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Salesforce Technical Product Owner (Chicago Hybrid)

Motorola Solutions · Chicago, IL

Posted Jun 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

Behavioral

Walk me through a time you had to build a multi-year technical roadmap for Salesforce Sales Cloud. How did you connect that roadmap back to actual business goals?

whether the candidate has done real product strategy work versus just execution, and can tie technical decisions to business outcomes

Tell me about a Sales Cloud environment you inherited that had accumulated technical debt. What did you prioritize first and why?

judgment in triaging technical debt and whether they think about stability versus speed tradeoffs

Describe a time a business stakeholder and your engineering team disagreed on a solution approach. How did you resolve it?

stakeholder management skill and whether they broker technical decisions fairly rather than just picking a side

Tell me about a metric or data point you used to prove a Salesforce feature was or wasn't delivering business value.

whether their data-driven approach is real practice or a buzzword

Describe the most complex Salesforce solution you've delivered end to end. What made it complex, and what would you do differently now?

scale and complexity of real project experience, plus honest self-assessment

Technical

How would you design a solution where Sales Cloud needs to integrate with an external system that has different data ownership rules?

depth of hands-on architecture knowledge beyond just backlog management

What's your approach to translating a vague business ask, like 'we need better visibility into deal stages,' into a concrete technical spec?

ability to bridge business language and engineering-ready requirements, a core function of this role

What Salesforce certifications or hands-on platform work do you have, and where have your Sales Cloud configuration limits been tested?

actual depth of platform expertise versus title-only experience

How do you keep architectural governance from becoming a bottleneck that slows down every sprint?

whether they can balance process rigor with delivery speed in an agile environment

Situational

Say a team wants to push a change that adds new shared objects and permission sets without going through review. How do you handle that?

whether they'll actually enforce architectural governance under social or delivery pressure

How do you decide what goes into a sprint when you have competing asks from sales leadership, IT, and end users?

prioritization method and whether they use data or just squeaky-wheel demands

If end users are avoiding a new feature you rolled out and going around it with workarounds, what's your first move?

end-user advocacy instincts and whether they investigate root cause versus just mandating compliance

You're blocked because two engineering pods have conflicting technical requirements for the same feature. There's no clear owner to escalate to. What do you do?

comfort navigating ambiguity and driving resolution without heavy oversight, as the posting explicitly calls out

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The full job description

As published by Motorola Solutions.

Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department Overview Our IT organization has a critical role in driving extraordinary business results. Through a strong partnership with other areas of our business, we bring innovative thinking to every conversation and deliver with integrity. We’re looking for individuals who bring innovative ideas and enhance our partners’ ideas. Intellectually curious advisors (not order takers) who focus on outcomes to creatively solve business problems. People who not only embrace change, but who accelerate it. Job Description Job Description We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Salesforce Technical Product Owner to lead and drive our Sales Cloud initiatives. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for shaping the technical direction of the Sales Cloud platform, ensuring architectural alignment with business objectives, and delivering exceptional system performance. This role focuses on technical leadership, managing complex solution designs, and overseeing architectural governance to ensure a scalable and stable Salesforce environment. Key Responsibilities: • Technical Strategy and Roadmap : Develop a clear technical product strategy and multi-year vision for Salesforce, defining the product's long-term roadmap while ensuring alignment with the overall business strategy • Leadership: Collaborate and Lead the Sales projects and programs by coordinating with the cross functional IT teams and business partners • Detailed Solution Design: Collaborate with engineering teams to design and deploy custom solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing systems,  transforming business requirements into clear and actionable technical specifications. • Architectural Governance: Enforce architectural design reviews and governance frameworks to prevent platform disruptions, ensuring all shared objects and permissions are identified before implementation. • Technical Debt Management: Identify and prioritize opportunities for code cleanup, component redesign, and technical debt reduction to maintain environment stability and improve system usability. • Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert for Salesforce Sales Cloud, continuously deepening your expertise on platform features and functionalities to facilitate ongoing improvements. • End-User Advocacy: Champion the needs of end-users by providing comprehensive training, support, and guidance to ensure they fully leverage Salesforce capabilities and adhere to best practices. • Data Driven / Prioritization : Bring a data-driven approach to the product and provide insights into how the product is performing and capturing business value. Using those data insights, prioritize effectively to drive the product forward using data insights to make decisions for the product. • Cross-Functional Team Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams in the successful delivery of product enhancements, ensuring the timely delivery of solutions that align with customer satisfaction and business goals. • Thought Leadership/Emerging Trends: Generate and surface key emerging customer trends that MSI should be thinking about to better serve our stakeholders by researching and assessing the trends and emerging technologies to deliver insights and value.  • Engineering Collaboration: Work directly with cross-functional engineering pods, ensuring that technical requirements and foundational Salesforce knowledge are vetted and met throughout the sprint lifecycle. Required Qualifications: • Experience: Minimum of 8 years of professional experience, with at least 5-6 years as a Salesforce Technical Product Owner or Salesforce Consultant, specializing in Sales Cloud  • Education: Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. • Business Acumen: Strong understanding of sales business processes and the ability to align technical solutions with business needs. • Skills: Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. Ability to build strong relationships with business stakeholders. • Technical Leadership: Proven track record of leading technical teams through complex Salesforce projects/programs, architectural reviews. Preferred Qualifications: • Certifications: Salesforce certifications are highly preferred. • Experience:   • Demonstrated success in delivering complex Salesforce solutions. • Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and solve for blockers with minimal guidance • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to gather and analyze complex requirements and translate them into actionable product features. • Experience working in an agile development environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and managing product backlogs. Target Base Salary Range: $125,000 USD - $145,000 USD Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. Note: Candidate must be in the Chicago and/or Schaumburg office 1-2 days per week. #LI-MP2 #LI-HYBRD Basic Requirements • Bachelor degree with 8+ years of professional experience • AND 5+ years as a Salesforce Technical Product Owner or Salesforce Consultant, specializing in Sales Cloud  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position Travel Requirements None Relocation Provided None Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan No Our U.S. Benefits include: • Incentive Bonus Plans • Medical, Dental, Vision benefits • 401K with Company Match • 10 Paid Holidays • Generous Paid Time Off Packages • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Paid Parental & Family Leave • and more! EEO Statement Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.  We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this  Reasonable Accommodations Form  so we can assist you.

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