Director, Salesforce Delivery
Homesteaders Life Co., Des Moines, IA, United States
Description
As a Director, Salesforce Delivery, you will be responsible for leading the strategy, delivery, and ongoing optimization of the organization’s Salesforce platform and related ecosystem. Your role will include overseeing a team of Salesforce Administrators, developers, architects, and delivery managers to ensure high-quality solutions that enable business functions. The leader partners with business stakeholders translate strategic priorities into delivery roadmap, ensuring Salesforce capabilities to drive measurable business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Define and execute the multi-year Salesforce platform strategy aligned with business objectives.
Lead the end-to-end delivery of Salesforce initiatives including enhancements, integrations, and new capabilities.
Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing Salesforce delivery team, including admins, developers, analysts, and architects.
Oversee the integration of Salesforce with other business systems and ensure successful system upgrades and updates.
Serve as the primary IT leader supporting Salesforce-enabled business capabilities.
Establish and maintain Salesforce governance, including architecture standards, development practices, and security controls.
Ensure consistent delivery practices, including backlog management, sprint planning, and release governance.
Partner with business leaders to understand priorities and translate them into technical solutions.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
7+ years of experience in Salesforce Administration.
5+ years of leadership experience managing delivery teams.
Significant hands‑on experience with Salesforce platform capabilities.
Experience delivering Salesforce solutions in complex enterprise environments.
Experience with multiple Salesforce Clouds (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud).
Strong understanding of Agile delivery frameworks.
Experience managing vendor and implementation partner relationships.
Pay and Benefits Summary Our benefits include:
An excellent schedule – office closes at 1 p.m. every Friday
Annual profit sharing
401(k) with company match with discretionary contribution
Company-sponsored group medical and dental insurance
Company-paid life insurance
Company-paid long-term disability
Hybrid work environment
Paid holidays
Generous vacation time and sick leave
Paid parental leave
Casual dress year-round
About Homesteaders Homesteaders Life Company, a mutual company owned by its policy holders, is a national leader providing products and services to help people design a better farewell. Founded in 1906, Homesteaders is known for secure preneed funding and innovative solutions that help funeral and end-of-life professionals and consumers connect with each other.
We are currently not hiring in Arizona, Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Colorado, Montana, New York, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington, and others.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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Responsibilities
Define and execute the multi-year Salesforce platform strategy aligned with business objectives.
Lead the end-to-end delivery of Salesforce initiatives including enhancements, integrations, and new capabilities.
Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing Salesforce delivery team, including admins, developers, analysts, and architects.
Oversee the integration of Salesforce with other business systems and ensure successful system upgrades and updates.
Serve as the primary IT leader supporting Salesforce-enabled business capabilities.
Establish and maintain Salesforce governance, including architecture standards, development practices, and security controls.
Ensure consistent delivery practices, including backlog management, sprint planning, and release governance.
Partner with business leaders to understand priorities and translate them into technical solutions.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
7+ years of experience in Salesforce Administration.
5+ years of leadership experience managing delivery teams.
Significant hands‑on experience with Salesforce platform capabilities.
Experience delivering Salesforce solutions in complex enterprise environments.
Experience with multiple Salesforce Clouds (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud).
Strong understanding of Agile delivery frameworks.
Experience managing vendor and implementation partner relationships.
Pay and Benefits Summary Our benefits include:
An excellent schedule – office closes at 1 p.m. every Friday
Annual profit sharing
401(k) with company match with discretionary contribution
Company-sponsored group medical and dental insurance
Company-paid life insurance
Company-paid long-term disability
Hybrid work environment
Paid holidays
Generous vacation time and sick leave
Paid parental leave
Casual dress year-round
About Homesteaders Homesteaders Life Company, a mutual company owned by its policy holders, is a national leader providing products and services to help people design a better farewell. Founded in 1906, Homesteaders is known for secure preneed funding and innovative solutions that help funeral and end-of-life professionals and consumers connect with each other.
We are currently not hiring in Arizona, Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Colorado, Montana, New York, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington, and others.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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