Senior Manager – Forward Deployed Salesforce Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of project delivery, ensuring high quality, timely completion, and budget compliance.

• Serve as the primary escalation point for clients and team members; facilitate conflict resolution.

• Assess effort, assist in shaping proposals, and ensure compliance with the agreed scope.

• Monitor resource utilization, project planning, and margins, taking corrective measures as necessary.

• Provide functional leadership to consultants and developers in Germany and India, expanding your leadership role as the company scales.

• Offer feedback and conduct development discussions with team members.

• Participate in recruitment and onboarding efforts.

• Create support and onboarding packages as standardized offerings.

• Define standards for architecture, version control, testing, and documentation, ensuring their implementation.

• Incorporate AI tools into project delivery.

• Clarify requirements with clients' executive leadership and business departments, making necessary architectural decisions.

• Integrate AI into client processes using Agentforce, Claude, or appropriate tools.

• Build and share expertise in the financial services sector with the team.

• Dedicate approximately half of your time to client projects while assisting the founder with daily operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Multiple years of experience in a consulting or professional services role, overseeing Salesforce projects, budgets, and client relationships.

• Experience in functional or disciplinary team leadership.

• Capability to lead individuals who do not report directly to you.

• Strong commercial insight and an understanding of project profitability and necessary corrective actions.

• Proficiency in independently configuring and developing Salesforce.

• Strong skills in architectural decision-making.

• Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Agentforce, including experience in introducing them to teams.

• Excellent proficiency in German.

• Good command of English.

• Nice to have: Experience in establishing structures, roles, or processes during the growth phase of a consulting firm.

• Nice to have: Experience collaborating with teams in India or other offshore locations.

• Nice to have: Experience with banks, insurance companies, asset managers, or FinTechs.

• Nice to have: Salesforce certifications, including Architect, Consultant, or Administrator credentials.

🏝️ Benefits

• A pivotal role with real opportunities to influence the company's direction.

• Direct collaboration with the founder, streamlined decision-making processes, and no need for extensive alignment rounds.

• The chance to develop your own leadership layer as the company expands.

• Participate in our collective success through a variable compensation structure.

• Ample opportunities to experiment with and introduce new tools.

• Daily usage of Claude Code and similar technologies.

• Support for Salesforce certifications and your growth as a leader.

• A remote-first work model along with flexible working hours.