Strategic AI Deployment Lead — Public Sector & Education

Salesforce; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 134,750 - 287,910; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is hiring Deployment Strategists – Strategic Builders who are customer-facing advisors. You will define AI strategy, shape agentic solutions, and drive measurable adoption for enterprise customers.

Your impact includes delivering real-value AI deployments and ensuring customers realize lasting, scalable benefit from the solutions your team builds. The role requires strategic solutioning, cross-functional leadership, and experience in enterprise cloud or SaaS delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
• 4+ years of strategic solutioning or delivery leadership for enterprise cloud/SaaS
• Experience delivering customer-facing projects in Public Sector or nonprofit
• Prior customer-facing delivery experience (consulting, services, or advisory)
• Understanding of Salesforce platform and Agentic AI capabilities
• Programming knowledge: Python, JavaScript, Java, or Apex
• Ability to lead complex engagements end-to-end
• Experience leading AI/LLM solution design and responsible AI practices
• Strong project/program management skills
• Willingness to travel 25% of time

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end customer engagements across the value lifecycle
• Define the customer's AI strategy and roadmap; architect solutions
• Manage engagement delivery timelines, risk, and reporting
• Own adoption, consumption, and expansion metrics
• Coordinate with Forward Deployed Engineers for execution milestones
• Build customer solutions using AI tools like Cursor and Claude
• Manage government, nonprofit, and education customer relationships
• Assess AI readiness and guide change management
• Translate field insights into actionable product feedback

Skills

Project management

Program management

Technical advisory

Leadership

Python

JavaScript

Java

Apex

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Salesforce Data Cloud

Agentforce platform

Salesforce CRM

Job description

Salesforce is hiring Deployment Strategists – Strategic Builders who are customer-facing advisors. You will define AI strategy, shape agentic solutions, and drive measurable adoption for enterprise customers.

Your impact includes delivering real-value AI deployments and ensuring customers realize lasting, scalable benefit from the solutions your team builds. The role requires strategic solutioning, cross-functional leadership, and experience in enterprise cloud or SaaS delivery.