Lead Decision Scientist, Cloud Analytics

Salesforce, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce seeks a Decision Scientist Lead for Cloud Analytics to drive strategic analytics across the AgentExchange initiative. The role supports California (San Francisco) and Washington (Seattle), partnering with product, engineering, and data leadership to advance AI-driven decision making.

You will mentor teams, oversee AI lifecycle governance, and translate complex insights into actionable business strategies that accelerate adoption and customer value.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in data science, decision science, or advanced analytics, with a proven track record of deploying analytical models that move business needles.
• Agentic AI & Systems Engineering: Architecting agentic workflows, orchestrating LLMs, or building automated, self-correcting data science systems.
• Technical Mastery: Proficiency in Python or R and SQL for feature engineering and database performance tuning.
• Quantitative Foundation: Master’s/MBA in a highly quantitative field (CS, Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Applied Math).
• Executive Presence: Ability to communicate with C-suite and translate data into strategy.
• Entrepreneurial Execution: Get-it-done mindset with high autonomy in a global environment.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory: Apply quantitative methods to inform product initiatives and diagnose business challenges.
• Agentic AI & Systems Lifecycle: Govern autonomous AI agents and scale analytics delivery.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with analysts and engineers to produce prescriptive insights.
• Roadmap Ownership: Define the AgentExchange product analytics roadmap.
• Metrics & Growth: Define and track core metrics to drive adoption and value.
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Raise technical standards and mentor peers.

Skills

8+ years experience in data science

Agentic AI & Systems Engineering

Python or R

SQL

Executive Presence

Entrepreneurial Execution

Education

Master's degree or MBA in a quantitative discipline

Job description

Salesforce seeks a Decision Scientist Lead for Cloud Analytics to drive strategic analytics across the AgentExchange initiative. The role supports California (San Francisco) and Washington (Seattle), partnering with product, engineering, and data leadership to advance AI-driven decision making.

You will mentor teams, oversee AI lifecycle governance, and translate complex insights into actionable business strategies that accelerate adoption and customer value.