Senior Salesforce Programme Manager - #2192354

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.