Salesforce Delivery Lead

Company: Accenture
Location: Arlington
Posted on: June 22, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description

We Are

Accenture's Salesforce practice, and we live to see what this platform can do. Since we were one of the first on the scene, we're the largest global Salesforce practice, not to mention one of the best. In fact, we are the industry leader for building Salesforce solutions, and we are Master Certified in all 12 industries and clouds. We use tech like Lightning, Einstein, and Bolt to build stronger, better relationships with customers. And we are always learning. We're building the most resourceful team on the planet, and helping our people with new skills, training, and support to get over 4,200 certifications including Certified Technical Architect (CTA). Visit us here to find out more about Accenture's Salesforce practice.

You Are

A Salesforce Delivery Lead par excellence. You thrive in a team setting where you can use your prodigious creative and analytical powers to decimate problems. Leadership skills? You have them in spades, and you have the top-shelf communication, people, and management abilities to bring out the best in team members. Working in an information systems environment makes you more than happy.

The Work

* Lead Salesforce.com implementation engagement and provide engagement leadership: Assess engagement performance, risks, issues and impact on solution and service delivery commitments, client relationships, etc.


* Own development of plan to review and manage client expectations throughout delivery and ensure the values we are delivering are in line with client expectations.


* Create an integrated project plan from the individual project plans, showing the high-level flow of project milestones and dependencies across projects. Use the plan to rebalance work and manage variances across projects.


* Lead business and functional requirements definition and prioritization/scoping of requirements


* Monitor and control the quality management process, manage expectations, conduct milestone reviews, manage process performance, conduct continuous improvement and causal analysis activities.


* Monitor all issues that affect the team, project, or program and potential risks.


* Manage program/project's financial, resource strategy and contingency


* Disseminate best practices on solution positioning and delivery


* Build and maintain high performance teams


* Support pre-sales activities inclusive of participating in sales calls and proposal development



For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.------When/if travel resumes, travel for this role---is expected to be 50% or less.

Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from---several---infectious disease experts.

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Qualifications

Here's What You Need

* A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in project management, business analysis, and technology implementation in full life-cycle Cloud/CRM engagements


* A minimum of 3 years of experience in Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS) and Salesforce.com, either through work at industry participants or consulting to the industry.


* A minimum of 3 years' experience in Cloud Computing project implementation - Well rounded in both functional and technical aspects of a CRM engagement


* A minimum of 2 years of experience leading teams


* A Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If---Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6---years'---work experience)



Bonus Points If

* You can adapt to dynamic work environment and be creative within a team


* You are customer-oriented and great at building client relationships


* You have a strong background in Cloud Computing solutions --Do you have a passion for using innovative technologies to make a positive impact on business and cod computing strategy, systems design, integration, implementation, and management?


* You have previous experience in leading an Application Functional team (Configuration, customization, Force.com development) or Application Integration team (including data integration/data modeling)


* You have consulting experience with medium to large consulting firms focusing on cloud computing related consulting (solution architecture, storage, SaaS, multi-tenant computing, large scale computing environments, etc.).


* You have experience managing multi-shore projects


* You are PMP and/or other project management certification preferred


* You have Salesforce.com and other cloud platform certifications


* You have executive-level sales support experience in consulting/professional services



As required by the---Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the state of Colorado only, the range of starting pay for this role is $99,900 - $168,499 and information on benefits offered is here.

COVID-19 update:

The safety and well-being of our candidates, our people and their families continues to be a top priority. Until travel restrictions change, interviews will continue to be conducted virtually.

Subject to applicable law, please be aware that Accenture requires all employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. Accenture will consider requests for accommodation to this vaccination requirement during the recruiting process.

What We Believe

We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment.

Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Statement.

Requesting An Accommodation

Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009, send us an email or speak with your recruiter.

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Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

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The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

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