Senior Salesforce Programme Manager

Senior Salesforce Programme Manager – Manchester, Hybrid – Contract (3-6 months) - Outside IR35

A trusted pair of hands to land a delayed Salesforce migration.

A Manchester-based business is in the final stretch of a migration from Dynamics to Salesforce. Around 250 users are already across, testing is nearly complete, and go-live is targeted for February. The programme has run late and the board wants a credible, experienced Programme Manager to own it over the line and manage the highest-risk period: data migration and cutover.

This is a senior, accountable role. You’ll own the programme plan, manage the workstream leads, and be the person the board can rely on.

What you’ll be doing :

* Taking ownership of a programme that’s behind schedule and bringing structure, grip and confidence to it

* Managing the data migration workstream lead and keeping the migration plan on track

* Creating and owning the cutover plan, which currently has no defined owner

* Owning business readiness (training, communications and change), pulling together the small teams currently covering these areas

* Making sure technical and business readiness are both in place for a February go-live

* Picking up the tail end of UAT and driving it to a clean close

* Scoping and sizing any descoped or deprioritised work into a clear phase two and hypercare plan

* Supporting the reshaping of the wider technology function, so post-go-live work is handed to the right people

What matters:

* Proven experience as a Programme Manager owning delivery of a Salesforce implementation or CRM migration

* Experience taking over a programme in difficulty and bringing it back under control

* Strong grasp of data migration, cutover planning and go-live risk

* Experience of business readiness: training, comms and change management

* Comfortable managing workstream owners and working with senior stakeholders up to board level

* A calm, credible presence and a track record as a safe pair of hands

Contract details:

* Outside IR35, with clearly defined deliverables

* 3-6 months initially, with go-live in February and a further phase of phase two and hypercare planning

* Hybrid, with 2-3 days a week on-site in Manchester (some flexibility for the right candidate)

If you’re a Programme Manager who has taken over a complex Salesforce programme and landed it safely, get in touch