Senior Manager, Technical Consulting -Telecom/Comms domain (Salesforce Technical Architect exp mandatory)

Salesforce; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Sr Manager, Technical Consulting (Insurance and Financial Services) to join the Global Delivery Centre. You will lead a large technical consulting team, hire and mentor engineers, and drive Comms Cloud-enabled multi-cloud delivery for enterprise clients.

You will shape the Technical Consulting practice, build methodologies, onboard architects, and recruit to expand the team. 25% billable work sits alongside leadership responsibilities to deliver high-value customer

Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience leading Salesforce technical consulting projects.
• 8+ years of people management and Technical Architecture experience.
• Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills.
• Expertise in Comms Cloud (preferred not mandatory) Sales/Service/Experience Cloud, and Vlocity OmniStudio.
• Expertise in telecom domain.
• Integration Architecture (Must have).
• Platform Security (Must have).
• Identity and Access Management / Integration Security.
• Sharing and Visibility (Must have).
• Data Architecture and Management (Must have).
• Architectural Design Patterns.
• Apex Design Patterns (Must Have).
• Salesforce/Apex, Triggers, Lightning Flows, Lightning, LWC, and experience with modern web and mobile technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web Components, others).
• Proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical consulting team on Comms Cloud projects.
• Hire, train, and mentor Technical Consultants on Comms to implement designs by Solution Architects and Technical Architects.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding deployment of emerging technologies for business value.
• Identify and lead internal initiatives to grow the Communications consulting practice.
• Work with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and clients to architect technology solutions.
• Lead Enterprise Architecture and Governance for enterprise engagements.
• Shape the program architectural roadmap through client conversations with Enterprise Architects and stakeholders.
• Lead workshops and design/delivery efforts to provide high-quality solutions.

Skills

People management

Technical leadership

Integration architecture

Apex design patterns

Comms Cloud experience

English proficiency

Tools

Comms Cloud

OmniStudio

Salesforce Apex

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Customer Success

Job Details

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Department Description

Salesforce Professional Services - Global Delivery Centre (GDC) focuses on delivering strategic engagements that define transformational opportunities and execution of change programs. We are the trusted delivery partner for Salesforce Professional Services that ensures end to end multi-cloud delivery capabilities across all Salesforce technologies and scales with agility for successful customer outcomes! We at GDC strive to foster growth & innovation and enable for Salesforce Professional Services with focus on performance, productivity & impact.

Role Overview

Salesforce is currently seeking a Sr Manager, Technical Consulting (Insurance and Financial Services) to join our Global Delivery Centre (GDC) team. Our Senior Manager, Technical Consulting role plays a meaningful part in managing, training, and building the careers of our technical consulting team. We are key players in this objective, as they can use Industry Cloud functionality to deliver customer requirements quickly with minimal customization.

In addition to people leadership, career coaching, and project oversight responsibilities for the team, you will build our Comms practice through leading internal initiatives, contributing to the technical practice business plan, developing methodology, creating team enablement, onboarding new architects, and recruiting to build the team.

This role is 25% billable and in addition to team leadership, you will work with our customers and partners as a senior technical architect to solve critically important business challenges using Salesforce’s Comms Cloud

• You’ll have up to 35 reports under your scope of responsibility. You will be required to deliver technical work (as a senior technical architect) on Comms domain projects at 25% utilization and balance that with leading your team of Technical Consultants, Architects and Managers.
• You’ll be responsible for hiring, training, and mentoring our Technical Consultants on Comms so they can implement successfully in turning the program design of our Solution Architects and

Technical Architects into highest-quality solutions that meets the customers’ needs.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the client, guiding customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value
• Identify and lead internal critical initiatives to grow the Communications consulting practice; serving as an active contributor to the community’s overall knowledge base and expertise
• Work closely on projects with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs
• Lead Enterprise Architecture and Governance for an enterprise-level customer engagement.

Serve as a trusted advisor to the client driving conversations with their Enterprise Architects and business stakeholders that shape the architectural vision, and establish a program architectural roadmap.

• Lead functional and technical workshops. Demonstrate leadership skills in designing, delivering, testing, and deploying.
• Lead a project team of developers focused on driving optimized solutions for our Comms clients leveraging Salesforce Comms Cloud (not mandatory), Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, and Experience Cloud
• Ensure the success of these teams while securing the highest CSAT and business outcomes
• Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party stakeholders
• Establish trust with the customer’s leadership, promoting and/or implementing best practices with SFI and Salesforce
• Highlight and manage risk areas in the solution in a proactive manner, and commit to seeing an issue through to completion

Minimum Requirements

• 13+ years of experience leading Salesforce technical consulting projects and handling individual contributors.
• 8+ years of people management and Technical Architecture experience
• Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
• Expertise in Comms Cloud (preferred not mandatory) Sales/Service/Experience Cloud, and Vlocity OmniStudio
• Expertise in telecom domain
• Integration Architecture (Must have)
• Platform Security (Must have)
• Identity and Access Management / Integration Security
• Sharing and Visibility (Must have)
• Data Architecture and Management (Must have)
• Architectural Design Patterns
• Apex Design Patterns (Must Have)
• Salesforce/Apex, Triggers, Lightning Flows, Lightning, LWC, and experience with modern web and mobile technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web Components, others)
• Proficiency in English

Preferred Requirements

• Salesforce Certification Preferred (Admin, Developer, Sales, and Service Clouds, Application Architect)
• OmniStudio Developer/Consultant
• Thorough individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
• A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
• Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems
• Adept at navigating/mediating conflict and fostering healthy dialogue
• Strong interpersonal skills - nurture effective working relationships with others
• Exceptional analytical skills - experience overseeing and managing business metrics, productivity, and outcomes
• Champion an AI-first development workflow by utilizing advanced AI developer assistants (e.g., Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate custom Apex, LWC, and integration delivery while maintaining platform governor limit compliance
• Practical fluency using AI coding assistants and modern development ecosystems to maximize daily development velocity, document custom code, and maintain strict platform security standards

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