
- Ability to lead both small and enterprise-wide engagements, facilitate meetings, mentor teams of junior team members and effectively manage client escalations.
- Manage and communicate with remote developers during non-traditional business hours.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-energy, team-oriented environment.
- Ability to multitask and perform effectively under pressure.