Senior Director, Data Platform & AI Enablement

Salesforce, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off programs

Medical

Dental

Vision

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Employee stock purchasing program

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director, Data Platform to lead and modernize our foundational enterprise data platform. You will own the product vision, guiding a squad-based data team, and partner with Product, Finance, and GTM to transform B2B data into trusted, decision-ready assets.

You will champion data governance, SLAs, and architecture decisions while driving AI enablement and cross-functional collaboration across the company.

Qualifications

• Experience leading squad-based data teams and people managers.
• Deep familiarity with B2B data and metrics standardization.
• Strong foundation in modern data platforms and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Own and champion the technical vision and roadmap for the enterprise data platform.
• Align platform priorities with AI enablement and analytics modernization.
• Operationalize a data mesh with unified governance across the data stack.
• Provide guidance on architecture, data quality, reliability, and SLAs; manage vendors and licensing.
• Define core B2B metrics with consistent definitions across Finance, Product, and Sales.
• Drive data product usage and connect analytics to financial outcomes.
• Build and mentor a squad-based data team with clear OKRs and roadmaps.
• Manage managers and ICs: hiring, coaching, performance, career development.
• Foster cross-functional partnerships with Product, Security, Finance, and Business Units.

Skills

Data leadership

Data platform

AI enablement

Analytics modernization

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Tableau

Salesforce Data Cloud

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director, Data Platform to lead and modernize our foundational enterprise data platform. You will own the product vision, guiding a squad-based data team, and partner with Product, Finance, and GTM to transform B2B data into trusted, decision-ready assets.

You will champion data governance, SLAs, and architecture decisions while driving AI enablement and cross-functional collaboration across the company.