Senior Salesforce Manager

The Premier League Foundation is seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Salesforce Manager to lead the organisation’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM), grant management and monitoring systems. This pivotal role will ensure our Salesforce environment is robust, user‑friendly and strategically aligned to the Foundation’s goal of using data and insight to underpin our decision‑making, programme delivery and impact reporting.

Application Deadline: 26 April 2026

Department: Premier League Foundation

Location: London, UK

Compensation: £40,000 – £50,000 / year

Who we are

The Premier League Foundation was established in 2010 to distribute funding provided by the Premier League and its partners to professional football club charities across England and Wales, supporting them in their delivery in thousands of community venues and schools across the country. A total of 106 club charities are supported across the Premier League, English Football League, and National League. More than 2.5 million individuals have benefited from the charity, which aims to foster positive sporting, health, personal and education opportunities for children, young people, and the wider community.

The Premier League Foundation is an equal‑opportunities employer and strives to create an inclusive culture where talent can flourish. We believe in the potential of everyone and open our doors to those who share those values. All appointments will be made based on merit, however we particularly encourage applications from women, people from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQ+ people, and disabled people.

Our hybrid‑working model also allows flexibility to work from home on some days each week. Attendance at the office or site visits is in line with our company policy and staff liaise closely with line managers to manage time appropriately.

The Role

• Lead the strategic development, administration and optimisation of the Premier League Foundation’s Salesforce ecosystem, ensuring systems are aligned with organisational strategy and operational needs.
• Oversee the design, delivery and continuous improvement of CRM, grant management and monitoring systems, ensuring they are intuitive, reliable and deliver high‑quality data for decision making.
• Manage and support the internal Salesforce team, including the Salesforce Manager and Salesforce Support and Engagement Executive, providing coaching, development opportunities and fostering a culture of shared learning.
• Manage the relationship with the Foundation’s Salesforce Partner, overseeing roadmaps, development pipelines, contract management and quality assurance.
• Work collaboratively to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions, partnering with teams across the Foundation to streamline workflows and enhance user experience.
• Champion data quality, governance and compliance, ensuring systems and processes meet regulatory requirements including data protection legislation.
• Oversee system testing, documentation and release management processes, ensuring changes are deployed safely and effectively.
• Ensure dashboards, automated reports and data visualisations are developed and maintained to support performance management and impact reporting.
• Work closely with the Impact and Insights Team and Programmes Team to ensure Salesforce data supports consistent, high‑quality reporting across the football club charity network.
• Champion innovation and best practice in CRM and data management, identifying and evaluating opportunities to adopt new techniques and tools, including AI‑enabled solutions.
• Ensure colleagues across the Foundation and network are supported to adopt and optimise use of Salesforce through provision of training, guidance and responsive technical support.
• Regularly report on system usage, performance and adoption metrics, working with Premier League colleagues where required to benchmark performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Commission external system partners and developers, where appropriate, ensuring due diligence is completed and work aligns to organisational standards.
• Stay up to date with developments in Salesforce, CRM best practice, and relevant regulations, proactively adapting systems and processes based on organisational needs.
• Represent the Foundation professionally when working with internal and external stakeholders, always reflecting the organisation’s values.
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role in furtherance of the Foundation’s objectives.

Role Requirement

• Education to degree level in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience in CRM, system management or data operations roles.
• Certified Salesforce Administrator with a minimum of three years’ management or consultancy experience administering and developing Salesforce in a complex, multi‑user environment, ideally within a charity, public sector or grant‑making context.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, declarative configuration, automation tools such as Flow, reporting and dashboard creation.
• Certifications and specialist experience in Nonprofit Cloud Consultant (with hands‑on experience of PMM and Outbound Funds) and exposure to Experience Cloud and/or Salesforce Business Analyst practice to support structured requirements management and portal development.
• Experience managing technical teams, external suppliers and development roadmaps, with the ability to balance strategic oversight and hands‑on delivery.
• Proven ability to translate organisational needs into effective system solutions, with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Significant experience working with multiple partners, including Salesforce Account Executives, and managing competing priorities across a varied workload.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work confidently across all levels of an organisation.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical audiences.
• Strong project management skills, including experience of agile delivery models and the ability to lead system change projects and manage complex stakeholder networks.
• A commitment to data quality, data governance, equality, diversity and inclusion, and safeguarding.
• High levels of computer proficiency, particularly in Salesforce and Microsoft Office, with advanced Microsoft Excel and data handling skills.
• Experience with Nonprofit Success Pack or other grant management packages and monitoring and evaluation tools is desirable.
• Willingness to travel within England and Wales as required.
• A satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Safeguarding

Our commitment to safeguarding includes implementing robust safer recruitment procedures to assess the suitability of individuals applying for roles that involve work with children and adults who are or may be at risk of harm. For further information, please see our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Guidance.

To apply please visit our careers page and apply with your CV and a cover letter. The closing date for applications is 26 April 2026.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact recruitment@premierleague.com.