Global Technology Director of Sales and Client Management Platforms (Salesforce)

Our client is a leading global media organisation and is looking for a Global Technology Director of Sales and Client Management Platforms, this is permanent role and you will provide leadership across their sales and client management platforms working closely with the sales operations business function to align global technologies with business strategy and to ensure that the technology deployment and upgrades are in line with global strategies and platform utilisation.

You will have a deep understanding of the Salesforce platform, gained over 10 to 15 years, you will be experienced in managing the relationship between Salesforces and the business. You will have experience of managing and coaching teams, including solution architects and business analysts and offshore delivery partners. You will be comfortable controlling a budget of around GBP10m and have the confidence to manage different stakeholders effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Ownership of global sales and client management technology agenda and roadmap.
• Support global brand sales operation and service line leadership to set and maintain scope of technology elements of sales and client management platform in line with various change programmes.
• Drive alignment of sales and client management architecture to a single technology stack.
• Focus on a single view of the customer, efficient forecasting and operational improvements to support sales life cycle.
• Own BAU service provision for the sales and client management platform.
• Responsibility for the ongoing support of sales technology projects and initiatives.
• Responsible for the relationship and performance of all technology vendors and service providers including Salesforce, Adobe (Marketo), S&P and Upland Software.

You will have proven leadership and influencing skills, a background of strategic development, team leadership and the ability to plan and manage technology budget.

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