Job Description

Director of Engineering Operations & Strategy

Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $168,000 - $250,000
Posted: 1 day ago

Description

As the Director/Sr. Manager of Business Operations & Strategy, you will serve as the operational and financial bridge between Engineering's longterm technical vision and the immediate financial rigor required to achieve that vision. This is a highly visible, crossfunctional leadership role that blends FinOps strategic planning and Cloud Infrastructure Economics with the operational discipline necessary to execute complex Agentic Enterprise transformations within Salesforce Product Engineering.

About You

• You are financial savvy, with solid understanding of Cloud Economics and Public Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) as well as LLM.
• You have a datadriven mindset and possess solid expertise in leveraging business analytics, Cloud Economics, and consumption models to drive highstakes investment decisions.
• You possess excellent executive presence and communication skills required to influence priorities and drive alignment across global stakeholders.
• You are comfortable bending effortlessly between the tactical (analyzing cloud usage and costs) and the strategic (longterm product roadmap and investment vision).
• You are a catalyst for change, driving an organizational shift toward an AIfirst operating model governed by FinOps principles.
• You are a strategic orchestrator who builds hightrust relationships with both internal Engineering leadership and external Clevel customer teams.
• You build hightrust relationships to secure crossfunctional buyin and action, particularly among Finance, Engineering, and Product organizations.

Your Impact

• AI Product Economics: Be the thought leader and orchestrator to enable and enhance visibility for AI product unit cost and economics.
• FinOps Operational Excellence: Partner with Engineering leadership and other functional leaders to operationalize the ideas generated regarding Agentforce by implementing and governing FinOps policies, metrics, and consumption models.
• Define and Drive AI Strategy: Be the key partner to executive management in defining the strategic vision and roadmap for Agentforce (AI) adoption, focusing on scalability and financial return (ROI) realized through efficient infrastructure use.
• Business Value Realization: Provide strategic insights and business analytical intelligence to guide Cloud Infrastructure investment decisions, focusing on consumption model optimization and demonstrating the financial benefit of innovation and transformation.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of progressive experience in management consulting, tech corporate/product strategy, investment banking or corporate finance related roles.
• 3+ years of experience leading complex, crossfunctional projects in a technical domain with significant financial impact (e.g., Cloud Infrastructure, FinOps implementation, or Enterprise SaaS).
• Deep and required understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Economics, and consumption models.
• Deep understanding of Agentforce (AI/Agents) concepts, data, and the underlying Cloud Infrastructure platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP etc.).
• Exceptional executive communication and presence, with proven experience synthesizing complex technical and financial data into clear, persuasive narratives for senior leadership.
• Advanced analytical and financial modeling skills (e.g., ROI analysis, costbenefit analysis of cloud services, financial scenario planning).
• Data analytical and dashboard skills (Tableau, Snowflake, PowerBI, Python or equivalent).
• A related technical or business degree required (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, or Finance). Advanced degrees preferred (Masters, MBAs, etc.).

For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Fulltime

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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