Strategic Program Senior Manager/Director
Salesforce
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $155,400 - $257,600 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Design the foundational strategy and develop clear, defensible points of view (POVs) for high-priority executive initiatives, framing the problem, defining success criteria, and charting the long-term path for global execution.
- Own the end-to-end design, planning, and execution management of complex, multi-year strategic programs focused on operational transformation and critical GTM enablement for the global sales organization.
- Serve as a trusted strategic partner to Leaders across functional groups.
- Design, lead, and execute robust change management strategies necessary for the successful adoption of new operating models and strategic capabilities across the global organization.
- Translate executive-level strategies and complex program details into clear, compelling narratives and presentations suitable for senior internal audiences, driving clarity and commitment across teams.
- Implement and manage the governance framework for your program portfolio, leveraging data and analytics to track key metrics, measure tangible business impact, and continuously optimize program effectiveness.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in strategy consulting, business transformation, or leading a highly strategic Program Management Office (PMO) in a global setting.
- Proven track record of independently designing, managing, and delivering complex, enterprise-level strategic programs with a global scope.
- Significant experience with GTM functions and sales enablement, demonstrating an understanding of how capability and readiness programs translate into sales performance.
- Exceptional Strategic Thinking and Structured Problem Solving: The ability to take a highly ambiguous, high-level business challenge and structure it into a clear, actionable program roadmap.
- Strong Senior-Level Communication and Influencing Skills: Ability to effectively manage and influence senior leaders distilling complex topics into clear decision points and compelling rationales.
- Bias for Action and Execution Focus: Proven ability to thrive in ambiguity, take initiative, and move with urgency from strategy definition to precise, high-quality execution.
- Data and Impact Measurement: Experience setting up program KPIs, establishing governance, and presenting the measurable Return on Investment (ROI) and business impact of strategic initiatives.
Benefits
- time off programs
- medical
- dental
- vision
- mental health support
- paid parental leave
- life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- employee stock purchasing program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
program managementstrategic planningchange managementdata analyticsimpact measurementgovernance frameworkGTM enablementsales performanceprogram KPIsbusiness transformation
Soft skills
strategic thinkingstructured problem solvingsenior-level communicationinfluencing skillsbias for actionexecution focusclarity in communicationstakeholder managementinitiativeadaptability