Your Impact
The successful candidate will be independent, selfโmotivated, proactive, resultsโoriented, capable of quickly championing change, and influential. You will provide a high level of customer satisfaction through the delivery of exceptional customer success services. You will lead a team of professionals through a highโgrowth period that requires adaptability and comfort with changing circumstances.
Responsibilities
- Build, lead, and develop a worldโclass team of Success Architects in AMER.
- Manage individual contributors effectively, providing coaching, mentorship, and support to help them develop professionally and achieve their delivery goals.
- Resource and organize teams effectively to drive customer outcomes across all segments.
- Create a vibrant, inclusive culture that inspires people to do their best work and aligns with Salesforce Core Values.
- Find, hire, and retain the best technical and customerโfacing talent in the region.
- Create an environment of stronger employee engagement through regular connects including 1:1s and office hours.
- Demonstrate betterโtogether leadership that works together with peer leaders to achieve the best outcomes.
- Secure psychological safety everywhere.
- Lead the Success Architect team to drive Customer Success through proactive guidance, outcome focused goals, and operational rigor.
- Manage key metrics including customer satisfaction (CSAT), productivity, time to resolve, and outcome achievement.
- Act as an escalation point for high severity customer issues that arise from within the team, directly from customers, or from other Salesforce functions.
- Ensure the team KPIs are met or exceeded across global Architect standards.
- Exemplify a positive customer experience through effective communication in every interaction with the customer.
- Receive and manage customer complaints and elevate to appropriate personnel or team ensuring successful and timely resolution.
- Drive customer adoption of Agentforce capabilities, including coaching your team members on Agentforce Customer Journey key milestones that they need to influence.
- Ensure customers launch Agentforce into production, adopt it widely, and gain continuous business value.
- Manage key success metrics including adoption, customer health, engagements, executive business reviews, retention, and expansion opportunities.
- Build meaningful and lasting relationships with key stakeholders and establish longโterm executive relationships.
- Take a handsโon approach to personally create customer wins, references, and case studies.
- Lead Success Architects to deliver proactive success planning and strategic guidance with a consultative approach.
- Work with Support, Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Services, Renewals, and Business Operations to improve overall customer experience.
- Represent the voice of the customer to stakeholders across the organization, including ensuring team contribution to formal product feedback loop process.
- Understand success and implementation services best practices and contribute across teams to continuously improve these practices.
- Execute company policies that affect operations and may have companyโwide impact.
- Drive the team to effectively align with changes in a timely manner.
- Inspire continuous improvement in service delivery according to business objectives.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills at all organizational levels, including Cโlevel.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 10+ years in consulting/professional services, customer success, or related customerโfacing roles, handling complex issues for enterprise customers.
- 5+ years at management level, with proven ability to lead and develop highโperforming teams.
- Experience managing teams of 15+ individual contributors in enterpriseโscale organizations.
- Cloud/SaaS software environment experience, preferably supporting global or regional customers.
- Proven track record of driving both operational excellence and strategic customer outcomes.
- Understanding of regional business dynamics and cultural nuances.
- Technical & business acumen.
- Deep understanding of customer service and success best practices.
- Ability to balance tactical execution with strategic thinking.
- Experience with Agentforce, CRM, or similar enterprise software platforms preferred.
- Passion for technology and innovation.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to drive decisions based on data and metrics.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills at all organizational levels, including Cโlevel.
- Ability to influence and build relationships across global teams and cultures.
Other Requirements
- BA/BS Degree in technical, business, or related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
- Proven ability to work effectively in a matrixed, global organization.
What Makes This Role Unique
This is an exciting leadership position at the forefront of Salesforceโs focus on driving Agentforce success and adoption. Youโll lead a highly technical and consultative team supporting customers across the entire Agentforce lifecycle. You will join a team of enthusiastic and passionate leaders and individual contributors who are motivated to help customers find value with their Agentforce solution.
Benefits & Compensation
In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, jobโrelated 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. The typical base salary range for this position is $171,200 - $273,000 annually.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of nonโdiscrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. All employees and prospective employees will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence, and qualifications โ without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey and applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between.
Accommodations
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