Sales Automation & AI Lead

PowerSchool; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness Program

DTO

Job summary

PowerSchool is seeking a Sales Automation Director to lead our sales automation, AI initiatives, and Salesforce-driven processes. You will partner with Enterprise Applications and GTM teams to transform business needs into scalable technical solutions.

In this role, you will drive adoption of automation across the sales organization, manage the backlog, and ensure clear change management for releases. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Typically 12–25 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, 8–10+ years with a Master's or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of CRM product management experience, including at least 3 years hands‑on Salesforce.com with Lightning Experience.
• Strong knowledge of Slackbot and Slackbot Skills.
• Experience with outreach/prospecting, sales enablement, revenue intelligence and related tools.
• Strong working knowledge of Salesforce Sales Cloud and CPQ; ability to configure integrations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a long-term strategy for sales automation to enhance productivity.
• Identify automation opportunities and integrate them into the sales process to reduce manual tasks.
• Analyze sales processes for inefficiencies using Salesforce, AI and related tech; partner with technical teams.
• Understand sales needs and tailor solutions to improve workflow and outcomes.
• Lead communications and change management for releases with the Sales Enablement team.
• Evaluate solutions based on business value and user experience; manage backlog and roadmap.

Skills

CRM product management

Salesforce

Slackbot

Sales automation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Salesforce Sales Cloud

CPQ

CRM integrations

Job description

PowerSchool is seeking a Sales Automation Director to lead our sales automation, AI initiatives, and Salesforce-driven processes. You will partner with Enterprise Applications and GTM teams to transform business needs into scalable technical solutions.

In this role, you will drive adoption of automation across the sales organization, manage the backlog, and ensure clear change management for releases. Strong leadership and communication are essential.