Description
Salesforce is seeking a Senior Director, Data Platform to provide unified leadership to modernize, integrate, and optimize their foundational enterprise data platform.
The ideal candidate will own the platform vision as both a product owner and a technical leader, partnering with Product, Finance, and GTM to turn B2B financial and product usage/adoption data into trusted, decision-ready assets.
Key responsibilities:
- Own and champion the technical vision and roadmap for the enterprise data platform
- Align platform priorities with company goals, particularly AI enablement, analytics modernization, and data-driven decision-making
- Operationalize a data mesh / domain-oriented model with a unified governance and operating model across the data stack
- Provide technical guidance on architecture, data quality, reliability, and SLAs; manage vendors and optimize licensing and infrastructure spend
- Define and certify core B2B financial metrics with consistent definitions across Finance, Product, and Sales
- Drive product usage and adoption data and connect it to financial outcomes
- Build, lead, and mentor a squad-based data team
- Manage managers and ICs: hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development
- Cultivate a collaborative, high-accountability culture and strong cross-functional partnerships
Requirements:
- Proven experience running squad-based data teams and leading people leaders
- Deep familiarity with B2B financials and usage/adoption data
- Strong technical foundation in modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Tableau, Salesforce Data Cloud)
- Experience enabling AI/ML and advanced analytics through large-scale data platform modernization
- Strong background in platform operations, unified governance, and SLA management
- Exceptional communication skills
- Demonstrated success in change management within a complex, matrixed organization
The typical base salary range for this position is $218,400 - $365,200 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $263,200 - $401,400 annually.