Salesforce

Business Strategy Director

Salesforce$171K — $273K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience leading multi-disciplinary teams to market successful user-centered products.
  • Expertise in the Salesforce ecosystem with knowledge of Data Cloud, AI, and Core Clouds.
  • Deep understanding of AI tools and how they transform business processes.
  • Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior executives and influence priorities.
  • Strong business acumen with advanced knowledge in business model design, strategy, and agile processes.

Responsibilities

  • Define and architect the Agentic strategy for customer engagement, balancing autonomous agents and human judgment.
  • Maximize ecosystem value by recommending solutions that enhance customer ROI and minimize technical debt.
  • Align executive stakeholders by leading workshops that define objectives and build confidence in business outcomes.
  • Design strategic experience roadmaps that ensure high user adoption and long-term product consumption.
  • Translate complex technical capabilities into clear business outcomes that resonate with stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Resources to support work-life balance and personal development.
  • Access to AI agents that enhance productivity and impact.
  • Opportunities to shape the future of technology and customer experiences.
  • Supportive company culture focused on innovation and excellence.
Full Job Description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Customer Success

Job Details

The Experience

The Business & Experience Strategist role is part of our pre-sales Business Strategy team, dedicated to partnering with our broader Salesforce team to drive clear value with our most strategic customers. We bridge the gap between "what should we build" and "why it matters," ensuring that every solution we propose is grounded in business value and customer-experience principles. Whether we are reframing a complex problem or setting a long-term vision, we strive to lead our most strategic customers through the digital labor revolution with confidence and clarity.

We are looking for a seasoned strategist to act as a high-level thought leader. In this role, you will define the next generation of engagement by driving Agentic Experience (AX) strategy. You will be the architect of the "why," partnering with our delivery teams to ensure that the future vision—from autonomous agents to headless ecosystems—is executed with integrity and purpose.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

Success in this role is measured by your ability to align executive stakeholders, define metrics for success, and translate complex technical capabilities into clear business outcomes.

  • Define & Architect the Agentic Strategy: Determine where autonomous agents solve customer needs versus where human judgment is required; visualize this future by prototyping everything from high-fidelity interfaces to the backend logic flows and conversational journeys that power the "Agentic" shift.
  • Maximize Ecosystem Value & Technical ROI: Navigate the Salesforce product landscape (Data Cloud, Agentforce, Core Clouds) to recommend the optimal solution mix that maximizes customer ROI, minimizes technical debt, and leverages "Headless" opportunities to bring the CRM into preferred user tools.
  • Align Executive Stakeholders to Business Outcomes: Lead high-impact workshops with CEO/VP+ stakeholders to define objectives and build collective confidence; combine customer empathy with business acumen to tie experiential opportunities directly to industry-specific success metrics and business value.
  • Drive Experience Roadmaps for Adoption & Consumption: Design strategic roadmaps with "Day 2" in mind, ensuring the transition from traditional delivery to Agentic logic is built for high user adoption, long-term consumption, and the realization of the initial experience vision.
You’re Our Person If...
  • 15+ years experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (design, strategy, tech) to bring successful, user-centered products to market.
  • Salesforce Ecosystem Expert: You have an understanding of how Salesforce products and solutions (Data Cloud, AI, and Core Clouds) translate into tangible business value. You know how to architect a vision that maximizes platform value and drives long-term consumption and adoption.
  • AI & Agentic Fluent: You are deeply immersed in AI tools and modern ways of working. You don't just talk about AI; it is a core part of your process, and you can vividly "paint the picture" for customers of how autonomous agents will transform their business.
  • Executive Orientation: You have a proven track record of building trusted relationships with senior executives (CEO/VP+) and influencing priorities across large, matrixed organizations. Mastery of storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to create clarity out of the chaos of new technology in ambiguous environments.
  • Business Value: Strong business acumen with advanced knowledge of business model design, strategy, and experimentation/agile processes.
Even Better If...
  • Compelling Design Communicator: You are a master at telling a value-driven story that pulls on simplicity, emotional resonance, and absolute clarity of value. You make the complex feel intuitive.
  • Salesforce Platform Mastery: You have a deep foundational understanding of Salesforce Headless 360, Composable Storefront, Data Cloud, and Agentforce.
  • Technical Literacy: You can articulately explain how a unified data layer enables "headless" AI agents to act with context and precision across any channel.
  • You bring strong, specialized expertise in at least one industry vertical (such as Technology, Telco, Media, Transportation, Travel, Hospitality, or Business Services) or domain (such as Loyalty, Sales, Marketing, or Customer Service).

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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