RVP Forward Deployed Engineering

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• We require 5+ years of direct people management or high-impact technical leadership leading cross-functional engineering or technical teams.
• We require a track record of hiring, mentoring, and scaling technical talent.
• We require deep architectural understanding of AI, LLMs, and the Salesforce ecosystem.
• We require hands-on experience with enterprise software implementation, data modeling, API integration, and AI deployments.
• We require direct, hands-on experience architecting or deploying Salesforce Data Cloud and the Agentforce platform.
• We require strong experience navigating high-touch customer strategies at a global level.
• We require exceptional executive-level communication and influence skills.
• We require an exceptional problem-solving mindset, resourcefulness, and a strong bias for execution.
• Nice to have: hands-on experience building multi-agent systems, prompt engineering pipelines, or deterministic AI guardrails.
• Nice to have: familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery and enterprise data pipelines.
• Nice to have: relevant Salesforce certifications such as Advanced Admin, Service Cloud, Data Cloud, Sales Cloud, or Agentforce Specialist.

Responsibilities:

• We directly manage and grow a team of technical AI specialists deploying Agentforce solutions in complex customer environments.
• We lead a blended delivery team of Forward Deployed Engineers and Deployment Strategists.
• We own capacity planning, talent acquisition, and staffing for cross-functional squads.
• We foster an inclusive, high-energy, psychologically safe engineering culture.
• We recruit, mentor, and develop technical and strategic builders.
• We maintain operational velocity by monitoring delivery metrics and coaching teams on optimization.
• We run complex customer escalations and help teams move from sketch to deployable in weeks.
• We serve as the final technical escalation point for our portfolio.
• We provide deep architectural judgment across the Salesforce platform, advanced LLM techniques, data pipelines, and agentic orchestration.
• We unblock complex data readiness, tool integration, and multi-agent orchestration challenges.
• We assess customer technical readiness, remove deployment barriers, and codify repeatable delivery methodologies.
• We build executive-level relationships within our customer portfolio.
• We ensure flawless Agentforce activation, rollout, and sustained production value.
• We monitor portfolio health, delivery velocity, and consumption metrics to accelerate customer outcomes.
• We partner closely with Services, Account Success, and Product teams to move customers from pilot to production quickly.
• We partner with Product and Engineering on pilot programs and beta rollouts, turning field insights into roadmap features.

Technologies:

• AI
• API
• BigQuery
• Cloud
• CRM
• Databricks
• LLM
• Salesforce
• Sketch
• Snowflake
• Agentic AI
• AI Agents
• Cursor
• Helm
• Support

More:

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. We are hiring a RVP Forward Deployed Engineering, Salesforce / Portfolio Leader in London, United Kingdom, for a full-time role leading a team of technical AI specialists delivering Agentforce solutions inside complex enterprise environments. This is a hands-on leadership position with direct influence on product feedback and roadmap direction, supported by our AI tools, benefits, and resources that help you find balance and do your best. We are committed to an inclusive hiring process and equal opportunity employment.

last updated 36 week of 2026