Sr Manager, Program Management Strategy & Operations

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To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category Customer Success Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. As a Program Management Strategy & Operations Sr Manager, your work will cut across areas of Strategy, Program planning, Operational excellence, Governance and Enablement. You will help in implementing Global business vision and strategy. This position requires big-picture thinking, initiative, zeal, attention to detail, the ability to learn quickly, the capacity to handle internal and external relationships, the competence to work with senior executives, and excellent soft skills. Work location: Bangalore/Hyderabad Key Responsibilities • Drive programs of strategic importance to Salesforce PS Global Delivery Center (GDC) • Conceptualise, analyse and evaluate the needs of different programs; make recommendations with business justification, and finally upon approval, forefront the programs • Manage the partner program, running governance for their performance and effectiveness in meeting GDC requirements. • Define KPIs for Partner Performance, report and track health of partnerships, implement strategies to derive the most effective outcome from partners. • Work closely with Stakeholders, Sponsors, Cross-functional teams, to develop scope, deliverables, resources, timelines for the new initiatives • Proactively Communicate status, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior management. • Analyze, evaluate, and overcome program risks, and produce program reports for managers and stakeholders • Ability to identify all people or organizations impacted by the program, analyse customer expectations and impact on the project, and develop appropriate management strategies for actively engrossing collaborators in project decisions and execution. • Understanding of Agile-certified Scrum processes, and current methods of coordinating Business & IT. • Provide leadership to strategise and execute a variety of programs, services, and initiatives that are significant in scope, complexity, and risk. • Ability to build project timelines to plan and lead all aspects of and report progress within the project environment • Work with vendors for handling programs relating to subcontractors Requirements • 8+ years of Program Management experience and 14+ years of overall IT experience • 5+years of exposure to Salesforce Projects/Products is a strong asset • Ability to collaborate with senior executives and partner organizations, demonstrating strategic understanding of business needs • Understanding of resource utilization and worked with strategies to get the right skills for the right projects. • Hands-on experience with one or more CRM software products (Salesforce CRM, Siebel, Clarify, Vantive, PeopleSoft, NetSuite) would be a strong asset • Hands-on experience with PM tools like JIRA / MS Project • Adept in building presentations that enable communication of strategic direction across the organization • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, data cleansing, data manipulation) • Ability to manage multiple projects/ programs and mentor new hires. Unleash Your Potential When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world. Accommodations If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form. Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions.