Sales Strategy Manager

Salesforce AMER Sales Strategy Team

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.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Job Description

Do you enjoy a blend of strategy and operational execution? The AMER Sales Strategy team partners directly with the sales leadership team as a trusted advisor, focused on strategic planning, sales optimization and business operational support. You will collaborate with many cross-functional teams such as finance, employee success, marketing, operations, and others. This is a high-impact role, with constantly evolving priorities and demands. You will think strategically, arrive at a focused execution plan, and lead the plan to fruition. Example of projects can range from the very strategic to the very operational and focus on some of the many areas, such as Go-To-Market planning, Salesforce product playbook, territory alignment, data quality, business planning, market segmentation, sales pipeline, and business performance review.

We're looking for highly passionate candidates who have relentless curiosity, a startup mentality, attention to detail, willingness to manage multiple priorities, and ability to deal with ambiguity effectively.

Impact:

• Orchestrate the design and implementation of all aspects of the Go-To-Market plan under the annual sales strategy planning cycle. This includes account segmentation, resource allocation, territory assignment, compensation, quota setting, etc.
• Define key performance metrics and targets, build reports and dashboards to derive insights into the health of the business, identify areas of weakness, and present improvement recommendations to sales leadership
• Perform ad-hoc analyses across multiple data sets and tools (examples of analyses include customer segmentation, sales participation, propensity to buy, white space, etc.)
• Drive forecast management excellence to ensure sustained, predictable growth across all business units, coordinate weekly forecast calls to track status of sales pursuits
• Create executive-level presentations for both local and global leadership reviews; organize quarterly business reviews
• Assist in troubleshooting of operational issues as they surface; propose changes to systems and processes to fix root causes

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5-7+ years of professional experience, ideally in consulting or sales strategy/business operations roles
• Experience with quantitative analysis and financial modeling
• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to translate complex information into easily consumable insights
• Self-starter and high degree of motivation to go above and beyond the task at hand
• Excellent communications and presentation skills
• Experience with R, Python, SQL, Tableau (or similar analytical packages) a plus

When you join Salesforce, you'll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best. Together, we'll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what's possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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