Senior Salesforce Programme Manager

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