Senior Product Manager, Project & Program Management, Emerging Technology

Salesforce•San Francisco, CA

1d•$207,800 - $285,800•Hybrid

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Project & Program Management to join their Emerging Technology team. This role is crucial for the 0-to-1 engine of Salesforce, responsible for discovering, building, and proving new capabilities. The Senior Product Manager will work directly with PMs, engineers, designers, and cross-functional partners to bring structure to ambiguity, clear blockers, and ensure the team executes at the required pace. This position does not own a product portfolio but embeds within teams to drive execution.

Requirements

5–8 years of experience in program management, technical program management, or project-oriented product management within enterprise technology.
Proven track record of driving complex, cross-functional projects to completion across multiple teams and organizations simultaneously.
Ability to manage dependencies and competing priorities without losing momentum.
Deep comfort operating in ambiguity, moving fast, cutting scope when needed, and optimizing for outcomes over process.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate messy project dynamics into clear, honest updates for executives and individual contributors.
Ability to build trust quickly with PMs, engineers, designers, and business partners.
Fluency in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) with the judgment to adapt frameworks.
AI fluency, comfortable using AI tools to accelerate work, remove bottlenecks, and help teams ship faster.
Hands-on experience with modern project management tools like Linear, with a perspective on how tooling can improve team velocity and visibility.

Nice To Haves

Experience working within or alongside internal platform or infrastructure teams at a large technology company.
Familiarity with Salesforce's product and engineering org structure.
Background in 0-to-1 product development or innovation programs.
Experience coaching or mentoring product managers on execution practices.
A related technical degree.

Responsibilities

Partner with product owners to plan, sequence, and execute projects, breaking down large problems into shippable milestones and managing scope and timelines.
Drive cross-functional coordination across engineering, design, data, security, and partner teams, proactively identifying dependencies and mitigating blockers.
Navigate the complexity of cross-org work, helping PMs understand and manage nuances to ensure nothing falls through the cracks.
Establish and facilitate project cadences such as stand-ups, milestone check-ins, sprint reviews, and stakeholder syncs, ensuring they are lightweight and useful.
Maintain clear and honest project health updates for leadership, providing visibility without creating overhead.
Surface risks early and facilitate trade-off decisions.
Enable PM effectiveness by coaching them on status communication, meeting facilitation, and navigating organizational dynamics.
Drive continuous improvement by running retrospectives, identifying bottlenecks, and iterating on project management processes to increase team speed.