About the company:
A power management company that provides energy-efficient solutions that help customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently,safely and sustainably. It has approximately 95,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries.

About the job:
For our trusted client we are looking for a freelance an IT Project Manager to join the team. This person will Initiate, Plan, Control, Execute, and Close project deliverables following company-prescribed process to ensure business objectives are met within the Post Sales Salesforce space. You would join the Information Technology team and help positively impact the business through leading technologies, exciting and challenging enterprise projects, and new platforms.

Initiating and Planning

  • Draft the project charter; ensure requirements are aligned with the scope and approved by the sponsor
  • Work with resource managers to staff projects. Define and communicate roles for project team
  • Develop the project plan with direct input from stakeholders that details the work break down structure, critical path, resources, and effort. Ensure stakeholders are committed to the plan
  • Establish project budget; capital hardware, software, and labor; expense labor and non-labor
  • Develop communication strategies with key stakeholders. Effectively communicate directly with both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Develop risk management plans; identify risks and develop respective mitigation and contingency plans. Define the risk reserve and incorporate it into the project plan

Execution and Control

  • Manage employee, contractor, and supplier deliverables to ensure the project is completed on time per the schedule approved
  • Manage quality of the deliverables. Ensure all requirements have been validated (i.e., traceability matrix) and ensure the user acceptance tests have been developed, approved, and executed to successful completion prior to going live
  • Manage the project budget; track effort and green dollar spend; correlate actuals and forecast to the plan (burn rate)
  • Lead communications with key stakeholders. Monitor and report on schedule and budget variances. Ensure all communications related to implementation are completed
  • Document and drive issues through resolution; escalate to customer, supplier, and company management as necessary
  • Continually manage risk to reduce the impact or likelihood of occurrence
  • Develop and manage the implementation plan including production verification. Manage issues at go-live and through warranty period

Closure

  • Ensure sign-off on all major system deliverables by stakeholders
  • Ensure all invoices are received and processed
  • Ensure smooth transition to support and that the CMDB is updated
  • Lead and document lessons learned with all pertinent stakeholders, review missed estimates with resource managers
  • If a capital project, ensure CAR is closed

Requirements:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree from an accredited institution.
  • Minimum of 5 years of Business Analyst experience required
  • Minimum of 2 years of Salesforce project experience required

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Salesforce Administrator or Salesforce Business Analyst certification
  • 5 years of experience with Project Tracking software such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Microsoft Project
  • Experience with DevSecOps principles
  • Experience with modern software development principles including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services

Position Criteria:

Intermediate understanding of integration and dependencies of involved systems globally for a division or function.

  • Ability to communicate and present project status to immediate management and stakeholders.
  • Basic understanding of Scrum/Agile

Benefits:
What can you expect?*:

  • International team of professionals at a stable global company
  • Focus on technology and innovation
  • Learning & Development
  • Competitive compensation
  • Fully remote working mode
  • Inclusion & Diversity