Senior Director, Platform GTM Strategy

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In-Office
191K-349K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Software
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The Role
Leads platform portfolio growth strategy across product strategy, market analysis, investment prioritization, GTM planning, executive reporting, adoption, and consumption. Advises senior product leaders, establishes operating frameworks and KPIs for executive and board reviews, coordinates cross-functional commercial initiatives, and manages a team of strategy and business operations professionals. The role requires strong analytical, financial, communication, people leadership, and SaaS industry expertise.
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About Salesforce

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The Experience
The Product GTM & Growth Strategy team is part of Salesforce's Corporate Strategy organization, and partners closely with Product Leadership to drive business growth, Go-To-Market execution, strategic planning, and investment prioritization across our product portfolio. The Sr. Director role leads this function for the Platform Portfolio — owning the strategic frameworks, executive operating cadence, and growth playbooks that drive C-suite and board-level decision-making across five product families spanning organically built products, mature acquired businesses, and newly integrated assets.
This leader will serve as the commercial and strategic lead to Platform product leadership, designing portfolio-level growth strategy, building the executive reporting and QBR rhythm, and leading a team of analysts and managers who form the analytical and operating backbone for portfolio decisions. The role spans the full value chain — from product strategy and market analysis, through the rhythm of the business and go-to-market execution, to post-sales adoption and consumption — and requires a strong mix of strategic thought leadership, operational rigor, and people leadership: someone who can design the growth framework at the top and build the team and infrastructure underneath it.
Scope:
The role operates across five connected pillars that together form the team's operating rhythm and accelerate portfolio growth:
 

  • Strategic Advisor: Advise product leaders on growth priorities and strategic initiatives, operating as a trusted daily partner to senior product leadership.

  • Product Strategy: Lead market analysis, product investment prioritization, and portfolio optimization — providing data-driven recommendations on short- and long-term product bets based on market dynamics and portfolio priorities.

  • Rhythm of the Business: Own target setting, executive business reviews, the performance narrative, and ongoing forecasting — delivering the operating cadences that surface the state of the business and inform focus areas.

  • GTM Planning & Execution: Drive go-to-market planning, commercial strategy, launch and lifecycle planning, and cross-functional alignment with marketing, enablement, and sales — partnering to ensure readiness for new releases and growth levers.

  • Adoption & Consumption: Define success metrics, run adoption and consumption programs, and drive portfolio standardization and governance — measuring post-sales business impact and helping business leaders drive adoption at scale.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

The day-to-day responsibilities include:

  • Own and evolve the Platform portfolio-level growth framework — segmenting each business by growth archetype and tailoring investment trade-offs, growth levers, and operating cadence to each business's stage.

  • Drive strategic initiatives including post-acquisition growth strategy, cross-portfolio synergies, and Consumption GTM.

  • Author and maintain the frameworks and performance metrics adopted for ELT and Board reviews, mobilizing cross-functional leaders across Product, Sales, and Finance to operate against KPIs.

  • Size growth opportunities and directly shape investment prioritization, product roadmap inputs, and external positioning.

  • Partner with commercial strategy teams on pricing, packaging, and incentive design to support new and evolving selling motions across the portfolio.

  • Lead, develop, and grow a team across GTM strategy and business operations — hiring, promoting, and building the analytical and operating backbone for portfolio-level decisions.

  • Drive innovation in team processes and deliverables, leveraging AI tools and automation to extract deeper insights and operate more efficiently.

  • Partner with peer strategy leaders across Corporate Strategy to ensure consistency and alignment in frameworks, reporting, and executive communications.

You're Our Person If...

  • 10+ years of experience in strategy, GTM, product operations, management consulting, or finance, with a track record of increasing scope and responsibility.

  • Demonstrated ability to build frameworks, operating rhythms, and teams from ambiguity — a "build it from zero" track record, not just inherit-and-optimize.

  • Exceptional executive communication skills, with direct experience advising and presenting to C-suite and board-level stakeholders; ability to synthesize ambiguous data into a clear executive narrative.

  • Strong analytical and financial acumen; comfort with market sizing, competitive analysis, investment prioritization, and financial modeling.

  • 5+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, growing, and promoting talent across multiple levels as a manager of managers.

  • Experience working across a matrixed organization, including Product, Sales, Finance, Engineering, and Product Marketing.

  • SaaS or high-tech industry experience required.

  • Undergraduate degree required.

Even Better If...

  • Familiarity with AI tools, autonomous agents, or enterprise software ecosystems is a strong plus; an AI-first mindset in how the team operates and delivers insights.

  • MBA preferred.

  • Work experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, sales strategy, or product operations 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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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.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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 $191,100 - $320,600 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $228,600 - $348,600 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

Skills Required

  • 10+ years of experience in strategy, go-to-market strategy, product operations, management consulting, or finance
  • Experience building frameworks, operating rhythms, and teams from ambiguity
  • Executive communication experience, including advising and presenting to C-suite and board-level stakeholders
  • Strong analytical and financial acumen, including market sizing, competitive analysis, investment prioritization, and financial modeling
  • 5+ years of people leadership experience, including hiring, developing, and promoting talent across multiple levels
  • Experience working across a matrixed organization with Product, Sales, Finance, Engineering, and Product Marketing
  • SaaS or high-tech industry experience
  • Undergraduate degree
  • Familiarity with AI tools, autonomous agents, or enterprise software ecosystems
  • MBA
  • Experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, sales strategy, or product operations

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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