Strategic Director, National Security Technical Programs

Salesforce, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management for Missionforce National Security. This executive role leads large, cross-functional programs from inception to steady state, partnering with executives and key stakeholders on critical national security initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in program management, strong SaaS and enterprise experience, and a proven ability to drive outcomes in a matrixed government-facing environment. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in program management, technical program management, consulting, or engineering management.
• Experience leading large cross-functional programs with executive visibility.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise SaaS implementations or platform programs.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong executive communication and facilitation skills; builds consensus in matrixed environments.
• Ability to master new technical, commercial and contractual subjects quickly.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• U.S. citizenship with ability to meet government screening standards.

Responsibilities

• Turn executive intent into structured programs with defined scope, workstreams, owners, milestones and success metrics.
• Run the operating rhythm for each program: steering committees, advisory teams, weekly working teams and executive updates.
• Drive action items, decisions, risks and dependencies across functions; remove obstacles with urgency.
• Serve as the SVP's trusted extension in executive forums; keep leadership ahead of issues.
• Lead integration programs from announcement through close and into steady state; coordinate with Corporate Development, Legal, HR, Communications, Security, Technology & Product.
• Maintain the integration V2MOM, planning calendar, workstream plans and weekly updates.
• Ensure smooth employee experience milestones for incoming teams; preserve strengths while accelerating impact.
• Manage multi-workstream federal implementations through discovery, capability mapping, gap analysis, workshops and delivery.
• Coordinate account teams, solution engineering, product, services, partners and customers.
• Collaborate with Government Cloud and security teams to onboard capabilities into GovCloud and ensure compliance.
• Partner with Public Sector sales, Deal Desk, Legal, Accounting, Finance and Product to turn outcomes-based deals into repeatable motions.
• Assess pipeline deals for fit; extract lessons from executed deals; help define contract constructs and risk guardrails.
• Support business case and investment requirements for future fiscal years.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Strategic thinking

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management for Missionforce National Security. This executive role leads large, cross-functional programs from inception to steady state, partnering with executives and key stakeholders on critical national security initiatives.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in program management, strong SaaS and enterprise experience, and a proven ability to drive outcomes in a matrixed government-facing environment. U.S. citizenship is required.