Director, AI Ventures & Market Intelligence

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 171 000 - 273 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Director of AI Ventures in San Francisco to map emerging AI technologies, build relationships across founders, labs, and investors, and identify acquisition, licensing, or partnership opportunities.

You will lead market intelligence and develop strategic viewpoints for AI-Labs leadership while collaborating with M&A and Finance to move opportunities forward. You will attend industry events to build proprietary insights and continuously refine where Salesforce should

Qualifications

• Experience in DeepTech and product-centric venture capital, startup investing, company building, or a highly relevant AI ecosystem role.
• Strong network across founders, labs, professors, investors, and emerging technology companies.
• Deep curiosity and fluency in AI markets and technologies, and enterprise software.
• Ability to move between technical trends, business models, founder assessment, and strategic implications.
• Strong executive communication and judgment.
• Ideally a former founder, senior associate/principal/junior partner from a leading VC firm, or equivalent ecosystem profile.

Responsabilités

• Build and continuously maintain a landscape of companies, labs, founders, technologies, investors, and emerging categories within your focus area.
• Source acquisition, partnership, licensing, acquihire, and strategic opportunities before they become broadly marketed.
• Maintain deep relationships with founders, professors, VCs, accelerators, technical communities, and other ecosystem leaders.
• Attend and sponsor relevant conferences, hackathons, founder gatherings, and industry events to build proprietary market intelligence.
• Produce concise assessments of emerging companies and categories for AI Labs leadership.
• Develop and constantly refresh clear points of view on where AI markets are moving and where Salesforce should build, buy, partner, or continue watching.
• Partner with M&A and Strategic Finance to transition qualified opportunities into formal diligence and deal processes.

Connaissances

DeepTech VC

AI markets

Enterprise software

Executive communication

Founders network

Description du poste

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Director of AI Ventures in San Francisco to map emerging AI technologies, build relationships across founders, labs, and investors, and identify acquisition, licensing, or partnership opportunities.

You will lead market intelligence and develop strategic viewpoints for AI-Labs leadership while collaborating with M&A and Finance to move opportunities forward. You will attend industry events to build proprietary insights and continuously refine where Salesforce should