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Manager, Salesforce

124k – 155kChicago, ILEngineering ManagementOnsite7+ YOE
Summary

Leads Salesforce team while hands-on architecting solutions, developing Apex/LWC code, managing integrations, and driving platform strategy. Requires 7+ years Salesforce experience including 3+ years development, 2+ years leadership, and key certifications.

About the role

Responsibilities

As an Individual Contributor (≈50–60%)

  • Own Salesforce architecture decisions: data modeling, SFDC Org strategy, integration patterns, and platform scalability.
  • Write and review production-grade Apex code, including triggers, batch jobs, queueable methods, and platform events.
  • Design and build Lightning Web Components (LWC) and custom UI solutions for complex business workflows.
  • Architect and implement REST/SOAP API integrations between Salesforce and third-party systems (CCaaS, iPaaS, SpotHero's internal systems, etc.).
  • Lead technical design sessions, document solution architectures, and establish development standards and coding best practices, including quality, observability, testing, security, and performance.
  • Perform release management: manage sandbox environments, deployment pipelines (Salesforce CLI, CI/CD), and change sets.
  • Evaluate and govern AppExchange solutions and third-party managed packages using a structured decision framework.
  • Act as the final technical escalation point for complex Salesforce issues, root cause analyses, and platform outages.
  • Maintain thorough technical and functional documentation for all Salesforce solutions in Confluence.

As a People Manager (≈40–50%)

  • Hire, onboard, and develop a team of Salesforce Administrators and Developers; set clear expectations and growth paths.
  • Run regular 1:1s, performance reviews, build individual development plans, and hold career development conversations; identify coaching opportunities and training needs.
  • Define, maintain, prioritize, and deliver the quarterly Salesforce roadmap in partnership with the Senior Director, Product, Operator League and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Translate business priorities into sprint-ready technical work; own ticket creation and hydration in Jira; run team planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
  • Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement within the Salesforce team.
  • Collaborate with Sales Enablement to build SFDC training programs that drive end-user adoption across Marketplace teams.
  • Manage vendor relationships with Salesforce (Support, Account Manager, Solution Engineer) and SaaS integration partners.
  • Build and enforce a security and governance framework: profiles, permission sets, field-level security, connected apps, sharing rules, and audit trails.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of Salesforce experience, with at least 3 years of hands-on Apex / LWC development in production environments.
  • 2+ years leading, managing, or mentoring a team of Salesforce professionals (admins, developers, or both).
  • Deep expertise across all three Salesforce disciplines:
    • Architecture: org design, data modeling, integration patterns, governor limits.
    • Development: Apex (OOP, async, test frameworks), LWC, SOQL/SOSL, REST/SOAP APIs, platform events.
    • Administration: flows, process automation, profiles/permission sets, reports/dashboards, security model.
  • Salesforce Platform Developer I (PD1) required; Platform Developer II (PD2) and/or Application Architect strongly preferred.
  • Salesforce Admin Certification (ADM201) required; additional certifications (Advanced Admin, System Architect) a strong plus.
  • Proven track record designing and delivering enterprise-scale Salesforce integrations using REST/SOAP APIs and middleware platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with Salesforce DevOps tooling: Salesforce CLI, Git, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Copado, Gearset, or equivalent).
  • Strong command of relational database design and SQL; experience querying data warehouses alongside Salesforce data.
  • Demonstrated ability to run technical roadmap planning and prioritize competing demands across multiple stakeholder groups.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) platforms (Talkdesk, Genesys, Five9) and their Salesforce integrations.
  • Familiarity with low-code integration (iPaaS) tools (Retool, MuleSoft, Workato, Zapier) connected to Salesforce.
  • Experience in marketplace or SaaS environments.
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud, or Revenue Cloud development experience.
  • Exposure to Salesforce Health Check, Shield, or Event Monitoring for enterprise governance.

Compensation (Illinois)

  • Base salary: $124,400 - $155,000 plus discretionary bonus and leading total rewards package.
Skills
SalesforceApexLightning Web ComponentsLWCREST APIsSOAP APIsSOQLSOSLSalesforce CLIGitCI/CDJiraSQLMuleSoftWorkato
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