Director of Engineering

Salesforce Practice & Engineering (P&L Owner) (Hyderabad)

Job Title

Head – Salesforce Practice & Engineering (P&L Owner) (Hyderabad | Immediate Joiners Preferred)

Location

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Hybrid – 3 days office mandatory)

Notice Period

Maximum 30 days (immediate joiners highly preferred)

Compensation

₹60–65 LPA (fixed + variable) + ESOPs (for exceptional candidates)

Reports to

Chief Operating Officer / CEO

About the Role

We are looking for a high-impact Salesforce Practice Leader who will own end-to-end P&L of our fast-growing Salesforce business unit, scale the practice to the next level, and play a pivotal role in winning and delivering multi-million-dollar engagements, and build a world-class Salesforce Center of Excellence (COE) in Hyderabad.

This is a 360° leadership role combining Delivery Ownership, Practice Building, Pre-Sales, Technical Architecture, P&L Management and Team Scaling.

Key Responsibilities

• Own complete P&L ownership of the Salesforce portfolio (delivery margins, revenue growth, risk & escalations)
• Scale the Salesforce practice from current size to 200+ heads in 24–30 months
• Build and lead a high-performing team of Salesforce Architects, Technical Leads, Developers, Program & Project Managers
• Drive pre-sales, solutioning, estimation, architectural diagrams and win large global deals
• Own technical governance – architecture reviews, code quality, release management, DevOps, environment strategy & SSO
• Partner with global sales & vertical BU heads for GTM, opportunity qualification and deal closure
• Mentor the team, establish best practices, reusable assets, accelerators and frameworks
• Manage multi-geography delivery (US, Europe, APAC, Middle East) with onshore-offshore model
• Ensure customer success, CSAT/NPS, reference ability and multi-year renewals/expansions
• Hire top Salesforce talent, forecast resource needs and build a strong leadership bench
• Act as the escalation point for all technical, commercial and delivery risks

Must-Have Experience & Skills (19–24 years)

• 19–24 years total experience with at least 8–10 years in Salesforce ecosystem
• Currently in a Practice Head / Delivery Head / P&L Owner role for Salesforce business (minimum $12–15M+ portfolio)
• Proven track record of scaling Salesforce practices and teams (100+ members)
• Hands-on experience in Salesforce Architecture (multi-cloud – Sales, Service, Experience, Marketing, CPQ, FSL, Vlocity / Omnistudio)
• Multiple end-to-end large-scale Salesforce implementations for global enterprises
• Strong pre-sales experience – discovery workshops, solution design, effort estimation, SOW reviews and deal shaping
• P&L management experience – margins, resource optimization, vendor negotiations, risk mitigation
• Experience managing global clients and distributed teams (US, UK, Europe, APAC)
• Excellent stakeholder management – CXO relationships, escalation handling, governance reviews
• Exposure to Salesforce COE setup, asset/accelerator creation and GTM collateral
• Certified: Salesforce Application Architect / System Architect / CTA is a big plus

Why Join Us?

• One of the fastest-growing Salesforce-focused practices in India
• Full ownership & visibility – direct reporting to COO/CEO
• Highly lucrative compensation (60–65 LPA) + performance bonus + long-term incentives
• Opportunity to build and lead a 200+ member Salesforce COE in Hyderabad
• Work with Fortune 500 clients and latest Salesforce innovations

Immediate joiners (0–30 days) will be given strong preference.

Interested candidates, please share your CV to [your email] with subject line: “VP Salesforce Practice – [Your Name] – [Current CTC] – [Notice Period]” mail to victorpaul@livecjobs.com

(Confidentiality assured)

With Regards,

Victor