Manufacturing PS Account Partner | AI Transformation Leader

Salesforce; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Sr. Account Partner / Account Partner Director in the Manufacturing sector to lead Professional Services relationships across strategic accounts.

You will drive PS pipeline, shape engagement strategy, and close services deals while aligning customer goals with Salesforce PS offerings, including AI and agentic initiatives. You will partner with License Sales, Customer Success, Solution/Delivery, and leadership to deliver a coordinated “One Salesforce” approach and be

Qualifications

• Experience leading agentic/AI, customer experience, digitization, or sales/service/marketing transformation pursuits, with a bias towards rapid delivery of outcomes using AI-driven approaches.
• Experience selling and/or delivering Professional Services in a Salesforce ecosystem or GSI environment.
• Proven ability to act as a trusted advisor and strategic services seller — driving new engagements and expanding existing customer relationships, with a track record of exceeding bookings/quota targets.
• Strong sales process discipline: forecasting rigor, deal progression, and executive-level client engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across sales, delivery, product, and customer success teams in a matrixed environment — driving alignment through influence rather than authority.
• Help customers chart digital and agentic/AI transformation roadmaps, with credibility on emerging technology — not just delivery process.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with executive presence appropriate for engagement with senior leaders.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Own bookings and pipeline growth on assigned strategic accounts — driving deal strategy, forecasting, and closing to hit quota.
• Lead and coordinate the end-to-end customer relationship, acting as the connective tissue between the Customer, License Sales, Solution/Delivery, and Customer Success teams.
• Build executive credibility with customer senior business and IT stakeholders to shape transformation strategy - influencing and aligning on ambitious digital and AI/agentic initiatives, not just reacting to them.
• Drive the identification, qualification, and closure of Professional Services opportunities including implementation and advisory engagements.
• Coordinate across License Sales, Product/Solution, and Customer Success teams — driving alignment through influence and relationship strength without formal authority — to run unified account pursuits.
• Proactively spot risk across active engagements and partner with delivery leadership to ensure successful project execution, customer satisfaction, and on-time/on-budget delivery.
• Identify and pursue expansion opportunities within existing accounts, deepening the Salesforce footprint and growing services revenue.
• Represent the voice of the customer internally, advocating for resources, prioritization, and solutions that drive customer success.
• Maintain a strong, current understanding of manufacturing industry trends, Salesforce platform capabilities (including AI, Data Cloud, and Agentforce), and how they apply to customer business outcomes.

Skills

Agentic/AI transformation

Salesforce ecosystem experience

Trusted advisor

Forecasting discipline

Executive stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Willingness to travel

Tools

Sales Cloud

Service Cloud

MuleSoft

Tableau

Data Cloud

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Sr. Account Partner / Account Partner Director in the Manufacturing sector to lead Professional Services relationships across strategic accounts.

You will drive PS pipeline, shape engagement strategy, and close services deals while aligning customer goals with Salesforce PS offerings, including AI and agentic initiatives. You will partner with License Sales, Customer Success, Solution/Delivery, and leadership to deliver a coordinated “One Salesforce” approach and be