Sr. Director, ES Planning & Initiatives

Salesforce•Austin, TX

1d•$181,700 - $332,600

About The Position

This is a key leadership role supporting our ES COO & EVP, Global Rewards within our Employee Success (HR) organization. This pivotal role will partner closely with our ES COO & EVP, Global Rewards, Employee Success and business leaders on top strategic projects for Employee Success. Acting as a force multiplier, trusted advisor, and chief of staff, this role will drive clarity, alignment, and execution across the Global Total Rewards / COO leadership team which include ES Operations, HR Technology/ES AI Strategy, Workforce Intelligence, our operating model and beyond. This role ensures vision translates into outcomes by managing priorities, leading through influence, and orchestrating strategic initiatives that touch every corner of our organization. A successful candidate will be adept and breaking silos, complex stakeholder management, preparing executive presentations and briefings, clear communication, organization, and measuring success. This is a highly influential and impactful role supporting the largest technology and HR transformation of our time – human and agent collaboration.

Requirements

10+ years of leadership experience with a background in management consulting, Chief of Staff capacity, program management, operations, and/or HR
Expertise and experience in HR, Talent Management, and Technology.
Understanding of AI and HR intersection a plus
Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
HRBP experience or an strong understanding of HR is preferred
Highly skilled in cross functional senior stakeholder management and cross functional team management
Demonstrated ability working in a highly matrixed and fast paced organization and delivering high impact results
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Proven ability to earn trust and credibility quickly
Strong ability to manage multiple deliverables and highly proficient prioritization skills.
Exceptional organization skills.
Adept at executive and board level briefing materials
Ability to handle confidential information with a high level of professionalism and discretion
Proven track record of meeting deadlines and taking initiative to make confident and well-informed decisions
Data-driven and detail oriented – skilled at analytics and storytelling through data

Responsibilities

Serve as trusted advisor and Chief of Staff to the ES COO & EVP, Global Rewards to drive their critical priorities and strategic initiatives
Act as a liaison and connector across ES leadership team and business stakeholders to accelerate decisions, remove siloes, and streamline operations
Collaborate with the ES COO & EVP, Global Rewards to prioritize, operationalize, and measure the success of business priorities
Drive strategic oversight to Global ES initiatives that are critical company priorities
Anticipate needs, surface issues early, and recommend solutions to keep focused on highest-value priorities
In partnership with Finance and other CPO Directs help manage the Global ES and Global COO budgets and investment strategy
Develop multi-year strategic roadmap with specific actions needed to achieve goals across the function
Support executive and board level briefings on critical business decisions and updates
Proactively identify challenges and opportunities requiring executive engagement and coordinate and track key milestones for the strategic initiatives.
Develop and manage the content and logistics for key meetings such offsites, QBRs, customer meetings, board, and more.
Partner with workforce intelligence team to identify trends, opportunities, and enhance storytelling
Collaborate with the EVP, Total Rewards & ES Ops’ executive assistant to ensure efficient scheduling and preparation for project milestones, upcoming meetings and events
Act as a connector and proxy for the ES COO & EVP, Global Rewards in meetings, ensuring their perspective and priorities are represented.