Director, Enterprise Systems (Salesforce Platform)

The Director Enterprise Systems plays a critical leadership role in Assents technology organization. Reporting to the Sr. Director Technology & Data Solutions this role leads the team responsible for the strategy governance and optimization of the Salesforce platform (Sales Service and Experience Clouds)a core system powering Assents commercial and customer success operations.

The right candidate brings an AI-first mindset and is keenly interested in identifying automation and innovation opportunities through Agentforce and other Salesforce solutions helping drive smarter faster and more connected business processes across the enterprise.

As the owner of Salesforce the Director ensures the platforms stability scalability security and long-term health. The role also provides limited administrative oversight for a small number of connected satellite systems ensuring alignment and data consistency across the broader enterprise ecosystem. The Director partners closely with the Enterprise Integration Enterprise Architecture and PMO teams to ensure cross-functional alignment effective integrations and a scalable technology foundation.

This is an opportunity to lead the evolution of Assents Salesforce ecosystem shaping its future state through modern architecture automation and innovation. The Director  will play a central role in driving measurable business outcomes and platform excellence across a global cross-functional environment.

Key Requirements & Responsibilities 

• Lead and mentor the Enterprise Systems team fostering a culture of excellence accountability and continuous improvement.

• Manage vendor and ecosystem partnerships ensuring alignment between external partners internal teams and enterprise objectives.

• Provide coaching and guidance to ensure the team maintains deep Salesforce expertise and consistent delivery quality.

• Establish communicate and enforce Salesforce platform best practices and standards ensuring high-quality configuration data integrity automation and security.

• Maintain a strong connection between business needs and system capability ensuring priorities are clear and outcomes are measurable.

• Own the management configuration and optimization of the Salesforce platform (Sales and Service Clouds) ensuring performance scalability and data integrity.

• Champion a Flow-first Lightning-first approach to configuration and solution design leveraging modern Salesforce capabilities and best practices.

• Make sound technical architecture decisions for Salesforce solutions balancing scalability with delivery speed and contribute hands-on when the work requires it.

• Partner with the Enterprise Integration team to ensure seamless connectivity and apply scalable integration patterns using Workato and Salesforce-native capabilities.

• Oversee user access role management and platform compliance in coordination with IT and Security.

• Provide administrative oversight for select satellite systems that interface directly with Salesforce ensuring alignment and data consistency.

• Maintain a delivery roadmap for Salesforce and regularly report on progress risks and platform health to senior leadership.

• Deliver measurable improvements in platform performance user adoption automation maturity and business process efficiency aligned with organizational KPIs.

• Demonstrate deep knowledge of Agile frameworks and change management processes with the ability to rapidly assess prioritize and guide stakeholders through system changes.

• Define detailed project scope and requirements that translate business and technology objectives into clear delivery plans.

• Manage backlog and sprint planning to ensure continuous delivery of high-impact Salesforce enhancements.

• Own prioritization of the Salesforce backlog making clear calls on sequencing and tradeoffs in partnership with business stakeholders.

• Work with subject matter experts to develop detailed work package definitions estimates and overall timelines for Salesforce initiatives.

• Own the SDLC as it pertains to delivering solutions within the Salesforce platform (Sales and Service Clouds) continually assessing and improving processes to enhance quality velocity and scalability.

• Work collaboratively with stakeholders across Sales Customer Success Global Support Finance and Operations to ensure Salesforce supports business objectives and data consistency.

• Maintain robust change control and governance processes to ensure Salesforce updates are tested approved and compliant with audit and security requirements.

• Stay informed on emerging Salesforce AI automation and analytics capabilities and lead initiatives that leverage these toolssuch as Agentforceto enhance usability reporting and efficiency.

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve system usability automation and reporting.

• Foster a culture of innovation within the team by encouraging learning experimentation and adoption of new Salesforce features.

• Build strong relationships with business and technical stakeholders ensuring Salesforce delivers measurable business value.

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders translating needs into practical and scalable Salesforce solutions.

Qualifications :

Your Knowledge Skills and Abilities

At least 10 years of hands-on Salesforce technical experience with proven success overseeing the administration optimization and governance of the Salesforce platform (Sales Service and Experience Clouds). A minimum of 5 years leading Salesforce platform teams or major cross-cloud initiatives is required. The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation in Salesforce configuration automation and security combined with the leadership ability to guide a distributed team of administrators and manage vendor partnerships. This role requires a seasoned leader who has successfully driven platform roadmaps ensured scalability performance and data integrity across complex enterprise environments and applied Salesforce best practices to deliver innovation automation and measurable business value. Experience integrating Salesforce with other business systems is essential.

Additional Qualifications

• Proven success owning the Salesforce platform including configuration security and release governance.

• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture data model and ecosystem tools.

• Demonstrated experience managing roadmaps security posture and executive reporting for enterprise platforms.

• Experience collaborating with integration architecture and security teams to ensure platform scalability and compliance.

• Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

• Strong organizational and analytical abilities with the capacity to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• Awareness of AI and automation trends within Salesforce and related SaaS applications.

• Professional certifications in Salesforce (Administrator Advanced Administrator or Platform App Builder) are considered assets.

Additional Information :

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your familys well being is important. As a result we offer vacation time that increases with tenure comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country) life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: Its not all about the money well its a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary a corporate bonus program retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

At Assent we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included valued and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included treated with dignity and respect promoted on their merits and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process please contact and we will be happy to help.  

We use AI to support parts of our recruitment process such as note-taking and initial shortlisting based on job-related qualifications. AI does not make hiring decisions. All candidates will speak with a real person and final decisions are always made by our recruitment team.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time