13 Aug
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Guidehouse
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Chennai
13 Aug
Guidehouse
Chennai
Job Family :
SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Application Development (India)
Travel Required :
None
Clearance Required :
None
As a Project Manager, you will lead the projects own the end-to-end delivery of global, outcomes Salesforce, RPA, Microsoft implementations using Agile methodologies and modern, AI-enabled delivery practices. You will be accountable for delivery excellence, financial performance, governance, and stakeholder alignment, operating with a strong business-owner customer first mindset. This role requires strategic thinking, executive presence, and hands-on delivery leadership to manage complex programs, protect project margins, and scale delivery impact across the organization.
What You Will Do:
- End-to-End Delivery and Financial Ownership: Own the complete delivery lifecycle, managing scope, timelines, risks, resourcing, and dependencies while ensuring high-quality outcomes and protecting Sold vs. Delivered margins.
- Agile Delivery Leadership: Lead Agile delivery using frameworks such as Scrum and Secure, driving sprint execution, backlog prioritization, delivery predictability, and high-performing cross-functional Salesforce teams.
- Program Planning and Roadmap Management: Develop and manage integrated project plans and delivery roadmaps, ensuring transparent progress reporting, risk visibility, and dependency management across the engagement lifecycle.
- Stakeholder and Executive Management: Drive stakeholder alignment through effective communication, executive reporting, governance forums,
and proactive escalation management in complex, global environments.
- Quality Governance and Delivery Excellence: Establish and enforce delivery governance, standards, and best practices, ensuring compliance, quality benchmarks, and continuous improvement across projects.
- Resource and Budget Management: Plan and optimize project resourcing, manage budgets and forecasts, track financials, and mitigate delivery and financial risks throughout the engagement.
- AI-Driven Productivity Enhancement: Encourage the strategic adoption of authorized AI technologies to boost team efficiency and optimize overall project delivery cycles
What You Will Need:
10+ years of total experience in the IT industry, with 5+ years delivering complex projects
Strong understanding of the Salesforce delivery lifecycle, with the ability to collaborate effectively with Architects and Technical Leads (hands-on configuration is not required)
Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, confidently, and assertively with senior stakeholders and executives
Hands-on experience with project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, MS Project, Smartsheets, Google Workspace
What Would Be Nice To Have:
Project / Agile Management Certification (any one):
PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, PRINCE2, CSM, or PSM
Hand-on experience with Salesforce Agentforce, with experience managing Agentforce-enabled projects
Hands-on experience with Omni Studio
Willingness to travel on a need basis
📌 Project Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Guidehouse
📍 Chennai