Salesforce

Engineering Program Director

Salesforce$171K — $273K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management in a large-scale, enterprise software environment.
  • In-depth knowledge of modern software architecture and cloud platforms, particularly the Salesforce Platform.
  • Strong ability to translate complex strategic objectives into actionable program plans.
  • Proven experience with agile methodologies like Scrum at an organizational level.
  • Exceptional communication and negotiation skills to influence senior leaders across technical and non-technical domains.
  • A related technical degree is required.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement the operating framework for complex programs to align with strategic priorities.
  • Lead and manage high-visibility programs from conception through deployment with defined scopes and execution plans.
  • Establish best practices for operational excellence and drive continuous process improvement across development teams.
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to align initiatives, prioritize projects, negotiate trade-offs, and facilitate decision-making.
  • Proactively assess and manage risks and dependencies across multiple teams and communicate solutions to stakeholders.
  • Define and track program KPIs and objectives to measure progress against strategic outcomes.
  • Foster positive relationships with senior leaders and teams to remove cross-organizational impediments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and resources to promote work-life balance.
  • Access to AI tools to enhance professional impact.
  • Opportunities to grow personally and professionally within a supportive environment.
Full Job Description
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Job Category
Program & Project Management

Job Details

The Experience

We're seeking a highly accomplished and results-driven Engineering Program Director to architect and lead enterprise-scale portfolio governance and execution across our Product Engineering organization. You'll drive execution strategy, operational excellence, and organizational alignment for complex, cross-functional programs that deliver measurable business impact. You'll be both a hands-on expert - leading our most critical programs. You'll work closely with executives and key company partners to drive critical programs and activities across the company.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

  • Strategic Program Leadership: Architect and drive the full operating framework for a portfolio of complex programs, ensuring alignment with Salesforce's strategic priorities and demonstrating significant business impact.
  • Portfolio Management & Execution: Directly lead and manage a portfolio of high-visibility programs from concept through deployment. Define program scope, facilitate critical analyses, develop comprehensive business cases, charters, and fit-for-purpose execution plans.
  • Operational Excellence & Process Ownership: Champion and institutionalize best-in-class delivery practices across development teams. Drive continuous improvement by owning and optimizing processes, tools, and communication channels, leveraging metrics, and leading regular, high-impact retrospectives.
  • Executive Alignment and Communication: Partner strategically with executive and senior leadership across Engineering, Product, and Business teams to align roadmaps, prioritize initiatives, negotiate technical trade-offs, and facilitate critical decision-making. Present crisp, regular updates on program health, risk assessment, and dependency management to executive steering committees.
  • Risk and Dependency Management: Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate complex cross-program risks and dependencies that span multiple teams and organizations, ensuring clear communication of impact and proposed resolution paths to all stakeholders.
  • Performance Tracking: Define, track, and communicate key Program KPIs and Portfolio Objectives and Key Results, providing transparent reporting that measures progress against strategic business outcomes.
  • Cross-Organizational Influence: Cultivate deep, positive, and influential relationships with senior business leaders and technical teams across organizational boundaries, effectively prioritizing, unblocking, and removing systemic cross-team impediments at scale.


You're Our Person If

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in Technical Program Management within a large-scale, enterprise software environment, demonstrating a proven ability to lead and deliver multi-year, strategic programs across multiple organizational boundaries.
  • Deep understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms (ideally the Salesforce Platform), and the technical complexities inherent in a global, highly available system. Solid background in enterprise software development cycle.
  • Demonstrated strong technical and business vision, with the ability to translate complex strategic objectives into clear, executable program plans.
  • Proven track record of successfully implementing, scaling, and optimizing development processes utilizing various agile methodologies (Scrum) at an organizational level.
  • Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with proven ability to influence technical and non-technical senior leaders (VP/SVP/EVP level) without formal authority.
  • A related technical degree is required.


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