SVP, Salesforce Lead Platform Engineer

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)

• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few

• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business

• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun

Position Overview

The SVP, Lead Salesforce Platform Engineer is a senior role responsible for the strategic direction, technical execution, and operational excellence of our entire Salesforce ecosystem. This role is fundamentally about delivery. You will lead a global team of full-time and contract developers to transform complex business requirements into high-quality, scalable, and timely technical solutions across multiple Salesforce orgs.

As a "player-coach," you will set the technical vision and architectural standards while remaining hands-on with the code for our most critical initiatives. You will act as the key bridge between business stakeholders and the technology team, building strong partnerships and ensuring that our Salesforce platform is a powerful engine for business growth and efficiency.

This role is responsible for managing and growing world-class talent, fostering a culture of excellence, and driving towards continued maturity in engineering practices. The platform lead works with system managers and engineers, architects, business analysts and quality assurance engineers in a highly collaborative environment to define product features, provide detailed estimates, support platform best practices, and deliverables. 

Success in this role is defined by one primary value: delivery. We need a leader who can cut through ambiguity, eliminate roadblocks, and guide a team to ship high-quality, impactful solutions with speed and predictability.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing, globally distributed team of Salesforce developers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Define and execute a clear, results-oriented roadmap for the Salesforce platform, ensuring alignment with executive-level business objectives

• Establish and ruthlessly enforce best practices for the entire development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, code quality, testing, and CI/CD, with a focus on maximizing team velocity and predictable delivery

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority for the Salesforce platform, making critical architectural decisions to ensure scalability, performance, and security across multiple organizations

• Build and cultivate deep, trusted relationships with business leaders across Sales, Marketing, Service, and other key departments while acting as a strategic partner to the business, proactively identifying opportunities to leverage the Salesforce platform to solve problems and drive value

• Oversee the technical health of all Salesforce instances, including governance, data integrity, and a long-term strategy for organization consolidation and optimization

• Develop production application support plans, schedules, and assignments as required. Estimate the level of effort related to technical design, coding, and unit testing

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 7+ years focused specifically on the Salesforce platform.

• 5+ years in a senior leadership role, managing technical teams, including direct experience managing offshore and contract resources.

• Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-org Salesforce projects on time and on budget in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience with public speaking and speaking in front of large audiences

• Proficiency in a variety of programming related technologies and tools including:

  • CRM & Platforms: Salesforce (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Lightning Platform, nCino, Apex, LWC, Aura Components, SOQL, SOSL, Platform Events, API Integration), Salesforce DX

  • Programming & Frameworks: Apex, C#, ASP.NET (MVC, WebApi), JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, Angular, AJAX, .NET Framework

  • Database Technology: MSSQL Server, T-SQL

  • Development Practices & Tools: Agile/Scrum, CI/CD (Gearset, AutoRabit), Git, JIRA, Visual Studio, VS Code, Salesforce DevOps, FFLIB Apex Mocks

  • Integration Technologies: REST APIs, SOAP APIs

  • Industry Expertise: Financial Services, Banking, Mortgage Lending

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $141,000.00 - $220,000.00, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience.

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life.  To build a company that reflects the communities we serve, we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success.  Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.