Salesforce

Senior Business Development Manager - ISV Partnership

Salesforce$172K — $260K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in ISV sales, ecosystem management, business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, or platform strategy—ideally in SaaS, AI, data, or cloud ecosystems.
  • Proven experience leading complex deal cycles and building innovative business models.
  • Understanding of the Salesforce platform including APIs, workflows, agents, automation.
  • Familiarity with generative AI, LLMs, data analytics platforms, and cloud data architecture.
  • Strong commercial instincts with the ability to navigate both technical and non-technical environments.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially in business case development and partner storytelling.
  • Ability to analyze and structure quantitative impacts of partnerships on business.

Responsibilities

  • Source and close strategic resell (OEM) partnerships to enhance Salesforce distribution.
  • Add new partners via integration, agents, and data connectivity.
  • Identify whitespace in the platform and create partner-driven solutions.
  • Activate and scale Agentforce by identifying ecosystem partners to enhance AI workflows.
  • Champion creative business models that deliver value for customers and partners.
  • Own the partnership lifecycle from opportunity analysis through negotiation and GTM readiness.
  • Collaborate with internal teams across Product, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Sales.

Benefits

  • Access to a variety of resources to help you find balance and reach your potential.
  • Supportive company culture focused on personal growth and career advancement.
  • Advanced tools and technologies, including AI agents, to enhance productivity.
  • Opportunities to shape the future of technology and partnerships within the industry.
Full Job Description

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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

Salesforce is looking for a talented partnerships professional and team player with great energy and initiative to fill a strategic and highly visible role in the future development of our partner ecosystem.

The Experience

As a member of the ISV Business Development team you are responsible for generating, managing, and driving high impact, revenue generating partnerships. This includes generating partnership strategy, leading commercial strategy, and handling relationships and negotiations for partnership deals which can be non-traditional in nature, require sophisticated stakeholder management, and business case development. The role will require concurrently driving multiple deals or initiatives with partners to complement our solutions, create a new industry or vertical footprint leveraging the Salesforce technology stack and/or drive a unique go-to-market business partnership to accelerate our indirect and direct sales.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

Expansion of Salesforce Ecosystem

  • Source and close strategic resell (OEM) partnerships that extend Salesforce distribution by identifying, engaging and convincing third parties to build product on the Salesforce platform.

  • Add new partners to the Salesforce ecosystem via integration, agents and data connectivity.

  • Identify whitespace where platform gaps exist, and craft partner-driven solutions to address them—leading everything from deal structure to internal alignment.

  • Activate and help scale Agentforce by identifying ecosystem partners that can enhance intelligent agent workflows and in-context AI capabilities.

  • Champion creative business models that unlock value for our customers while ensuring mutual success for partners.

Strategic Deal Execution

  • Own the full partnership lifecycle: from market opportunity analysis and initial outreach through to negotiation, contracting, and GTM readiness.

  • Navigate ambiguity, prioritize thoughtfully, and move quickly to structure first-of-kind deals.

  • Ensure partner engagements are scalable and built for long-term success—but your focus is on building new, not managing existing.

Cross-Functional Influence

  • Partner with key internal stakeholders across Product, Legal, Finance, Operations and Sales.

  • Act as a thought leader across the company on what’s happening in the ISV partner landscape and ecosystem.

  • Contribute to strategy sessions, internal readouts, and investment cases with insight and clarity.

You’re Our Person If…. 

  • 7+ years in ISV sales, ecosystem management, business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, or platform strategy—ideally in SaaS, AI, data, or cloud ecosystems.

  • Proven experience leading complex deal cycles and building new business models (e.g., rev shares, embedded experiences, ecosystem monetization).

  • Understanding of the Salesforce platform—including APIs, workflows, agents, automation—and its ecosystem potential.

  • Familiarity with generative AI, LLMs, data analytics platforms, and cloud data architecture.

  • Strong commercial instincts combined with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including business case development and partner storytelling.

  • Ability to structure and analyze quantitative impacts of partnerships on the business.

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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