Manager​/Senior Manager, Strategy & Innovation

Position Overview

Salesforce is looking for a talented and dynamic Senior Manager to join the Innovation and Transformation team to support our team’s strategy, growth, process excellence and innovation. This person will be responsible for providing operational excellence and support to the Sales Compensation ecosystem around systems, tools, and specific processes/policies.

Primary responsibilities include collaborating cross‑functionally with Sales Compensation, DET, and other Prospect‑to‑Cash counterparts to re‑engineer and automate the systems that drive our company strategies. As a core driver in the Innovation team, the Senior Manager will design, build, and scale automated workflows to eliminate manual bottlenecks in the Sales Compensation process and play a pivotal role in the annual planning process, translating strategic executive vision into streamlined, tech‑enabled execution.

• Lead (or contribute to) project teams focusing on key compensation initiatives related to strategy, business process improvement and tool implementation or development.
• Serve as the bridge/translator between the business team and technical resources during development and implementation to ensure that requirements and dependencies are well understood.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams to identify and execute opportunities to automate manual, repetitive, or error‑prone processes across the team and implement improvements related to internal and cross‑functional processes.
• Seek opportunities for process improvements through automation or integration of systems.
• Make compensation recommendations and resolve compensation issues using a data‑driven approach.
• Guide and conduct user acceptance testing and training sessions for end users, as projects require.
• Write comprehensive operational playbooks, process maps, and automated workflow diagrams to standardize newly engineered processes.
• Champion data and AI as tools that democratize insights and accelerate execution across the team.

• +7 years of operational responsibilities related to SAAS large‑scale initiatives as part of a global team.
• +5 years of Business Analyst or equivalent technical experience.
• Consulting experience is a plus.
• Exceptional project management skills with the ability to manage multiple work streams across complex, cross‑functional environments.
• Demonstrated success in driving projects forward successfully to completion.
• Track record of successfully designing and implementing process improvements that reduced manual effort and improved accuracy.
• Strong desire to help others and intellectual curiosity about people and organization issues.
• Effective influencer, communication, and interpersonal skills, great listener.
• Strong presentation skillset – ability to create visually compelling executive summary documents and presentations that highlight team status & achievements, drive discussion, summarize project details and promote brand.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint presentations.
• Program management capability.
• BA/BS degree required.

Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to support your well‑being and work‑life balance, including time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with company match, and an employee stock purchasing program.

The typical base salary range for this position is $117,400 – $216,900 annually. This range represents base salary only and does not include company bonus, incentive compensation, equity or benefits.

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non‑discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. All employees and prospective employees will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law.