Senior Director of Solution Consulting

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2 Locations
In-Office
224K-329K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Software
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The Role
Leads and scales a global Solution Engineering organization supporting enterprise sales. Responsibilities include hiring and coaching SE leaders, developing AI-assisted presales strategies, guiding demos and proofs of value, partnering with Sales, Product, Marketing, and Engineering, engaging executives, improving technical selling metrics, enabling teams, and representing the company at customer and industry events.
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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

The MeshMesh team is building the next-generation mesh networking platform for Salesforce customers. As the Senior Director of Solution Engineering, you will build and lead a world-class team of Solution Engineers who show customers what we are building, connect it to their business priorities, and help them see why it matters. You will pioneer agentic solution engineering, equipping your team to design, build, and deliver demos, prototypes, and proofs of value using AI agents and AI coding tools, and scaling the way we engage customers.
You will partner closely with Sales, Product, Marketing, and Engineering leadership to drive revenue, shape the product roadmap with customer insights, and set the standard for technical selling.

What You'll Actually Be Doing
  • Lead, hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Solution Engineers and managers.
  • Define and drive the agentic solution engineering strategy, using AI agents and AI coding tools to accelerate discovery, demo and prototype creation, technical validation, and proof-of-value delivery.
  • Partner with Sales leadership to support pipeline creation, deal strategy, and quota attainment through technical expertise.
  • Engage with senior business and technical executives at key customers to articulate the business value of MeshMesh.
  • Establish best practices, playbooks, and reusable assets for demos, workshops, and customer engagements, including agent-built and agent-assisted assets.
  • Build scalable enablement programs that train SEs and the broader sales team on product capabilities, agentic ways of working, and value-based selling.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer by feeding field insights and competitor intelligence to Product and Engineering.
  • Define and track team metrics, including coverage, win rate, technical win rate, and productivity gains from agentic workflows.
  • Represent MeshMesh at marketing events, customer briefings, and industry conferences.
  • Be willing and flexible to travel as needed.
You're Our Person If...
  • You have 10+ years of experience in solution engineering, pre-sales, or technical sales, including 5+ years leading SE teams.
  • You have a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing SE organizations that contribute to revenue growth.
  • You are an Agentic Engineer leader - you and your team build with Claude and similar AI coding tools, using agent loops, tool use, and well-grounded context engineering to ship demos and prototypes fast.
  • You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence executives.
  • You have excellent presentation and storytelling skills with a focus on articulating business value.
  • You have experience selling CRM, SaaS, or other high-value enterprise solutions across a range of industries.
  • You are a strategic thinker who can also operate hands-on in the details of key customer engagements.
  • You have a degree or equivalent relevant experience
Even Better If...
  • You have experience introducing agentic or AI-driven workflows into a pre-sales organization.
  • You have a technical understanding of SaaS solutions, architecture, integrations, and modern business applications.
  • You have a broad understanding of cloud computing, CRM, and AI.
  • You have experience in multi-product solution selling and business case/ROI construction.
  • You have detailed knowledge of the Salesforce platform, including Agentforce.
  • You have experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Marketing.

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 $223,860 - $299,390 annually There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $246,120 - $329,210 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. 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 solution engineering, pre-sales, or technical sales
  • 5+ years of experience leading Solution Engineering teams
  • Proven record of building and scaling high-performing Solution Engineering organizations that contribute to revenue growth
  • Experience building with Claude or similar AI coding tools, including agent loops, tool use, and context engineering
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive engagement and influence
  • Excellent presentation and storytelling skills focused on articulating business value
  • Experience selling CRM, SaaS, or other high-value enterprise solutions across multiple industries
  • Strategic thinking combined with hands-on involvement in key customer engagements
  • Degree or equivalent relevant experience
  • Experience introducing agentic or AI-driven workflows into a pre-sales organization
  • Technical understanding of SaaS solutions, architecture, integrations, and modern business applications
  • Broad understanding of cloud computing, CRM, and AI
  • Experience with multi-product solution selling and business case or ROI construction
  • Detailed knowledge of the Salesforce platform, including Agentforce
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Marketing

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 — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision plan options in the U.S., alongside mental-health care through Lyra offering up to 12 sessions and coaching. Feedback suggests these healthcare resources are a standout strength within the overall package.
  • Parental & Family Support — Offerings include paid parental leave—up to 26 weeks for primary caregivers in some regions—and assistance for fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and childcare resources. Feedback suggests family-building and parental supports are prominent and viewed as generous.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Salaried employees may have flexible paid time off, plus up to seven paid volunteer days and donation matching programs. Feedback suggests these time-off and giving programs meaningfully expand leave beyond standard vacation.

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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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