VP, Product Management, Emerging Technology

Salesforce•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a Vice President of Product Management to join Emerging Technology within its Digital Enterprise Technology organization. As a member of the Emerging Technology leadership team, this leader will shape product strategy, build and lead the product management team, and translate emerging technologies into measurable value for Salesforce as Customer Zero and for external customers. The portfolio includes experimentation programs to improve AI agents and support product-led growth; tools and shared-context capabilities that help employees build and deploy software more effectively; and customer-facing experiences across web, onboarding, self-service, and in-product surfaces. The VP will partner across Salesforce to identify opportunities, move from ideas to working products, and use evidence to guide investment and improvement. The role combines direct leadership of product managers with cross-functional leadership of flexible, mission-focused pods. In partnership with engineering, design, data, and business partners, the VP will assemble teams around outcomes and adapt team composition as priorities evolve. Product ownership and delivery responsibilities will vary by initiative, requiring clear agreements and strong cross-organizational partnerships.

Requirements

Record of setting product direction, delivering meaningful customer and business outcomes, and hiring and developing strong product managers.
Ability to engage across AI and agentic tools, experimentation at scale, and platform product development, with relevant depth in one or more areas.
Experience translating user needs into products that people adopt and continue to use; relevant experience may include customer-facing products, internal platforms, onboarding, self-service, or product-led growth.
Technical fluency and practical judgment to work closely with engineering, design, and data partners, assess tradeoffs, and balance speed with quality, reliability, and trust.
Demonstrated success aligning teams not directly managed, establishing shared priorities, and delivering in complex environments with evolving responsibilities.
Clear communication skills and comfort creating direction amid ambiguity, explaining decisions to different audiences, and adjusting as evidence and priorities change.

Responsibilities

Translate customer needs, business goals, and emerging technology opportunities into portfolio strategy and actionable roadmaps; decide where to experiment, invest, scale, or stop.
Hire, coach, and develop product managers, building a culture of ownership, curiosity, and continuous learning.
Lead flexible cross-functional pods by establishing outcomes, decision rights, and responsibilities, and helping teams form, adapt, and transition as work evolves.
Lead experimentation programs that test hypotheses and use results to improve agent performance and product-led growth.
Partner with experimentation platform and data teams to apply appropriate methods, reliable measurement, and clear success criteria.
Shape tools and workflows that help engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders use AI and coding tools to develop and deploy software.
Prioritize capabilities for Salesforce's core builder and pod community while developing solutions that can serve a broader employee population.
Develop shared-context product capabilities that make requirements, decisions, knowledge, and work visible and usable across people, teams, and agents.
Partner with Salesforce organizations on customer experiences spanning discovery, onboarding, self-service, and ongoing product use.
Establish suitable ownership models for initiatives and align teams around customer value, adoption, and business outcomes.
Use Salesforce's internal experience to surface customer needs, validate approaches, and inform broader product opportunities.
Communicate strategy, evidence, and tradeoffs clearly to executives, partners, and customers.