Strategic Operations Manager

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Milan, ITA
In-Office
Mid level
Cloud • Software
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The Role
The Strategic Operations Manager will translate business strategies into operational outcomes, lead cross-functional initiatives, and analyze key business metrics for performance improvements.
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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 Strategic Operations Manager is a high-impact role that bridges executive strategy and field execution. Reporting to the Vice President, you serve as a strategic partner responsible for translating business priorities into operational outcomes.

You will own key components of the organization's operating model, leveraging data-driven insights to identify opportunities, address performance gaps, and drive cross-functional initiatives. Working closely with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Strategy teams, you will help ensure the organization remains aligned, agile, and accountable to its strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP, providing insights and recommendations that support strategic decision-making.
  • Lead the development, execution, and quarterly tracking of the organization's V2MOM, ensuring alignment to business priorities and measurable outcomes.
  • Synthesize complex business data into executive-ready presentations, business reviews, and strategic recommendations.
  • Develop compelling "State of the Business" narratives that translate performance metrics into actionable insights.

Business Operations & Performance Management

  • Analyze key business metrics, including pipeline generation, retention, customer success, and attrition, to identify risks, opportunities, and performance trends.
  • Conduct root-cause analyses and recommend actions that improve business performance and operational effectiveness.
  • Design and lead the organization's operating cadence, including Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), leadership meetings, and all-hands forums.
  • Establish reporting frameworks, performance metrics, and governance processes that drive accountability and informed decision-making.

Strategic Programs & Cross-Functional Leadership

  • Lead the planning, execution, and adoption of strategic go-to-market and organizational initiatives.
  • Partner with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Strategy leaders to align priorities, remove barriers, and accelerate execution.
  • Serve as a key liaison between field teams and centralized functions, ensuring programs are effectively operationalized and adopted.
  • Continuously evaluate and improve processes, operating models, and governance frameworks to increase organizational effectiveness and business impact.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience in Strategy & Operations, Business Operations, Sales Operations, Management Consulting, Chief of Staff, or a related function.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives and driving alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
  • Excellent executive communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority in a matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting go-to-market, sales, customer success, or revenue operations organizations.
  • Experience developing executive business reviews, performance dashboards, and strategic planning processes.
  • Familiarity with business intelligence, reporting, and data visualization tools.
  • Experience operating in a high-growth, global, or highly matrixed environment.

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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Skills Required

  • Experience in Strategy & Operations, Business Operations, Sales Operations, Management Consulting, Chief of Staff, or a related function
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives
  • Excellent executive communication, presentation, and storytelling skills
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority

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.

  • Fair & Transparent Compensation Pay is positioned as above-market in the U.S., with multiple peer-reported benchmarks converging around a similar median total compensation figure. Compensation is also framed as broadly viewed as fair in aggregate, even while acknowledging variation by role and group.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental leave is described as notably generous for U.S. caregivers, with additional supports like gradual return-to-work and doula reimbursement. Family-building programs are also emphasized through fertility/adoption/surrogacy support with sizeable reimbursement limits.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Mental-health and coaching offerings are highlighted as accessible supports alongside financial-wellbeing tools. Volunteer Time Off and donation matching are presented as distinctive lifestyle-aligned benefits that add value beyond cash compensation.

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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

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