Field CTO: Data Governance & MDM Leader

Salesforce; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 221,000 - 296,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Field CTO specializing in Data Governance and Master Data Management to help shape trusted, governed enterprise data in an AI-driven world. You will advise strategic customers, lead architecture workshops, and collaborate with executives to align data strategies with business goals.

You will partner with Salesforce and Informatica teams, develop reusable patterns, and mentor field architects while representing Salesforce at executive briefings and industry events.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in enterprise data architecture, Data Governance, MDM, Data Quality, metadata.
• Deep understanding of enterprise MDM patterns (customer, product, supplier, location, reference).
• Strong understanding of Data Governance operating models, policies, stewardship, lineage, metadata, data quality and controls.
• Experience designing data architectures within large enterprises with cloud/on-prem mix.
• Experience across heterogeneous environments including cloud platforms, APIs, data warehouses/lakes, and AI/ML.
• Experience evolving data management to support generative AI and agents.
• Ability to advise senior executives while remaining credible with technical audiences.
• Strong executive communication, storytelling, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to structure ambiguous customer problems and provide clear strategic recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior executives and architects on enterprise data governance and MDM strategies.
• Lead executive briefings, architecture workshops, and high-value customer engagements.
• Develop reusable architectural patterns and thought leadership for field deployment.
• Collaborate with Salesforce and Informatica teams to influence product roadmaps and customer outcomes.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Data Governance

MDM

Data Quality

Metadata

Executive communication

Storytelling

Facilitation

Presentation skills

Tools

Informatica MDM

IDMC

Data Governance & Catalog

Data Quality tools

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Field CTO specializing in Data Governance and Master Data Management to help shape trusted, governed enterprise data in an AI-driven world. You will advise strategic customers, lead architecture workshops, and collaborate with executives to align data strategies with business goals.

You will partner with Salesforce and Informatica teams, develop reusable patterns, and mentor field architects while representing Salesforce at executive briefings and industry events.