Data Systems Senior Manager

About Trees For The Future At Trees for the Future (TREES), we believe farmers have the power to transform the world. For over 30 years, we’ve been a global leader in agroforestry training, partnering with farming families to build vibrant economies, sustainable food systems, and thriving ecosystems. Through our signature Forest Garden Approach—a proven nature-based solution—farmers restore their land, plant thousands of trees, and grow diverse crops, breaking cycles of climate change and generational poverty. By reclaiming their agency, farmers are creating new possibilities for their families, communities, and the environment. We’ve worked all around the world and are currently active in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. TREES has planted over 400 million trees to date. Joining our passionate, collaborative team means empowering farmers to lead lasting change for people and the planet. Learn more at trees.org. THE ROLE The Data Systems Senior Manager will serve as the central system owner for TREES’ global Salesforce architecture and data infrastructure. This role is foundational to TREES’ evolution as a data-driven, evidence-based climate organization and will lead the strengthening, restructuring, and long-term governance of our Salesforce ecosystem to support programs, carbon initiatives, and organizational learning. This role reports to the Senior Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) and operates within a cross-functional decision-making environment. The Data Systems Senior Manager will work in close partnership with MEL, Programs, Carbon, Communications, and Fundraising leadership, as well as external Salesforce consultants, to define system priorities, validate changes, and guide roadmap decisions. TREES has developed a defined Scope of Work for a comprehensive Salesforce architecture restructuring in partnership with Salesforce consultants. As implementation begins with a selected consulting firm, the Data Systems Senior Manager will serve as the primary internal technical point of contact — coordinating requirements, validating architectural decisions, ensuring alignment with MEL, Programs, Carbon, and Fundraising needs, and safeguarding long-term system integrity. The role will ensure that the redesigned system is scalable, intuitive to learn and use, and responsive to the evolving data needs of MEL, Programs, Carbon, Communications and Fundraising, enabling internal users to access accurate, timely insights in ways that are practical, meaningful, and aligned with their day-to-day workflows. Following the restructuring, this role will own system governance, integration strategy, architecture integrity, dashboard development, and ongoing optimization. The position does not include direct line management but plays a central coordination and influence role across internal teams and external consultants. The role will serve as the primary steward of system architecture, guiding decisions in collaboration with cross-functional sta