Salesforce Engineering Manager

Why GMF Technology?

GM Financial is set to change the auto finance industry and is leading the path of embarking on tech modernization – we have a startup mindset, and preserve our small company culture, in a public company environment with financial stability and intense growth over a decade-plus history. We are data junkies and trust in data and insights to advance our business objectives. We take our goal of zero emission, zero collision, zero congestion, and zero friction very seriously. We believe as an auto finance market leader we are in the driver's seat to lead us in the GM EV mission to change the world. We are building global platforms, in LATAM, Europe, China, U.S. and Canada– and we are looking to grow our high-performing team. GMF is comprised of over 10,000 team members globally. Join our fintech culture within a Blue-Chip company where we are changing the way we use technology to support our customers, dealers and business.

Flexible hybrid work environment (onsite 2 days a week/3 days remote) at our Arlington (AOC1) or Irving Las Colinas, TX office.

About this role

The Salesforce Software Engineering Manager leads a team of software engineers, managing projects from start to finish. They ensure that software is developed on time, meets requirements, and is scalable. They also help define product strategy and contribute to the development of their team.As a technical manager, you set the boundaries and expectations for delivering a quality product and timely solutions; you are an avid promoter of process improvement; you seek out and promote best practices; you own and refine the technical architecture, continually investing in refactoring and refinement to incorporate modern engineering tools and practices. As a people manager, you consistently invest in your people to grow their technical skills and soft skills; you celebrate successes; you identify books, classes, events, and assignments that expose team members to new ways of thinking and working; you promote inter-team and intra-team collaboration to build trust; you hire good people, effectively manage poor performers, and provide constant feedback to create a team of leaders.As a servant leader, the Software Engineering Manager's role is to inspire, motivate, and enable the team by removing impediments. The manager is encouraged to stay out of the day to day activities and focus on the big picture; where the product is headed and what are the architecture decisions, tools, and skills needed to get there.

What makes you an ideal candidate?

• Lead the team to build the next generation of modern applications, platforms and services by providing technical expertise throughout the software development lifecycle
• Communicate a plan for the budget, resources, and tools required to support the business and evolve the product, then execute the plan
• Establish relevant learning plans that grow the team professionally and technically
• Motivate the team to share ideas and learnings to promote innovation and generate excitement within the team
• Take an active role in defining metrics that measure our ability to deliver on business and service level objectives; use the metrics to improve the process and product
• As a servant leader, work closely with the team to anticipate and remove impediments
• Review test plans and results providing guidance with the development of test plans to assist the business with development of user acceptance criteria
• Develop relationships with our Business Operations partners and regularly update them with what is transpiring related to automation

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Management Information experience; and/or comeserate experience preferred.
• 8-10 years of Salesforce experience required.
• Experience leading software development projects preferred
• Experience leading poeple preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Salesforce and related Salesforce technologies such as Own data
• Good Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Project Management skills
• Experience in Salesforce software development consisting of architecture and implementing through code
• Deep understanding of integrating Salesforce with a broad range of enterprise technologies across Azure and AWS.
• Be able to collaborate to define, design, develop and deliver the best Data Architecture to support our business needs balancing storage, API traffic and syncronization with other systems of record.
• Utilize technical aspects of Salesforce such as Apex triggers, classes, Flows and Scheduled jobs; as well as knowledge of Cases and Service cloud work processes.
• Be able to deliver encryption configurations, user security profiles and permissions, monitoring and disaster recovery using Own to fulfil our Cyber requirements.
• Be able to design data syncronization between Salesforce and other systems.
• Deliver outbound and inbound API integrations
• Keep up with and evangelize best practices for implementating Salesforce solutions and integrations with enterprise systems

What We Offer: Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.

Our Culture: Our team members define and shape our culture — an environment that welcomes innovative ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work — we thrive.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time. 

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