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Engineering Manager

External
2u logo2u · Cape Town, South Africa
Full-timeOn-site2w ago
CRMLeadershipSalesforce
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Requirements

  • Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:
  • Technical
  • Architectural Ownership: Own the production environment and maintain a robust Salesforce architecture, ensuring scalability across Sales, Service, and Experience Clouds.
  • Data Strategy & Orchestration: Lead the implementation and management of Salesforce Data Cloud, ensuring high-quality data ingestion, harmonization, and unification (Identity Resolution) to power downstream AI and analytics.
  • AI & Agentic Workflows: Lead the strategy and deployment of Agentforce, building and managing autonomous agents that leverage Data Cloud insights to streamline business processes.
  • Requirements Alignment: Collaborate with Product and Stakeholders to ensure CRM and Data strategies align with technical capabilities and long-term roadmap goals.
  • SDLC & Data Governance: Accountable for the sprint lifecycle, ensuring best practices in Salesforce DevOps and strict adherence to data privacy and governance standards within the CRM.
  • Quality & Integrity: Ensure code integrity (Apex, LWC) and declarative configuration quality, proactively seeking platform optimizations to reduce technical debt and data silos.
  • People Management
  • Performance Leadership: Take hands-on responsibility for the CRM engineering team's performance and output.
  • Mentorship: Set S.M.A.R.T goals, providing specific guidance on Salesforce career paths and emerging AI technologies and Data Cloud.
  • Talent Pipeline: Build and grow the team through recruitment and interviews, specifically looking for talent capable of navigating the shift toward agentic AI.
  • Team Health: Prioritize employee morale, fostering an environment of continuous learning and high engagement.
  • Accountability for Results
  • Strategic Execution: Collaborate on strategic requirements, translating high-level business needs into operational Salesforce execution plans.
  • SME Leadership: Act as the CRM Subject Matter Expert, identifying potential platform bottlenecks and solving complex integration problems.
  • Resource Allocation: Own sprint planning and resource allocation to ensure high-value features and Agentforce workflows are delivered on time.
  • Domain Representation: Represent the CRM domain in executive meetings, influencing decisions with data-driven insights.
  • Leadership and Personal Development
  • Culture Carrier: Embody company principles and promote an inclusive, supportive, and high-performance work environment.
  • Continuous Learning: Stay at the forefront of the Salesforce release cycle, specifically regarding AI, Data Cloud, and Agentforce innovations.
  • Communication: Enhance transparency between the technical team and non-technical business units.
  • Management Responsibilities
  • Day-to-day oversight of CRM systems, and third-party integrations within your remit.
  • Direct management of Salesforce Engineers, Admins, and Declarative Developers.
  • Things That Should Be In Your Background:
  • Experience: 7-10 years of software engineering experience, with at least 3-5 years focused on the Salesforce ecosystem and 2+ years in a supervisory or management role.
  • Agentforce Mastery: Proven experience or deep theoretical knowledge in deploying Salesforce Agentforce (or similar LLM-based agentic workflows).
  • Education: Degree in Computer Science, Software Development, or a related field.
  • Certifications: Salesforce Certified Administrator, Salesforce Data Cloud Consultant or Platform Developer II is preferred; Architecture certifications are a major plus.
  • Business Acumen: Strong ability to balance business urgency with technical sustainability.
  • Benefits & Culture

Benefits

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Additional Information

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission - to eliminate the back row in education - and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world's leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings - from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.


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