Workplace Research Manager

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Real Estate & Facility Management

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About Salesforce

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About Real Estate and Workplace Services

The Real Estate and Workplace Services (REWS) organization designs, operates, and evolves the environments and experiences that enable Salesforce employees and customers to do their best work. Spanning more than 30 countries, our Agentic Campus reflects our values and culture – bringing together humans, agents, and robots to create inclusive, purpose-driven spaces where people feel a true sense of belonging. As customer zero of Salesforce’s own technology, REWS is leading the way, creating innovative and dynamic spaces that provide seamless and inspiring workplace experiences.

The Experience

The REWS Workplace Innovation team is seeking a Workplace Research Manager to generate insights that enable REWS to continuously evolve and enhance employee and customer experiences across our offices. In this individual contributor role, you will be responsible for designing and executing end-to-end mixed-methods research, translating qualitative and quantitative data into actionable insights that inform decisions across our global portfolio.

• Reporting to the Senior Manager, Workplace Research, you will serve as a dedicated research partner and consultant across Workplace Innovation teams (Pilots, Space Insights) and other REWS stakeholders.
• In this role, you will partner with the Pilots and Space Insights teams to evaluate workplace pilots—delivering the employee research workstream—while conducting collaborative exploratory research to inform emerging innovation initiatives.
• You will leverage a versatile toolkit of qualitative and quantitative research skills while adopting AI tools and automated workflows to accelerate synthesis and deliver timely, high-impact insights.
• This role is based in San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, or Atlanta, GA, and is eligible for an Office Flexible (3 days/week) work arrangement, with periodic domestic or international travel for on-site discovery activities or pilot fieldwork. 

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

• Collaborate with the Pilots and Space Insights teams across the pilot project lifecycle, from initial discovery and defining success metrics through to final readouts and recommendations. Within this collaborative structure, own the mixed-methods employee research workstream to design, field, and deliver baseline, in-flight, and post-pilot insights to evaluate new physical layouts, furniture concepts, workplace programs and technology.
• Collaborate on exploratory discovery initiatives and conduct on-site qualitative fieldwork—such as in-depth interviews, discovery workshops, intercept interviews, guided walk-and-talks, and ethnographic research—to uncover unmet employee needs and understand the ‘why’ behind employee behaviors, adoption, or friction.
• Partner closely with the Space Insights team to integrate multi-source evaluation data—layering objective spatial telemetry (such as occupancy patterns and room utilization metrics) with employee research findings and survey sentiment to co-develop clear, comprehensive recommendations for stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and integrate AI tools and automated workflows across the research lifecycle to accelerate qualitative synthesis and reporting, staying current with industry workplace trends to inform research roadmaps.

You’re Our Person If…

• 4+ years of applied research experience focusing on human-environment interactions, workplace strategy, environmental psychology, physical workplace experience, applied behavioral science, corporate real estate, or a related field with a strong mixed-methods research foundation.
• Demonstrated experience designing and conducting mixed-methods studies to evaluate physical spaces, furniture, and workplace layouts, with a proven ability to assess the impact of workplace changes on employee sentiment and behavior across pre- and post-occupancy phases.
• Hands-on experience conducting qualitative fieldwork using varied research methods to deeply understand employee needs, paired with strong quantitative data literacy to interpret and contextualize spatial metrics and numerical data alongside employee sentiment and qualitative feedback.
• Proven ability to translate ambiguous business or workplace challenges into focused, agile research plans, manage multiple concurrent project timelines with flexibility, and synthesize disparate inputs into clear presentations for multidisciplinary partners.

Even Better If…

• Knowledge of questionnaire design best practices and hands-on experience designing and fielding employee feedback and pilot evaluation surveys.
• Experience using inferential statistics (such as significance testing, correlation, or regression) to analyze employee sentiment and survey datasets.
• Deep understanding of corporate real estate fundamentals.
• Experience working within the technology sector or a similarly fast-paced, matrixed enterprise 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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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 $117,400 - $177,600 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $140,900 - $193,700 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.