Senior Manager- Salesforce Marketing Cloud Lead
EXLAbout the role
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Salesforce Marketing Technical Lead to serve as a key technology leader within our Banking and Capital Markets practice supporting a Marketing Org of a Fintech Client. This role focuses on driving collaboration across internal data, martech and campaign operations teams and clients to deliver integrated, Salesforce-powered solutions that create measurable business impact. As a Technology Lead, you will ensure alignment between advisory, technology, and operations while strengthening client relationships and supporting revenue growth across current and future client engagements. This position requires a blend of deep Salesforce Marketing Cloud Advanced, Agentforce and Data Cloud expertise, client relationship management, and strong business acumen to succeed in a fast-paced financial services environment.
1. Hands-on Marketing Cloud Development
- Design, build, and deploy end-to-end marketing journeys using:
- Journey Builder (event-based & trigger-based journeys)
- Automation Studio (file-based & API-based workflows)
- Contact Builder (data modeling & relationships)
- Develop highly personalized campaigns using:
- AMPScript (dynamic content, personalization logic)
- SSJS (server-side scripting, API integrations)
- HTML/CSS for email templates & Cloud Pages
- Build and optimize:
- Triggered campaigns, drip journeys, lifecycle journeys
- Transactional communications (real-time APIs)
2. Data Cloud Engineering & Activation
- Design and implement Data Cloud pipelines and data models:
- Data ingestion (APIs, batch, streaming connectors)
- Data Lake Objects (DLOs) & Data Model Objects (DMOs)
- Configure:
- Identity Resolution rules
- Unified customer profiles
- Segments and calculated insights
- Activate Data Cloud audiences into Marketing Cloud journeys and campaigns.
3. Integrations & API Development
- Build and manage API-led integrations between:
- Salesforce (MC, Core CRM, Data Cloud)
- External systems (CDP, AdTech, Web platforms, call centers)
- Strong experience with:
- REST/SOAP APIs
- Event-driven integrations (webhooks, streaming)
- Middleware (MuleSoft / Boomi preferred)
- Enable real-time event triggers for marketing journeys
4. Agentforce & AI-driven Automation
- Implement Agentforce-powered marketing automation, including:
- AI-driven segmentation and targeting
- Next Best Action / Next Best Journey decisioning
- Automated campaign orchestration
- Integrate AI outputs into:
- Journey decision splits
- Personalization layers
- Enable continuous optimization loops using AI signals and insights
5. Delivery Ownership & Technical Leadership
- Own end-to-end delivery lifecycle:
- Requirement breakdown → Design → Build → SIT/UAT → Go-Live
- Lead a team of:
- MC Developers
- Data Cloud Engineers
- Integration Specialists
- Perform:
- Code reviews (AMPScript, SSJS, SQL)
- Performance optimization
- Debugging complex journey/data issues
6. Performance Optimization & Monitoring
- Monitor and optimize:
- Campaign performance (open rate, CTR, conversion)
- Journey execution performance and latency
- Data pipeline health (latency, data quality)
- Implement:
- A/B testing frameworks
- Continuous optimization strategies
- Strong expertise in:
- Journey Builder, Automation Studio, Contact Builder
- Email Studio, Mobile Studio, Cloud Pages
- Advanced proficiency in:
- AMPScript (complex personalization logic)
- SSJS (API integrations, automation extensions)
- SQL (data extraction, segmentation)
- Experience with:
- Data ingestion, identity resolution, segmentation
- Data modeling (DLO, DMO concepts)
- Real-time audience activation
- Strong understanding of customer data platforms (CDP concepts)
- Deep experience in:
- REST/SOAP APIs, JSON/XML
- Event-driven architecture
- Middleware (MuleSoft / Boomi)
- Ability to design scalable, low-latency integrations
- Hands-on or strong conceptual experience in:
- AI-driven personalization
- Next Best Action / recommendation systems<
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