Missionforce - Deployment Strategist, Public Sector

Salesforce; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Deployment Strategist for its Public Sector team to lead strategic deployment of Salesforce solutions for DoD, IC, and allied nations. You will own deployments, design architectures, and build strong executive relationships with government stakeholders.

Ideal candidates will navigate classified and unclassified environments, drive adoption, and ensure security and scalability across mission-critical programs.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen living on U.S. soil with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards for this role.
• Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation and security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Solutioning & Design Leadership: Lead the analysis and strategic design of Salesforce solutions for government customers, leveraging Data Cloud, Flows, and Salesforce APIs.
• Deployment Ownership & Program Management: Oversee deployment, ensure seamless integration, monitor progress, and guide reliability, scalability, and security including guardrails.
• Executive Customer Relationship Management: Serve as the primary front-facing contact, building trust with high-level government personnel and stakeholders.
• Improve Efficiency, Mission-Readiness, and Trust: Help government users deploy technology for faster response times and better logistics and asset management.
• Facilitation & Workshop Leadership: Design and lead workshops to define optimal AI solutions and drive alignment across teams.
• Trusted Technical & Strategic Partner: Embed with client teams in classified and unclassified environments, providing expert guidance and driving value and adoption.
• Conversation Design & User Experience: Apply foundational Conversation Design skills to guide the creation of effective AI solutions.

Job description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Software Engineering

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) living on U.S. soil who does not hold dual citizenship with the ability to meet customer and government screening standards applicable to this role.

Candidates interested in the Hawaii location must be based in Oahu.

PLEASE NOTE: Qualification for this job is contingent upon acceptable results from a background investigation as well as your having and maintaining the specific level of U.S. government background investigation and clearance required for this role.

About the Role:

At Salesforce, we believe technology should serve the greater good-powering mission outcomes, stewarding taxpayer resources, and enabling innovation at speed and scale. We are seeking a Deployment Strategist to join our elite Public Sector team and play a pivotal leadership role, focused on driving the successful adoption and strategic implementation of Salesforce solutions for our mission-critical work across the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Aerospace & Allied Nations.

Mission Impact:

• Strategic Solutioning & Design Leadership: Lead the analysis and strategic design of Salesforce solutions for our U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Aerospace & Allied Nations customers, leveraging Data Cloud, Flows, and Salesforce APIs. Synthesize complex business challenges into clear, actionable solution architectures and strategic deployment plans, focusing on business impact rather than technical execution.
• Deployment Ownership & Program Management: Provide comprehensive oversight for the successful deployment of Salesforce solutions, ensuring seamless integration with existing customer infrastructure. Monitor project progress, identify potential roadblocks, and strategically guide the optimization for long-term reliability, scalability, and security, including the establishment and governance of agent behavior guardrails.
• Executive Customer Relationship Management: Serve as the primary front-facing contact for Salesforce deployments, building and nurturing strong, trust-based relationships with high-level government personnel and key customer stakeholders. Act as a strategic partner, deeply understanding their operational challenges and strategic goals, and presenting proposals that drive measurable value and adoption.
• Improve Efficiency, Mission-Readiness, and Trust , helping the U.S. and allied governments deploy technology that delivers faster response times, better personnel utilization, and more effective logistics and asset management.
• Facilitation & Workshop Leadership: Design and lead interactive facilitation and workshopping sessions, such as agent design workshops and jobs-to-be-done analysis, to collaboratively define optimal AI solutions and drive alignment across customer teams.
• Trusted Technical & Strategic Partner: Embed deeply with client teams in classified and unclassified environments to truly grasp their operational challenges and strategic goals. Act as a primary technical advisor, providing expert guidance and presenting results and proposals that drive measurable value and adoption.
• Conversation Design & User Experience: Apply foundational Conversation Design skills to guide the creat