Senior Director, AI Platform & Product Strategy

salesforce.com, inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 218,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a visionary Senior Director of Product Strategy to join our Product Strategy & Innovation team. This role sits at the intersection of product vision, market intelligence, and technical architecture, shaping not just what Salesforce builds next, but why and how, to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving AI-powered landscape.

Reporting directly to the SVP of Product Strategy, you will lead a team of strategists, translate complex dynamics into executable strategies, and size market

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience spanning product management, product strategy, technology strategy, or innovation roles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams of 3 or more strategists, researchers, or product managers.
• Deep working knowledge of AI and machine learning architectures, including agentic systems, LLM-based applications.
• Strong understanding of systems of record, data platforms, and enterprise application architectures, including how AI layers are introduced into SaaS infrastructure.
• Experience participating in or supporting M&A strategy, including acquisition thesis development, integration planning, or build-buy-partner evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy for forward-looking innovation, whitespace identification, and productization planning across Salesforce's AI and platform portfolio.
• Drive product strategy for emerging offerings moving from internal capability to standalone or platform-integrated product - including trust infrastructure, workflow automation, agentic AI systems, and data platforms.
• Own and evolve a strategic framework for evaluating build-buy-partner decisions, including how and when to integrate acquired technologies into the core Salesforce platform versus taking them to market independently.
• Proactively identify and assess game-changing market shifts - including the agentic coding revolution, AI-native application architectures, supply chain automation, and open source commercialization trends - and translate these into actionable investment recommendations.
• Partner closely with the SVP to define 'what are we missing' across the product portfolio, filling gaps in strategic coverage that go beyond what reactive competitive intelligence can provide.

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a visionary Senior Director of Product Strategy to join our Product Strategy & Innovation team. This role sits at the intersection of product vision, market intelligence, and technical architecture, shaping not just what Salesforce builds next, but why and how, to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving AI-powered landscape.

Reporting directly to the SVP of Product Strategy, you will lead a team of strategists, translate complex dynamics into executable strategies, and size market