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About the role
- Chief Operating Officer managing Product Engineering operations at Salesforce. Driving strategic transformation and ensuring alignment across global engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Architect and run the operating model for Product Engineering, including cadence, prioritization, cross-org governance, and leadership forums.
- Establish disciplined mechanisms for planning, V2MOM execution, quarterly business reviews, engineering performance reviews, and cross-cloud interlocks.
- Bring system-level operating rigor that reduces operational drag on the CTO and creates focus and accountability across a large-scale engineering organization.
- Oversee central Operations / PMO and Engineering Performance functions (e.g., metrics, dashboards, productivity insights, delivery health).
- Lead all engineering operations teams and unify operational roles under a single, coherent COO umbrella.
- Ensure alignment, sequencing, and tradeoff decisions across Platform, Apps, Agentforce, and Data Cloud dependencies.
- Drive major transformation programs for Salesforce’s shift to the Agentic Enterprise, including AI-first engineering practices, reliability, and productivity improvements.
- Lead strategic integration of Informatica and other inorganic growth plays, ensuring coherent operating mechanisms across newly combined teams.
- Scale systems, processes, and leadership routines to meet the needs of a 10K+ engineering workforce.
- Serve as the primary integrator across Engineering, Sales, CS, Security, Legal, Finance, Marketing, and Employee Success.
Requirements
- 15+ years in enterprise software, with deep experience in engineering, product, or large-scale technical operations.
- Proven success leading complex transformations in matrixed, global technology environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in operations, product/program management, organizational governance, and enterprise execution.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to manage HC, OPEX, productivity targets, and investment frameworks.
- Exceptional communication, influence, and executive presence.
- Experience operating as a C-suite or near–C-suite enterprise operator in a multi-billion-dollar, global technology organization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead at 10K+ engineering scale with direct ownership of operating models, cross-functional governance, and enterprise-wide transformation programs.
- Credibility to serve as a proxy for the CTO in cross-company forums and executive decision bodies.
Benefits
- time off programs
- medical
- dental
- vision
- mental health support
- paid parental leave
- life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- employee stock purchasing program
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