Deployment Strategist (Mid/Senior Levels)

Salesforce; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Deployment Strategist — Strategic Builder to guide AI-enabled deployments for enterprise customers in Chicago. You’ll shape AI strategy, design agentic solutions, and drive measurable adoption with a delivery team, including Forward Deployed Engineers.

The role emphasizes end-to-end engagement, governance, and business-value storytelling, with travel up to 25%. You will work to turn complex challenges into scalable Salesforce solutions and customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Requires 4+ years in strategic solutioning, delivery leadership, or enterprise SaaS
• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Prior customer-facing delivery experience is required
• Understanding of Salesforce platform and Agentic AI capabilities
• Programming knowledge: Python, JavaScript, Java, or Apex
• Ability to lead complex, ambiguous engagements end-to-end
• Experience with AI/LLM solution design and responsible AI practices
• Strong project/program management skills and travel up to 25%

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end customer engagement across the value lifecycle
• Define AI strategy and roadmap; design sessions and analyses
• Oversee delivery timelines, risk, and reporting
• Drive adoption, value realization and expansion metrics
• Coordinate with Forward Deployed Engineers for execution
• Develop customer solutions with AI tools to accelerate delivery
• Engage senior stakeholders and present business-focused outcomes
• Assess AI readiness and guide change management
• Translate field insights into product feedback for roadmap

Skills

Strategic delivery

Customer-facing

Python/JavaScript/Java/Apex

Enterprise SaaS

Project management

AI/LLM design

Travel 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Agentic AI platform

Data Cloud

Job description

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we’ re looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce. Applications for this position will be accepted on an ongoing basis. We're Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And we empower you to be a Trailblazer too, driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good, you've come to the right place.

About the Role

Customer impact from day one. Strategic clarity and Execution that sticks. Salesforce is hiring Deployment Strategists — Strategic Builders who are customer-facing advisors, who define AI strategy, shape agentic solutions, and drive measurable adoption for enterprise customers. You'll work as part of a delivery team alongside Forward Deployed Engineers, translating complex business challenges into agentic AI deployments that go live and generate real value. Engagements are focused and time-bound — typically 12 weeks or less — and may span a single strategic account or multiple customers simultaneously. Your impact isn't just getting to deployment. It ensures customers realise lasting, scalable value from the solutions your team builds.

Key Responsibilities

• Full Lifecycle Ownership: Lead end-to-end customer engagement across the complete value lifecycle — Identify → Commit → Deploy → Consume — owning outcomes at every stage, not just discovery or deal closure
• AI Strategy & Architecture: Define the customer's Agentic AI strategy and roadmap. Lead design workshops, agent design sessions, and jobs-to-be-done analysis. Architect solutions spanning Salesforce's agentic AI platform, Data Cloud, and enterprise systems, with responsible AI governance baked in from the start
• Deployment Oversight & Program Management: Manage engagement delivery end-to-end timelines, stakeholder communication, risk escalation, and progress reporting. You are the operational backbone of your delivery team, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
• Adoption & Consumption: Own adoption, consumption, and expansion metrics within your engagement scope. Identify blockers early and develop strategies to drive measurable value realization
• Delivery Team Coordination: Partner closely with the Forward Deployed Engineers on your team to align strategy with technical execution. Keep the team focused, unblocked, and on track to hit delivery milestones
• AI-Supported Development: You'll be developing real customer solutions supported by leading-edge AI tools: Including Cursor, Claude, and our coding products like Vibes, to accelerate development
• Customer Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary customer-facing contact, building trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders and present proposals, decisions and outcomes in terms of business value, not just technical detail
• AI Readiness: Assess customer readiness for AI adoption and guide change management and process transformation to maximise the benefits of intelligent agents
• Product Feedback Loop: Synthesise field insights and translate them into actionable product feedback that influences Salesforce's Agentic AI platform roadmap

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in strategic solutioning, technical advisory, or delivery leadership or programme management for enterprise cloud or SaaS technology
• You have a degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Prior customer-facing delivery experience (consulting, professional services, or technical advisory) - this is a requirement, not a nice-to-have
• Demonstrated understanding of the Salesforce platform and ecosystem, including Agentic AI capabilities and Data Cloud
• Working knowledge of one or more programming languages: Python, JavaScript, Java, or Apex
• Proven ability to lead and own complex, ambiguous engagements end-to-end — from discovery through to measurable outcomes
• Experience leading AI/LLM solution design, including agentic AI strategy, conversation design, and responsible AI practices
• Strong project and programme management skills — ability to run multiple workstreams, manage stakeholder expectations, and keep delivery on track in ambiguous environments
• Ability to travel 25% of the time to customer sites

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Salesforce Data Cloud, Agentforce platform, and Salesforce CRM (Sales, Service, Marketing)
• Experience designing and deploying AI solutions in regulated industries (e.g., public sector, financial services, healthcare)
• Salesforce platform certifications (e.g., Data Cloud Consultant, Agentforce Specialist, Application Architect) or similar platform certifications such as Microsoft, Oracle, or similar platforms.
• Background in change management, organisational design, or enterprise transformation
• Experience with AI/ML concepts beyond LLMs, including NLP, RAG architectures, and model evaluation frameworks
• A get-things-done mindset with strong bias for action — comfortable operating in unstructured fast moving environments

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 and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

Posting Statement

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $134,750 - $287,910 annually. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $148,190 - $316,750 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.