Vice President, Product Research & Insights

4 Weeks ago • 15 Years + • Product Management • $281,000 PA - $491,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Vice President of Product Research & Insights at Salesforce will define and lead the research agenda for high-priority technical products (Agentforce, AI, Platform). This role requires aligning with General Managers and cross-functional executives to deliver insights throughout the product lifecycle. Responsibilities include leading and mentoring a global research team, managing team operations, and driving an insight-driven culture. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in research methodologies, excellent collaboration skills, strong leadership, and executive-level presentation abilities. A minimum of 15 years of experience leading research in product development, user experience, or technology is required.
Must have:
  • Delivering insights with measurable business outcomes
  • Expertise in research & execution
  • Excellent cross-disciplinary collaboration
  • Strong leadership & management
  • Executive-level presentation skills
  • 15+ years experience leading research
Good to have:
  • Experience in CRM, enterprise software

Job Details

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

User Experience

Job Details

About Salesforce

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.

About Salesforce

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.

About The Research & Insights Team

Research & Insights (R&I) is a strategic partner to product management, engineering, User Experience (UX), and go-to-market teams across Salesforce. We are passionate about understanding and solving our customers’ issues, using data-driven insights to create experiences that delight. We balance big-picture thinking with detailed craft, collaborating along the way with product managers, designers, engineers, content writers, marketers, sales, strategy and operations. Together, we shape the future of Salesforce for the benefit of millions of end users.

Key Responsibilities include:

  • Define, lead and resource the research and insights agenda for the company’s  highest priority technical products (Agentforce, AI, Platform) to deliver the best possible product experience for our customers

  • Align and partner with General Managers (GMs) and cross-functional executives (Product Management, User Experience, Engineering) to deliver insights for the end-to-end product life cycle

  • Define and ensure insight impact throughout the Technology & Product organization and Salesforce at large

  • Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing, globally distributed research team

  • Manage the team’s business operations (e.g., budget management, resource procurement)

  • Drive an insight-informed and data-driven culture for the company.

Key Skills

  • Proven track record of delivering insight work with measurable business outcomes

  • Expertise in the research craft and its execution in a business environment

  • Excellent cross-disciplinary collaboration skills and strong organizational agility

  • Strong leadership and management expertise

  • Executive-level presentation skills in business and technical contexts

  • Experience in navigating complex organizational issues and driving results using both collaborative and directive management styles.

  • University degree in a research or business-focused field (e.g., Psychology, Anthropology, HCI, Business, Research Methodology, Experimental Design, Design Research)

  • Minimum of 15 years experience leading research in product development, user experience or technology contexts.

  • Bonus: Experience in CRM, enterprise business software, or analogous industries

Accommodations

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Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

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.

For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $255,600 to $449,600.

For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $281,000 to $491,500.

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

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