Salesforce Business Development Senior Manager 

United States, California, San Francisco 

203734284

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We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place.

Slack’s platform. This is an individual contributor role ideal for a self-starter who thrives in early-stage deal environments, sees around corners, and loves shaping new product and GTM opportunities.

Your Impact

Platform integrations across Agentforce and Slack

• Source and close strategic partnerships that extend Agentforce and Slack’s platforms throughindustry-leading integrations, third-party-focused connectors, workflows, and data connectivity.

• Identify whitespace where platform gaps exist, and craft partner-driven solutions to address them—leading everything from deal structure to internal alignment.

• Activate and help scaleAgentforcewithin Slack by identifying ecosystem partners that can enhance intelligent agent workflows and in-context AI capabilities.

• Champion creative business models that unlock value for Slack customers while ensuring mutual success for partners.
  

Structure AI & Data-Centric Deals

• Evaluate and execute deals with partners across the AI and data stack—includingLLM providers, analytics platforms, vector databases, and infrastructure enablers.

• Work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and legal teams to ensure partner solutions are technically feasible, secure, and aligned to strategic priorities.

• Co-develop new monetization or distribution models tailored for embedded AI and data integrations within Slack or broader Salesforce products.
  

Strategic Deal Execution

• Own the full partnership lifecycle: from market opportunity analysis and initial outreach through to negotiation, contracting, and GTM readiness.

• Navigate ambiguity, prioritize thoughtfully, and move quickly to structure first-of-kind deals.

• Ensure partner engagements are scalable and built for long-term success—but your focus is onbuilding new, not managing existing.
  

Cross-Functional Influence

• Slack product, Einstein AI, Data Cloud, MuleSoft, AppExchange, and GTM teamsto align on roadmap gaps and ecosystem leverage points.

• Act as a thought leader across the company on what’s happening in the Slack and AI partner landscape.

• Contribute to strategy sessions, internal readouts, and investment cases with insight and clarity.

Minimum Requirements

• 5+ years in business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development, or platform strategy—ideally in SaaS, AI, data, or cloud ecosystems.

• Proven experience leading complex deal cycles and building new business models (e.g., rev shares, embedded experiences, ecosystem monetization).

• Understanding of the Slack platform—including APIs, workflows, agents, automation—and its ecosystem potential.

• Familiarity with generative AI, LLMs, data analytics platforms, or cloud data architecture.

• Strong commercial instincts combined with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including business case development and partner storytelling.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience building integrations or strategic deals in a platform or developer ecosystem environment.

• Knowledge of workplace productivity software, sales/service automation tools, or collaboration products.

• Entrepreneurial, comfortable with ambiguity, and skilled at navigating from zero to one.

• Operates with urgency, structure, and high accountability.

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