Senior Director, Employee Success Business Partner

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4 Locations
In-Office
164K-305K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Software
If you’re ready to build your future — and the future of technology — then you’re in the right place.
The Role
Strategic HR leader partnering with senior engineering and product leaders to align people strategy with business goals. Drive workforce planning, org design, change management, talent assessment, succession and leadership development, inclusion initiatives, and data-driven people decisions to enable growth and retention across a large technical organization.
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Job Category

Employee Success

Job Details

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.

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

The Experience
Join our world-class Distribution Employee Success Business Partner (ESBP) team. We are seeking a strategic HR/ESBP leader who embodies our culture and values, with a strong track record of influencing executive stakeholders and delivering measurable business results in complex, fast-paced technology environments. You will partner directly with Regulated Industry leaders driving long-term vision and strategy for a very critical employee base. In this role, you will align people strategy with business objectives, enabling growth, innovation, and organizational effectiveness across a large-scale portfolio.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
Executive Partnership & Strategic Advising
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.
  • Influence business and talent priorities through strong executive relationships and professional credibility.
  • Partner with leadership teams to understand business goals, product roadmaps, and technical strategies that impact workforce planning and organization design.
Workforce Strategy & Organizational Design
  • Proactively advise on workforce planning, location strategy, organizational structure, skills evolution, and long-term capability building aligned to cloud growth objectives.
  • Lead organizational design efforts in high-growth and transformation environments.
  • Act as a change agent as the organization evolves in response to market dynamics, competitive pressures, AI-driven innovation, and technological advancement.
Talent Strategy & Leadership Development
  • Lead and execute end-to-end talent planning processes, including succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential identification.
  • Assess leadership capability and accelerate development within highly technical, product-driven environments.
  • Drive employee engagement and retention strategies in partnership with leadership.
  • Directly manage and develop a team of ES/HR professionals, setting clear priorities, coaching for growth, and modeling the strategic advising and leadership capabilities this role expects of others.
Equality, Inclusion & People Programs
  • Partner to advance Equality initiatives, including representation strategy, talent movement, recruiting alignment, and targeted development efforts.
  • Collaborate with Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and global HR/ES teams to design and implement scalable people initiatives.
  • Ensure seamless execution of employee success processes and programs.
Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Analyze business trends, product strategy shifts, and talent metrics to inform proactive, data-driven people strategies.
  • Translate insights into actionable solutions that enhance performance and organizational effectiveness.
Key Qualifications
  • Demonstrated change management expertise within fast-paced technology organizations.
  • Deep HR/ES business partner experience diagnosing complex organizational challenges and mobilizing effective solutions.
  • Strong talent assessment and leadership development capabilities in engineering and product environments.
  • High business acumen with the ability to connect talent strategy to financial and operational outcomes.
  • Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with senior leaders.
  • Results-oriented with a strong drive to create meaningful organizational impact.
Education & Experience
  • 10+ years of HR/ES business partner experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Advanced degree in Human Resources, Organization Development, Business, or related field strongly preferred.

Unleash Your Potential

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, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do 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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Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $164,000 - $304,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

Skills Required

  • 8+ years of HR/Employee Success business partner experience
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Advanced degree in Human Resources, Organization Development, Business, or related field
  • Demonstrated change management expertise within fast-paced technology organizations
  • Deep experience diagnosing complex organizational challenges and mobilizing effective solutions
  • Strong talent assessment and leadership development capabilities in engineering and product environments
  • High business acumen connecting talent strategy to financial and operational outcomes
  • Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with senior leaders and influence talent priorities

Salesforce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Salesforce and has not been reviewed or approved by Salesforce.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, and vision options, mental‑health programs, and low‑deductible or heavily subsidized tiers. Feedback suggests offerings like Lyra counseling, care navigation, and wellness reimbursements make access broad and user‑friendly.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental and family benefits are portrayed as robust, including paid leave for primary and secondary caregivers and extensive family‑building support such as fertility, adoption, and doula benefits. Backup childcare and caregiver resources provide practical help across different life stages.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time‑off programs are highlighted as generous, with flexible PTO and hybrid options alongside seven days of paid Volunteer Time Off each year. Feedback suggests this combination supports work‑life balance and community engagement.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
72,000 Employees

What We Do

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where Humans with agents drive customer success together. Through Agentforce, our groundbreaking suite of customizable agents and tools, Salesforce brings autonomous AI agents, unified data from any source, and best-in-class Customer 360 apps together on one integrated platform to help companies connect with customers in a whole new way. Salesforce is democratizing AI agents for businesses of every size and industry so every company can embrace a workforce without limits. Our low code, open, and secure platform helps companies build and customize Salesforce fast so they can safely scale AI-powered work to every customer and employee experience and transform their business. Salesforce is proud to be the market leader, but we’re even more proud to lead in philanthropy, innovation and culture. Guided by core values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability, Salesforce is more than a business — we’re a platform for change.

Why Work With Us

There’s no typical day in the life of a Salesforce employee. You could be transforming our next AI innovation — or transforming your community. Closing deals — or closing your laptop for a day of Volunteer Time Off. Driving change for our customers — or driving change within one of our high-performing teams.

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