Director, Executive Talent Management

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Employee Success

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Summary
The global Executive Talent & Succession (ETS) team drives the next generation of leadership at Salesforce. We don't just manage talent; we architect the future leadership bench. We engage, empower, and retain our most senior executives (SVP+) to ensure they are agile, innovative, and strong leaders who champion human-agent collaboration, ready to lead the future of the Agentic enterprise. Through a seamless, integrated, and AI-first approach—from predictive succession planning and strategic onboarding to personalized, cutting-edge development journeys—we create and sustain a strong executive leadership bench that provides a competitive advantage and keeps us a market leader.
 

Description
The Director, Executive Talent Management role builds the future leadership bench, designing and implementing executive talent management strategies and programs for our SVP+ executives. This role requires a visionary leader who can both define the future of executive talent strategy and operationalize it at enterprise scale. This role ensures we are identifying, building, and preparing our current and next generation of leaders to lead Salesforce today and into the future. With a primary focus on succession planning, leader pipeline development, retention/engagement, and executive talent initiatives, this role collaborates closely with senior leaders in Employee Success and the business to develop a strong, diverse leadership bench across the enterprise.
 

Responsibilities:

• Succession Planning - Develop and deliver a comprehensive succession planning strategy, identifying critical leadership roles and criteria for key successors. Define measures of success and ongoing governance. Partner with senior Employee Success leaders to drive ongoing accountability for the program. Work with the data analytics team to analyze successor information and enhance the critical role dashboard. Translate vision into scalable processes that can be executed consistently across the enterprise. Provide support in preparing for quarterly board meetings.

• Leadership Pipeline - Create and influence processes to identify, develop, and place high potential leaders for future roles within Salesforce. Build innovative frameworks that work at scale while maintaining quality and impact. Establish guidance and processes to enable this at scale. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to enhance successor profiles, and create greater objective assessment of readiness.

• Executive Talent Management Strategy - Design and implement an AI-led end-to-end executive talent management strategy roadmap, developing a framework for how to retain, engage, and move talent. Balance big-picture thinking with practical execution, ensuring strategies are both forward-thinking and operationally sound. Use data to identify success and gap areas, and identify critical business outcomes to ensure our strategy drives the highest impact. Lead implementation of a comprehensive plan focused on SVP+ retention and engagement.

• Talent Identification - Identify future-ready skills to lead the agentic enterprise, capabilities, and experiences for key executive roles and successor readiness. Build a scalable, data-driven assessment strategy and approach to identify key strengths and development opportunities for critical executive talent and successors.

• Collaborate and Influence - Build deep partnerships with critical ES teams, including ES Leadership and Business Partners, the Office of Equality, Enterprise Learning, Executive Recruiting, Executive Onboarding, and Compensation.

Requirements:

• Proven track record as a subject matter expert in talent management and succession planning

• Track record of implementing AI-driven solutions and applying systems thinking to scale talent initiatives across complex organizations

• Graduate degree or certificate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Leadership/Organization Development (OD), Human Resources or Business Administration, or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of progressive Leadership/TM/OD/OE experience within large organizations or equally complex environments

• Extensive experience delivering leadership and talent programs, including succession and pipeline development practices

• Proven ability to be both visionary and operationally excellent—someone who can define innovative talent strategies and execute them at enterprise scale

• Track record of translating bold ideas into scalable processes, systems, and programs that deliver measurable results

• Deep knowledge of leadership and talent management best practices

• Strong analytical skills and a proficiency in building data-driven talent strategies

• Track record of driving positive organizational change in a fast-paced environment

• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills

• Excellent written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills

Travel:
Travel 5-10-%

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $164,000 - $261,500 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.