VP of Engineering, Salesforce

• Exceptional ability to collaborate and influence across a large, complex organization, partnering effectively with numerous product and engineering stakeholders to deliver on company-wide strategic initiatives
• 12-15 years leading large, globally distributed engineering organizations responsible for mission-critical, high-scale platform services
• 4+ years leading teams in fast growing, evolving environments
• 4+ years in senior management (managed managers)
• 4+ years in an Agile/Scrum environment
• 3+ years working in an enterprise software company
• Outstanding attention to detail and communication skills
• The ability to make timely decisions, balancing analysis with decisiveness
• The ability to inspire and influence others, remove obstacles, and resolve conflicts effectively
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Desirable

• Salesforce is undergoing a massive transformation driven by the convergence of AI, our data lake, and unprecedented transactional scale. As the VP of Engineering for Foundational Platform Data Services, you will be a visionary leader at the forefront of transforming and expanding Salesforce's trusted, scalable, and intelligent platform in support of this transformation
• This strategic role is crucial to managing how data is shared, moved, and acted upon in real-time, with robust access control and governance across all APIs, data, and workflows in the entire Salesforce ecosystem, and key to the convergence of AI, Data Cloud, and unprecedented transactional scale
• You will lead three critical domains: Access Control, our Eventing Platform, and Virtual Data. These domains provide essential capabilities that enable a deeply unified and trusted platform experience, positioning us as the go-to partner for CIOs and CDOs
• This pivotal position is indispensable to the success of top-company initiatives like Agentforce and Data Cloud, and plays a key part in harmonizing our products and technology stack, both homegrown and acquired
• Your responsibilities will include solving planet-scale challenges, re-architecting legacy systems for the Hyperforce era, and building the trusted data fabric that will power the next generation of intelligent, agent-first enterprise software
• Your work will also be central to delivering a complete customer view and personalized engagement, all powered by our integrated data and AI capabilities
• A key part of this role is upholding our commitment to trust by ensuring robust access control and governance across all APIs, data, and workflows
• You will empower efficient, high-performing teams to do their best work by staying true to our values of trust, inclusivity, and innovation, embracing product-led growth principles for customer success
• Attract, hire, motivate, grow, and retain a world-class team of talented engineers
• Create an environment that encourages psychological safety, innovation, and risk-taking
• Promote a culture of collaboration and teamwork across organizational boundaries
• Create a clear and compelling vision for the team that inspires and enables us to build better products and identify future opportunities
• Support our customers, both external and internal, and ensure our products perform and scale well
• Build a broad base of support among key decision makers and influencers
• Assess strategic business needs; define, prioritize, drive initiatives, and allocate team resources appropriately
• Provide accurate scoping, clear strategies, and milestones for projects
• Communicate status & risks, and offer mitigation strategies to ensure on-time delivery of all committed projects to cross-functional teams
• Oversee project planning, staffing, and budgeting