Director, National Security Technical Programs

Salesforce, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 273,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Director, Technical Program Management for Missionforce National Security. You will lead large, cross‑functional programs with executive visibility, translating strategy into structured workstreams and governance.

This role requires U.S. citizenship and a track record of enterprise SaaS delivery. You’ll collaborate with Legal, Security, IT, and product teams to onboard GovCloud capabilities, manage a V2MOM, and drive outcomes across federal customers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program management or related experience
• Experience leading large cross‑functional programs with exec visibility
• Experience delivering complex enterprise SaaS implementations
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Executive communication and facilitation in a matrix org
• Ability to quickly learn new technical/contract subjects
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Must be a U.S. citizen with suitable clearance

Responsibilities

• Turn executive intent into structured programs with clear scope, workstreams, owners, milestones and success measures, anchored in a program V2MOM.
• Run the operating rhythm for each program: steering committees, advisory teams, weekly working teams and executive updates.
• Drive action items, decisions, risks and dependencies across functions, and remove obstacles with urgency.
• Serve as the SVP’s trusted extension in executive forums, and keep leadership ahead of issues.
• Lead integration from announcement through close and into steady state, coordinating Corporate Development, Legal, HR, Communications, Security, Technology & Product and the business.
• Maintain the integration V2MOM, planning calendar, workstream plans and weekly updates.
• Make sure employee experience milestones land well for the incoming team, preserving what makes it special while speeding up its impact.
• Run multi‑workstream implementations for federal customers through discovery, capability mapping, gap analysis, workshops and delivery.
• Coordinate account teams, solution engineering, product, services, partners and the customer.
• Work with Government Cloud and security teams to onboard capabilities into GovCloud and keep personnel compliant with security requirements.
• Partner with Public Sector sales, Deal Desk, Legal, Accounting, Finance and Product to turn outcome‑based deals into a repeatable motion.
• Assess pipeline deals that fit, capture lessons from executed deals, and help define contract constructs, outcome measures and risk guardrails.
• Help build the business case and investment requirements for future fiscal years.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Director, Technical Program Management for Missionforce National Security. You will lead large, cross‑functional programs with executive visibility, translating strategy into structured workstreams and governance.

This role requires U.S. citizenship and a track record of enterprise SaaS delivery. You’ll collaborate with Legal, Security, IT, and product teams to onboard GovCloud capabilities, manage a V2MOM, and drive outcomes across federal customers.