Senior Salesforce Manager - 3 Months Contract - Octopus by RTG

About the role

Requirements

• - 7+ years of experience working with Salesforce.
• - 3+ years in a senior/lead/managerial Salesforce position.
• - Strong experience managing Salesforce teams and/or Salesforce delivery functions.
• - Proven experience leading Salesforce implementations, transformation projects, or major platform enhancements.
• - Strong knowledge of Salesforce Sales Cloud and/or Service Cloud.
• - Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, configuration, customization, integrations, and data models.
• - Experience with Salesforce development concepts including Apex, Lightning, APIs, and integration technologies.
• - Strong understanding of Salesforce security, roles, profiles, permission sets, sharing rules, and governance.
• - Experience managing Agile delivery teams and working with Product Owners and Business Analysts.
• - Strong stakeholder and vendor management experience.
• - Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
• - Ability to work independently in a remote environment.
• - Strong English communication skills.
• Preferred Qualifications
• - Salesforce Certified Application Architect, System Architect, Technical Architect, or equivalent.
• - Salesforce Administrator / Platform Developer / Sales Cloud / Service Cloud certifications.
• - Experience with Salesforce integrations, MuleSoft, APIs, and middleware platforms.
• - Experience with CI/CD and Salesforce DevOps tools.
• - Experience managing large-scale Salesforce transformation programs.
• - Experience working with offshore/remote Salesforce teams.

Responsibilities

• - Lead and oversee Salesforce projects, enhancements, and transformation initiatives from planning through delivery.
• - Manage and coordinate Salesforce developers, administrators, consultants, architects, and external partners.
• - Define and maintain the Salesforce roadmap in alignment with business priorities.
• - Work closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable Salesforce solutions.
• - Oversee Salesforce architecture, configuration, customization, integrations, and platform performance.
• - Establish and maintain Salesforce governance, development standards, security practices, and best practices.
• - Review technical solutions and ensure alignment with Salesforce platform capabilities and enterprise architecture.
• - Manage delivery timelines, priorities, dependencies, risks, and resources.
• - Ensure successful implementation of Salesforce releases and enhancements.
• - Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, QA, and other technology teams.
• - Support UAT, release management, and production deployment activities.
• - Monitor platform performance, adoption, data quality, and overall Salesforce health.
• - Identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and process improvement.
• - Manage relationships with Salesforce implementation partners and third-party vendors where applicable.
• - Provide regular updates to senior stakeholders on project progress, risks, and key decisions.
• - Ensure Salesforce solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with business needs.

Skills

• Salesforce
• Sales Cloud
• Service Cloud
• Apex
• Lightning
• APIs
• integration technologies
• security governance
• data models
• Goverance and security practices
• Agile delivery
• Product Owner collaboration
• MuleSoft
• CI/CD
• Salesforce DevOps