Salesforce, Inc.
Business Operations Director
Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Business Operations Director
Remote Type: Office - Flexible Locations: California - San Francisco Time Type: Full Time Posted on: Posted 12 Days Ago Job Requisition ID: JR267950 To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category: Operations About Salesforce We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. Salesforce is seeking a Business Operations & Program Management Director to lead the delivery of strategic availability and reliability initiatives across our Reliability Engineering team. This individual will play a pivotal role in orchestrating large-scale, cross-functional programs, ensuring resilient and highly available solutions for Salesforce products across multiple platforms. Responsibilities: Lead Program Strategy & Execution: Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for availability and reliability, delivering business-critical insights and solutions. Establish Cross-Functional Alignment: Build strong relationships across engineering, AI/ML, product management, incident response, and leadership teams, aligning on goals, resources, and timelines. Drive Project Management Excellence: Develop and manage program plans, proactively tracking progress, identifying risks, and ensuring timely resolution. Set and Track Critical Metrics: Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., availability, performance) for process and program health, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Act as a change agent to establish best practices, standardized frameworks and tooling to facilitate program delivery. Champion Continuous Improvement: Implement best practices, frameworks, and tools to streamline program delivery, enhance communication, and promote resilience. Influence at All Levels: Communicate program status, challenges, and impact effectively to both technical teams and executive leadership. What you’ll need to be successful: 10+ years of program management experience, with a focus on reliability, availability, or observability in cloud or SaaS environments. 5+ years of experience in supporting large-scale SAAS or cloud provider environments. Proven ability to manage large-scale, cross-functional initiatives, building strong alignment with leadership and stakeholders. Strong understanding of service reliability, availability KPIs, and best practices in cloud infrastructure. Experience in building and executing operational models, using continuous improvement frameworks. Demonstrated cross-functional communication and relationship-building skills with Executive Leadership. Expertise in project management methodologies (Agile, Lean, etc.) and tools for efficient program tracking and delivery. Outstanding communication and leadership skills, with demonstrated success in influencing executives and technical teams alike. Experience in developing both short- and long-term strategic plans for enhancing customer-facing services. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Grafana). Hands-on experience with reliability engineering practices and an understanding of incident response, metrics, and SLAs. This role offers the opportunity to shape Salesforce’s approach to reliability engineering and make a tangible impact on product resilience and customer satisfaction. Accommodations If you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form. Posting Statement At Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives. Salesforce
is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Salesforce welcomes all.
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Remote Type: Office - Flexible Locations: California - San Francisco Time Type: Full Time Posted on: Posted 12 Days Ago Job Requisition ID: JR267950 To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts. Job Category: Operations About Salesforce We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI + Data + CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. Salesforce is seeking a Business Operations & Program Management Director to lead the delivery of strategic availability and reliability initiatives across our Reliability Engineering team. This individual will play a pivotal role in orchestrating large-scale, cross-functional programs, ensuring resilient and highly available solutions for Salesforce products across multiple platforms. Responsibilities: Lead Program Strategy & Execution: Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for availability and reliability, delivering business-critical insights and solutions. Establish Cross-Functional Alignment: Build strong relationships across engineering, AI/ML, product management, incident response, and leadership teams, aligning on goals, resources, and timelines. Drive Project Management Excellence: Develop and manage program plans, proactively tracking progress, identifying risks, and ensuring timely resolution. Set and Track Critical Metrics: Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., availability, performance) for process and program health, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Act as a change agent to establish best practices, standardized frameworks and tooling to facilitate program delivery. Champion Continuous Improvement: Implement best practices, frameworks, and tools to streamline program delivery, enhance communication, and promote resilience. Influence at All Levels: Communicate program status, challenges, and impact effectively to both technical teams and executive leadership. What you’ll need to be successful: 10+ years of program management experience, with a focus on reliability, availability, or observability in cloud or SaaS environments. 5+ years of experience in supporting large-scale SAAS or cloud provider environments. Proven ability to manage large-scale, cross-functional initiatives, building strong alignment with leadership and stakeholders. Strong understanding of service reliability, availability KPIs, and best practices in cloud infrastructure. Experience in building and executing operational models, using continuous improvement frameworks. Demonstrated cross-functional communication and relationship-building skills with Executive Leadership. Expertise in project management methodologies (Agile, Lean, etc.) and tools for efficient program tracking and delivery. Outstanding communication and leadership skills, with demonstrated success in influencing executives and technical teams alike. Experience in developing both short- and long-term strategic plans for enhancing customer-facing services. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Grafana). Hands-on experience with reliability engineering practices and an understanding of incident response, metrics, and SLAs. This role offers the opportunity to shape Salesforce’s approach to reliability engineering and make a tangible impact on product resilience and customer satisfaction. Accommodations If you require assistance due to a disability applying for open positions please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form. Posting Statement At Salesforce we believe that the business of business is to improve the state of our world. We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives. Salesforce
is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Salesforce welcomes all.
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