Hire Hangar is hiring a Salesforce Platform Lead

About the Role

This position leads the strategic development and management of the Salesforce platform, ensuring robust, scalable solutions that support business objectives and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of Salesforce platform solutions
• Guide technical direction for Salesforce development initiatives
• Collaborate with product and business teams to define requirements
• Ensure platform scalability, security, and performance
• Oversee integration between Salesforce and external systems
• Mentor and support Salesforce developers and engineers
• Establish best practices for code quality and deployment
• Manage release cycles and deployment pipelines
• Evaluate and recommend new Salesforce technologies
• Drive adoption of DevOps practices within the Salesforce team
• Troubleshoot complex system issues and performance bottlenecks
• Maintain documentation for system architecture and processes
• Ensure compliance with data governance policies
• Support user acceptance testing and validation
• Lead discovery sessions for new Salesforce features
• Coordinate with external vendors and consultants
• Monitor platform usage and identify optimization opportunities
• Implement automation workflows to improve efficiency
• Enforce security standards across Salesforce environments
• Facilitate cross-team knowledge sharing sessions
• Align Salesforce roadmap with enterprise IT strategy
• Manage sandbox and environment strategies
• Promote reusability and modular design patterns
• Support change management processes
• Drive continuous improvement in platform operations

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree in a technical or business-related discipline
• 10+ years of Salesforce platform experience
• Leadership in multi-team or enterprise environments
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce MuleSoft integrations
• Prior success in leading digital transformation projects
• Experience managing offshore development resources
• Certified Salesforce Technical Architect (CTA)
• Background in financial services or regulated industries
• Public speaking or conference presentation experience
• Contributions to Salesforce communities or open source

Compensation

Competitive salary, commensurate with experience

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Collaborative engineering and product team environment

Why This Role Matters

The Salesforce Platform Lead plays a central role in shaping how the organization leverages CRM technology to drive efficiency, customer engagement, and innovation across departments.

Growth Opportunities

This role offers a path to influence enterprise-wide technology decisions and lead larger engineering initiatives as the platform and team expand.

Available for qualified candidates