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Project Manager

Job Level: W2T Consultant 

Job Location:  Hybrid 2-3 days onsite

Travel Expectations: None

Job Classification: Temporary (W2T)  

Join Centric Consulting - A Culture You'll Love 

At Centric Consulting, we've cultivated a unique approach to business.  Our business is built on three fundamental principles: Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. These principles define our consulting model and have crafted one of the most vibrant cultures in the consulting industry - celebrating individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships. 

In this role, you will: 

• Lead end-to-end Salesforce project delivery from initiation through deployment and hypercare.
• Manage project plans, timelines, budgets, resource forecasts, dependencies, and RAID logs.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, define scope, and establish success metrics.
• Drive project governance, steering committee meetings, and executive status reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including business, IT, Salesforce administrators, developers, architects, and vendors.
• Ensure alignment between Salesforce solutions and organizational business objectives.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Manage risks, issues, change requests, and project dependencies.
• Oversee testing, deployment planning, user training, and business readiness activities.

• Monitor project performance, adoption metrics, and value realization.

Who You Are: 

• 7+ years of Project Management experience leading technology or business transformation initiatives.
• 3+ years managing Salesforce implementation, enhancement, or migration projects.
• Experience delivering Salesforce solutions including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, CPQ, or related Salesforce products.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Proven experience managing project budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading vendor and consulting partner engagements.
• Bachelor's degree required.

• PMP, Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, or related certification preferred.

Total Rewards: 

We proudly offer competitive compensation, and a comprehensive and well-rounded benefits package for full-time employees that have been designed to nourish your well-being. Benefits offered include health, dental & vision coverage, 401(k) with company match, life insurance, self-managed PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, and other unique incentives that celebrate your accomplishments. We also offer access to many voluntary benefits such as Flexible Spending Accounts, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal Services, as well as discounts on home, auto and pet insurance       

• Remote and Hybrid Work
• Time Off When You Need It
• Benefits That Flex
• Professional Development  

While benefits eligibility may vary for roles that are non full-time, we provide unique opportunities for growth, skill development, and more.  Regardless of your role, you'll be part of a collaborative environment where every team member contributes to our shared success.  

Who We Are: 

Founded in 1999 with a remote workforce, we combine the benefits of experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what's best for businesses.  Now numbering more than 1,400 employees in the U.S. and India, we're committed to solving clients' toughest problems and delivering on our mission of providing unmatched experiences.   

Our purpose at Centric Consulting is to bringunmatched experiencesto clients and employees. These aren't just words we use - it's how we became a company and who we are today. Providing an unmatched experience means we approach each other as human beings and lead with empathy and humility. It means we work diligently to ensure we are a place where everyone can create a sense of belonging and feel respected for who they are. 

What Makes Centric a Great Place to Work? 

We know that creating and sustaining an authentically welcoming culture requires that we all play a part inpromotingdiversity, equity, and inclusion, from our business practice to how we show up for employees and communities. This is how we bringour mission and core valuesto life, working together to provide the highestqualityservices to our clients while allowing our employees to reach their full potential.  We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.  

Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the application or interview process.