Salesforce Backlogs Manager (100% Remote)

Summary: The Salesforce Backlogs Manager is responsible for managing the Salesforce product backlog, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technical feasibility. This role involves leading agile planning and execution, facilitating communication between stakeholders and development teams, and driving cross-functional collaboration. The position is fully remote and classified as outside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and Manage the Salesforce Product Backlog: Lead the definition, maintenance, and prioritization of the Salesforce product backlog, ensuring alignment with business value, technical feasibility, and strategic objectives.
• Develop and Execute Platform Roadmaps: Create, communicate, and maintain comprehensive Salesforce platform roadmaps that support organizational goals and technology strategy, driving long-term vision and successful platform evolution.
• Strategic Requirement Gathering: Oversee the collection and synthesis of business requirements from stakeholders, transforming them into clear, actionable technical user stories and acceptance criteria that guide development efforts.
• Lead Agile Planning and Execution: Direct sprint planning sessions, set and communicate sprint goals, and ensure the development team understands business priorities and expectations for each iteration.
• Primary Liaison: Serve as the chief point of contact between business stakeholders and technical development teams, facilitating transparent communication, resolving conflicts, and ensuring alignment.
• Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Champion collaboration among Salesforce Platform Leads, developers, and business partners throughout the agile delivery cycle, removing obstacles and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Facilitate Agile Ceremonies: Lead backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and daily stand-ups, leveraging insights to refine processes, clarify requirements, and accelerate the delivery of high-value platform enhancements.
• Monitor and Optimize Performance: Analyze platform performance metrics and development outcomes, recommending adjustments to backlog prioritization, resources, or processes for maximum impact and efficiency.

Key Skills:

• Experience in managing product backlogs, particularly in Salesforce.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical user stories.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams.
• Analytical skills to monitor and optimize platform performance.
• Experience in facilitating agile ceremonies.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT