Deployment Strategist

Salesforce; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is hiring Deployment Strategists - Strategic Builders to act as customer-facing advisors who define AI strategy and drive adoption for enterprise customers. You will lead a delivery team, translate complex business challenges into agentic AI deployments, and ensure lasting value within typically 12-week engagements.

Responsibilities include owning the full lifecycle from discovery to deployment, coordinating with Forward Deployed Engineers, and presenting business outcomes to senior

Qualifications

• 4+ years in strategic solutioning or delivery leadership for enterprise cloud or SaaS.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Prior customer-facing delivery experience required.
• Knowledge of Salesforce platform and Data Cloud/Agentic AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end customer engagements across the value lifecycle.
• Define AI strategy and architecture for client deployments.
• Manage delivery timelines, risk, and stakeholder communications.
• Drive adoption, measure value, and coordinate with Forward Deployed Engineers.
• Develop agentic AI solutions with tools like Cursor, Claude and related platforms.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to present business value and outcomes.

Skills

Strategic delivery

Client-facing

Project management

AI/LLM design

Education

CS degree

Tools

Python

JavaScript

Apex

Data Cloud

Job description

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn't a buzzword - it's a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Description

Salesforce is hiring Deployment Strategists - Strategic Builders who are customer-facing advisors, who define AI strategy, shape agentic solutions, and drive measurable adoption for enterprise customers. You'll work as part of a delivery team alongside Forward Deployed Engineers, translating complex business challenges into agentic AI deployments that go live and generate real value. Engagements are focused and time-bound - typically 12 weeks or less - and may span a single strategic account or multiple customers simultaneously. Your impact isn't just getting to deployment. It ensures customers realise lasting, scalable value from the solutions your team builds.

Key Responsibilities

• Full Lifecycle Ownership: Lead end-to-end customer engagement across the complete value lifecycle - Identify > Commit > Deploy > Consume - owning outcomes at every stage, not just discovery or deal closure
• AI Strategy & Architecture: Define the customer's Agentic AI strategy and roadmap. Lead design workshops, agent design sessions, and jobs-to-be-done analysis. Architect solutions spanning Salesforce's agentic AI platform, Data Cloud, and enterprise systems, with responsible AI governance baked in from the start.
• Deployment Oversight & Program Management: Manage engagement delivery end-to-end timelines, stakeholder communication, risk escalation, and progress reporting. You are the operational backbone of your delivery team, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
• Adoption & Consumption: Own adoption, consumption, and expansion metrics within your engagement scope. Identify blockers early and develop strategies to drive measurable value realization
• Delivery Team Coordination: Partner closely with the Forward Deployed Engineers on your team to align strategy with technical execution. Keep the team focused, unblocked, and on track to hit delivery milestones.
• AI-Supported Development: You'll be developing real customer solutions supported by leading-edge AI tools: Including
  • Cursor, Claude, and our coding products like Vibes, to accelerate development.
• Customer Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary customer-facing contact, building trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders and present proposals, decisions and outcomes in terms of business value, not just technical detail.
• AI Readiness: Assess customer readiness for AI adoption and guide change management and process transformation to maximise the benefits of intelligent agents
• Product Feedback Loop: Synthesise field insights and translate them into actionable product feedback that influences Salesforce's Agentic AI platform roadmap.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in strategic solutioning, technical advisory, or delivery leadership or programme management for enterprise cloud or SaaS technology
• You have a degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Prior customer-facing delivery experience (consulting, professional services, or technical advisory) - this is a requirement, not a nice-to-have
• Demonstrated understanding of the Salesforce platform and ecosystem, including Agentic AI capabilities and Data Cloud
• Working knowledge of one or more programming languages: Python, JavaScript, Java, or Apex
• Proven ability to lead and own complex, ambiguous engagements end-to-end - from discovery through to measurable outcomes
• Experience leading AI/LLM solution design, including agentic AI strategy, conversation design, and responsible AI practices
• Strong project and programme management skills - ability to run multiple workstreams, manage stakeholder expectations, and keep delivery on track in ambiguous environments
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time to customer sitesֿ

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Salesforce Data Cloud, Agentforce platform, and Salesforce CRM (Sales, Service, Marketing)
• Experience designing and deploying AI solutions in regulated industries (e.g., public sector, financial services, healthcare)
• Salesforce platform certifications (e.g., Data Cloud Consultant, Agentforce Specialist, Application Architect) or similar platform certifications such as Microsoft, Oracle, or similar pla