Description
Job Title: Director, Strategic Technology Practice, GDC
Location: Bangalore, Hyderabad
Role Overview
We are seeking an exceptional Director of Delivery Management of Professional Services to lead our Global Delivery Centre. This is a senior leadership role for someone who is an equal parts delivery leader & growth driver — someone who does not just run a services organisation but actively multiplies its impact. You will combine deep Salesforce delivery expertise with a growth mindset, executive presence, and the relentless persistence to grow the team’s reputation as a centre of excellence.
You will be a key member of the Leadership Team of the Strategic New & Emerging Technology practice, accountable for both the quality of delivery and the strategic building & expansion of our practice. The ideal candidate brings 18+ years of consulting or professional services experience, a passion for innovation, and a proven track record of scaling teams, winning business, and driving measurable customer outcomes.
As a Director of Professional Services, you should have expertise in building strong competency in building and scaling Salesforce’s New & Emerging Technology cloud capabilities and delivering high value to customers. Should have pre-sales management experience with a deep knowledge of enterprise sales cycles. Should have Salesforce project implementation experience with the different engagement models.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership, Culture & Growth Multiplication
Act as a growth multiplier — raise the ceiling of what the team believes is possible, create conditions where talented people do their best work, and leave every person better than you found them.
Build, manage, and continuously grow a world-class professional services team with the right talent and organizational structure.
Bring a genuine sales mindset to a delivery leadership role — actively hunt for new opportunities & open doors with persistence and creativity.
Proven track record of demonstrating GTM impact
Provide hands-on leadership, technical direction, and mentorship to maintain a high-performing, highly engaged team with maximum utilisation.
Present compelling solutions and proposals to internal and external stakeholders, including executive leadership and prospective clients.
Identify, develop, and elevate next-generation leaders while fostering a high-performance, growth-oriented culture across distributed, geographically diverse teams.
Hire exceptional talent and manage performance to ensure meaningful career growth opportunities.
Embody company values and set the standard for exemplary, inclusive leadership.
Delivery Excellence & Innovation
Oversee successful delivery of complex Salesforce implementations across multiple engagement models, ensuring customer satisfaction and value realisation.
Drive a culture of continuous innovation, challenging the team to evolve delivery approaches and maximise the value of Salesforce products for clients.
Lead through thought leadership, industry visibility, partner engagement, and a reputation for delivery excellence that makes clients want to work with us and talent want to join us.
Champion GDC capabilities internally and externally; position the centre as a strategic asset and a differentiator in competitive sales situations.
Build and foster closer collaboration with Regional Salesforce Professional Services teams and broader ecosystem partners.
Drive the Product & Engineering feedback loop for Customers as OneSalesforce program by fostering closer relationships and collaboration with Product & Engineering teams.
Communication & Stakeholder Influence
Communicate with clarity, concision, and impact — both in writing and in spoken form — across diverse audiences from technical teams to C-suite executives.
Listen actively and adapt communication style to the audience; project calm and confidence in high-pressure situations and during periods of crisis or uncertainty.
Build strong, trusted partnerships across a matrixed organisation, influencing without authority and earning credibility through expertise and integrity.
Collaborate effectively across internal and external teams to garner alignment and achieve outsized impact.
Required Experience & Skills
18+ years of experience in a consulting firm or professional services division of a software company, delivering software-based business solutions across Sales, Marketing, Service, and Support.
Demonstrable growth mindset — a track record of not just managing a practice but building it from scratch, expanding it, opening new accounts, and building a pipeline through personal hustle, network, and thought leadership.
Strong Salesforce experience across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and/or Industry Clouds; knowledge of Data & AI / Agentic Tech Stacks is highly valued.
Track record of at least 5 successful Salesforce cloud project implementations, including one or more large-scale transformation engagements.
Demonstrated success in building and scaling practice capability through pre-sales playbooks, architectural design frameworks, and demand planning.
Proven ability to sell solutions at the C-level and consistently deliver revenue targets with accurate forecasting.
Deep understanding of enterprise sales cycles and different professional services engagement models.
Experience building or contributing to brand positioning for a delivery organization — through content, partnerships, events, or industry recognition.
Demonstrated understanding of integration frameworks and experience delivering performant, scalable, and robust complex Salesforce integrations.
Strong grasp of business processes and their implementation into enterprise applications; ability to quickly translate technology concepts into business value.
Degree or equivalent proven experience; experience evaluated on core competencies, including leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, and work experience.
Preferred Domain Experience
Experience in one or more of the following domains is preferred:
• Life Sciences
• Manufacturing and Automotive
• Sales and Service / Contact Center
• Marketing & Loyalty
• Retail and Consumer Goods / Commerce
• Services stack — Data Migration, DevOps, and related disciplines