Business Operations Lead, Messaging & Solutions Marketing
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About Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.
Salesforce's Messaging and Solutions Marketing org shapes how the world understands Salesforce across our core products and company narrative - and this role is the business operations engine behind it. You'll work directly with the Sr. Director of Messaging Strategy & Operations as a trusted partner, owning the org's budget, headcount plan, and the financial scenario modeling behind every organizational decision. This is a hybrid role with three days in office each week.
What You'll Actually Be Doing
- Own headcount planning end to end - serving as the single source of truth for every position, backfill, geo/level change, and transfer modeled against budget targets, in close partnership with Central Planning, Finance, and Employee Success
- Lead budget planning and financial operations, including spend tracking across programs, headcount, contractors, and T&E; requarterizations; incremental funding requests; and quarterly Spend Health Reviews for the EVP
- Build and run scenario models under pressure - when reduction targets or funding requests land, you develop options quickly and strategically, surfacing risks before they reach senior leadership
- Drive the org's planning rhythm, including the V2MOM process, annual and quarterly planning checkpoints, action tracking, and leadership forum prep - while experimenting with AI tools to automate reporting and synthesis workflows
You're Our Person If...
- You have 5+ years in business operations, FP&A, strategy & operations, or headcount/workforce planning, with a track record of hands-on operational delivery
- You're genuinely fluent in Excel and Google Sheets - you've built and maintained budget and headcount models, handled reductions, and can walk someone through a live model
- You've run full budget planning cycles: tracking spend, modeling cuts, and working alongside central or functional planners to hit targets
- You communicate clearly at the executive level and build structure in ambiguous environments without waiting to be told what to do
Even Better If...
- You have a background in FP&A, consulting with hands-on delivery, or marketing operations at scale
- You've supported workforce actions - reductions, increases, reorgs - with the judgment and discretion they require
- You have hands-on curiosity about AI tools; experience with Claude or Claude Code is a plus
- You're comfortable navigating senior stakeholders in a matrixed org and see operating across levels as an opportunity
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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