Engineering Manager - VP

Overview

Lead and manage engineering teams delivering high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence and aligning technical decisions with business objectives. This role also spearheads the evolution of infrastructure and deployment pipelines and leads Salesforce-led initiatives.

What you'll do

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture to achieve project goals and organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to deliver solutions within scope, time and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews and provide actionable feedback.
• Evaluate and enhance engineering processes, tools and methodologies to increase efficiency and team productivity.
• Collaborate with business partners, product managers, designers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Enforce technology standards, facilitate peer reviews and implement robust testing practices.
• Act as a key contributor to technology strategy, roadmap planning and architectural decisions for Salesforce-led initiatives.
• Own end-to-end delivery of Salesforce programmes, ensuring high-quality, resilient and performant solutions.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices including coding standards, CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing and release management.
• Drive continuous improvement through technical debt management, refactoring strategies and platform optimisation.
• Review solution designs and code for compliance with security, performance, scalability and regulatory requirements.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Salesforce engineers, technical leads and administrators.
• Support hiring and onboarding of Salesforce talent aligned to long-term platform needs.
• Ensure Salesforce implementations comply with enterprise governance, data privacy, security and risk frameworks.
• Collaborate with Risk, Security and Compliance teams to address audits, controls, vulnerabilities and platform risks.
• Proactively identify and mitigate delivery, technical and operational risks.
• Serve as a trusted engineering partner to senior stakeholders, communicating technical trade-offs and delivery status.
• Manage relationships with system integrators, Salesforce partners and vendors, ensuring quality and value for money.
• Contribute to vendor evaluations, solution assessments and contract governance from a technical perspective.
• Stay current with Salesforce releases and emerging capabilities, assessing relevance and adoption opportunities.
• Champion innovation through proofs of concept, accelerators and reusable assets.
• Drive adoption of modern Salesforce capabilities such as Flow, LWC, API-led integration, event-driven architecture and AI features where appropriate.
• Build engineering capability through coaching, performance management, upskilling and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability and innovation within the team.

What you'll need

• Experience leading engineering teams and managing delivery of software solutions.
• Experience with Salesforce platform solutions and technical architecture.
• Experience establishing engineering best practices, including CI/CD, DevOps and automated testing.

Nice to have

• Risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology skills, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Details

• Location: Pune.