Senior Director, Salesforce Futures

Salesforce

Senior Director at Salesforce Futures leading substantive futures work and strategic conversations with executives. Focused on integrating foresight into decision-making amid changing business landscapes.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, Illinois, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $181,700 - $304,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help define the agenda for Salesforce Futures: the strategic questions, time horizons, and impact
Partner across the organization to embed foresight into strategic decisions
Operate as a trusted advisor to senior leaders at Salesforce and customer executives
Build operational rigor around futures work
Lead end-to-end projects developing original scenarios and foresight artifacts
Build proprietary research methodologies synthesizing signals from various sources
Deliver work directly to executive audiences via presentations and workshops
Engage with C-suite leaders about evolving futures
Contribute to published expression of team’s thinking

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years in scenarios, foresight, corporate strategy, or adjacent fields
Track record working closely with C-suite executives
Comfortable in the room when major decisions get made
Cross-industry pattern recognition across a minimum of four industries and three global regions
Systems thinking that anticipates second-order effects
A builder, proficient in producing prototypes, working software, simulations
Fluent use of AI tools in practice
Extensive experience creating and delivering executive communications

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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Hard Skills & Tools

foresightcorporate strategyscenario developmentresearch methodologiesprototypingsoftware simulationsexecutive communicationssystems thinkingpattern recognitionAI tools

Soft Skills

trusted advisoroperational rigorcross-industry collaborationstrategic decision-makingpresentation skillsworkshop facilitationengagement with C-suitebuilding relationshipscritical thinkingadaptability