Strategic Analytics Lead for AI-Driven Planning

salesforce.com, inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce in Indianapolis is seeking a data analytics professional to drive analytics productization, build scalable dashboards in Tableau, and empower stakeholders with self-service insights.

The role emphasizes collaboration across engineering, product, and business teams, applying statistics, ML modeling, and data storytelling to influence strategic decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Economics, Finance, Math/Statistics or a related field.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in data, business analytics, financial due diligence, strategic planning and business acumen. Background in management consulting or strategy is highly preferred.
• Proficiency with databases (SQL, etc.). Strong knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analyzing datasets (Python/R, Tableau etc.)
• Strong experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau) and knowledge of best practices, performance optimization techniques, and agentic capabilities.
• Self-Driver: Ability to synthesize multiple sources of information into a compelling strategic point of view in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, collaborating with stakeholders and building organizational consensus.
• Analytical Skills: Comfortable translating data-driven insights into actionable recommendations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience working in cross-functional teams and managing complex projects to ensure timely delivery.

Responsibilities

• Driving analytics productization and self-service: Create scalable reporting assets that reduce ad-hoc requests and improve stakeholder access to insights.
• Coaching team members on Tableau and analytics best practices: Improve turnaround speed, dashboard quality, and stakeholder-ready outputs.
• Data analysis and interpretation: Analyze large datasets to extract meaningful insights for strategic decision-making.
• Data analysis: Develop complex data models to derive actionable insights and support decisions at scale.
• Dashboard development and self-service enablement: Design, develop, and maintain interactive dashboards using TableauNext.
• Machine learning modeling: Clean and preprocess data, build predictive models under guidance of senior members.
• Collaborative Problem Solving: Work with engineering, product, and business teams to integrate data science solutions into systems.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Tableau

Statistics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Economics, Finance, Math/Statistics or related field

Tools

Tableau

Job description

Salesforce in Indianapolis is seeking a data analytics professional to drive analytics productization, build scalable dashboards in Tableau, and empower stakeholders with self-service insights.

The role emphasizes collaboration across engineering, product, and business teams, applying statistics, ML modeling, and data storytelling to influence strategic decisions in a fast-paced environment.