Salesforce Engineering Lead

What you will own

Define and execute the engineering strategy for the Salesforce platform, aligning technology investments with business objectives and enterprise priorities

Lead multiple engineering teams, engineering managers, technical leads, developers, administrators, QA resources, and platform specialists across global locations

Establish and manage engineering KPIs, OKRs, scorecards, and operational metrics to drive performance, quality, reliability, and productivity

Own resource planning, workforce strategy, organisational design, succession planning, and talent development across the Salesforce engineering function

Manage engineering budgets, vendor relationships, consultancy engagements, and offshore delivery partnerships

Drive delivery excellence across multiple products, programmes, and platform initiatives, ensuring predictable and high-quality outcomes

Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, and Business leadership to define roadmaps, priorities, and investment plans

Champion engineering best practices including DevOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, resilience, and secure development principles

Build and maintain a high-performance engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning

Ensure platform stability, availability, scalability, and security while managing risk, technical debt, and operational performance

Lead major incident management, service improvement initiatives, and operational governance activities

Drive the adoption of emerging Salesforce technologies including Agentforce, AI capabilities, Data Cloud, automation, and advanced analytics

Establish governance frameworks that balance agility, quality, compliance, and risk management

Develop leadership capability within the organisation through coaching, mentoring, and career development programmes

Represent Salesforce engineering within executive leadership forums, providing regular updates on delivery, risks, platform performance, and strategic initiatives

What you bring

Minimum 10+ years of technology experience, including 5+ years leading large-scale Salesforce engineering organisations or platform teams

Significant experience managing managers and leading multiple engineering teams across complex enterprise environments

Proven track record delivering large-scale Salesforce programmes and platform transformations

Deep understanding of Salesforce technologies including:

Sales Cloud

Service Cloud

Experience Cloud

Agentforce

Data Cloud / Data 360

MuleSoft

Salesforce Platform Services

Experience establishing engineering operating models, governance structures, and delivery frameworks at enterprise scale

Strong knowledge of modern engineering practices including:

CI/CD

DevOps

Quality Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering principles

Release Management

Agile Product Delivery

Demonstrated success managing budgets, financial planning, vendor contracts, and resource forecasting

Experience developing engineering KPIs and operational performance frameworks focused on quality, reliability, delivery, and customer outcomes

Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, security requirements, compliance obligations, and technology risk management

Experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones and locations

Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance strategic priorities, resource constraints, and business outcomes

Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders

Experience leading organisational change, transformation programmes, and technology modernisation initiatives

Salesforce certifications and leadership experience within Salesforce-focused organisations are highly desirable

About the team

In the Enterprise Operations line of business, we support the full customer lifecycle from lead through to customer retention for the entire business segment. It's our responsibility to deliver fully comprehensive solutions to provide optimal efficiency to our people, clear data insights and a simple-to-use, friendly Salesforce platform.

As Salesforce Engineering Director, you will be responsible for leading the teams and capabilities that underpin one of the organisation's most strategic technology platforms. You will drive engineering excellence, shape the future roadmap, and ensure our Salesforce ecosystem continues to evolve in line with business growth and customer expectations. Our role is to bring new ideas to the operation, staying at the cutting edge of Salesforce's roadmap whilst delivering secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions at enterprise scale.

What makes a Globalpayer?

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