Employee Success Business Partner Director

Salesforce•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a strategic Employee Success Business Partner (ESBP) leader to join its Distribution ESBP team and partner with Regulated Industry leaders. The role drives long-term people vision and strategy for a critical employee base, aligning people strategy with business objectives to support growth, innovation, and organizational effectiveness across a large-scale portfolio in a complex, fast-paced technology environment. The Director advises senior leaders on business and talent priorities, workforce planning, organizational design, location strategy, skills evolution, and long-term capability building. The role leads talent planning, succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential identification; supports employee engagement and retention; and directly manages and develops a team of ES/HR professionals. The position also advances Equality initiatives, works with Centers of Excellence and global HR/ES teams on scalable people programs, and uses business trends, product strategy, and talent metrics to develop data-driven solutions.

Requirements

10+ years of HR/ES business partner experience.
Bachelor’s degree required.
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 and ability to connect talent strategy to financial and operational outcomes.
Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with senior leaders.
Results-oriented approach and a strong drive to create meaningful organizational impact.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Human Resources, Organization Development, Business, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and influence business and talent priorities through executive relationships and professional credibility.
Partner with leadership teams to understand business goals, product roadmaps, and technical strategies that affect workforce planning and organizational design.
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 responds to market dynamics, competitive pressures, AI-driven innovation, and technological advancement.
Lead and execute talent planning, including succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential identification.
Assess leadership capability and accelerate development in technical, product-driven environments.
Drive employee engagement and retention strategies with leadership.
Directly manage and develop a team of ES/HR professionals by setting priorities, coaching for growth, and modeling strategic advising and leadership capabilities.
Partner to advance Equality initiatives, including representation strategy, talent movement, recruiting alignment, and targeted development.
Collaborate with Centers of Excellence and global HR/ES teams to design and implement scalable people initiatives.
Ensure seamless execution of employee success processes and programs.
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.