(1099 Contract) Nonprofit Salesforce Consultant: Enterprise Project Manager

Idealist Consulting is hiring a part-time contracted Enterprise Project Manager to guide nonprofit Salesforce client projects from inception through deployment. The role translates client needs into technical requirements, manages project resources and deliverables, and coordinates communication among clients and project teams.

Responsibilities:

• Guide full project life cycle from requirements gathering to solution design and development, testing, and deployment
• Steering complex Enterprise-level implementations through various stages of development and deployment
• Support translation of client needs into technical requirements
• Join and lead client-facing discovery sessions
• Maintain and update Story Navigator as the central repository of project configuration, design, documentation, and user feedback
• Assist in quality testing prior to user testing
• Create and actively manage implementation schedules, project deliverables and milestones to ensure effective completion of project milestones, control project scope and mitigate risks
• Coordinate client and Idealist Consulting project team meetings and communications, utilizing prescribed project management tools and platform to ensure continuity in communication and project quality
• Produce quality project deliverables, including kickoff presentations, project plans, status reports, budget burn reports, client requirements, design documentation, and deployment plans
• Work closely with client project team to identify, nurture, and guide client team
• Collaborate with Client Success Team and Service Delivery management as needed to resolve project or client communication roadblocks
• Proactively manage multiple, concurrent projects

Requirements:

• 3-7 years experience in a similar role
• Minimum certification: Salesforce Admin Certification
• Understanding of Nonprofit Cloud (NPC)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - including translation of technical requirements to non-technical individuals
• Project management experience
• Familiarity with PROSCI and ADKAR
• Understanding of nonprofit technology projects
• Ability to engage in multiple projects at one time
• Experience managing with both Waterfall and Agile software development methodologies
• Creative and analytical thinking with a passion for solving customer problems with software solutions
• Experience in Enterprise-level Implementations, demonstrating a track record of successfully steering complex projects through various stages of development and deployment
• 2+ Salesforce administration with strong declarative design skills and the ability to deliver customer-driven solutions
• Proven experience with NPSP and NPC
• Experience managing projects or engaging in projects with technical and cross-functional components
• Team leadership experience
• (Certification preferred)
• PMP or other related Certification is a strong plus
• Previous experience working with nonprofits, experience working in fundraising and program management is a plus
• Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud certifications a plus