Senior Technical Program Manager

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional programs within their IT Delivery Services organization, specifically supporting the Employee Success and Finance sub-pillar. This role involves managing programs through their full lifecycle, partnering with various teams to define scope and timelines, managing risks and dependencies, and facilitating meetings to drive decisions. The role requires experience in enterprise environments with hybrid delivery models and knowledge of HR, payroll, and financial systems. A working knowledge of AI tools for delivery management efficiency is also required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead programs and projects through the full lifecycle — from scoping and planning through execution, delivery, and retrospective — holding teams accountable for on-time, high-quality outcomes
  2. Partner with product management, engineering, and cross-functional stakeholders to define scope, deliverables, resource needs, and timelines; engage senior leaders and executives to build alignment and secure approvals on key milestones
  3. Identify and actively manage program risks, issues, and dependencies; develop and execute mitigation and contingency plans in collaboration with other TPMs
  4. Facilitate program meetings to drive key decisions and clear obstacles; maintain comprehensive documentation including status reports, governance materials, and leadership readouts covering risks, metrics, and decisions
  5. Coordinate handoffs, manage cross-program interdependencies, and drive retrospectives to embed continuous improvement into delivery practices

Skills

Required

  • Technical Program Management
  • Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
  • PMP certification
  • Agile certification
  • Stakeholder management
  • Risk management
  • Budget forecasting
  • Delivery reporting
  • HR platforms (e.g., Workday)
  • Financial systems
  • Integration technologies
  • AI tools for delivery management

Nice to have

  • Supporting IT programs in Employee Success or Finance domain
  • Portfolio management practices and tools
  • Building and maturing program governance frameworks

What the JD emphasized

  • 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a highly matrixed enterprise environment
  • 3+ years executing programs in a hybrid delivery model (Waterfall and Agile) using frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe
  • PMP certification and at least one Agile certification (Scrum Master, SAFe, or equivalent)
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and executives, build alignment across diverse teams, and communicate program status with clarity and confidence at all levels
  • Experience establishing and maintaining program governance frameworks, including risk management, budget forecasting, and delivery reporting in a portfolio context
  • Working knowledge of core HR and payroll platforms (e.g., Workday, Benefex, Equity Edge), financial systems (e.g., SPIFF, Concur), and integration technologies; ability to engage credibly with engineers and architects on data flows, system dependencies, and cross-functional technical trade-offs across payroll, equity, and financial operations
  • Working knowledge of AI tools and how to apply them to drive delivery management efficiencies