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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.

Salesforce Ventures

Salesforce Ventures helps enterprising founders build companies that reinvent the way the world works. Since 2009, we've invested in and partnered with more than 400 of the world's most tenacious enterprise software companies; including Stripe, Zoom, Cohere, Dropbox, Hugging Face, Anthropic, and Snowflake, among others. Salesforce Ventures has active investments in more than 28 countries with offices all over the world including in San Francisco, Irvine, New York, London, and Tokyo.

As a globally recognized multi-stage firm, our initial investment can be as early as the seed round, and we have the flexibility to invest up to the IPO. Our versatile structure empowers us to lead or participate in funding rounds and, with over $5 billion in investments since inception, we bring substantial resources to the table.

Our diverse team fosters a culture that thrives on collaboration and inclusivity. We firmly believe in the boundless potential of the software industry, where visionary founders from any corner of the world can create remarkable enterprises.

Who we are looking for

We are very interested in meeting people with diverse backgrounds and careers. What we like to see is a passion for technology, relationship building, and the ability to grow and learn new things quickly. If we had to summarize it, a strong candidate would be:

Ambitious and Humble
We identify closely with founders and feel it's important to share their intrinsic ambition in assisting them to reach their goals. As a growing platform, we seek individuals who can work autonomously to push our growth strategy to greater levels. At the same time, we value individuals who remain grounded and humble, recognizing the privilege of partnering with the best in the industry.

Open-minded and Inclusive
Venture investing is about believing in the possible. It helps to be open-minded about things that are new and not yet well understood. Ideal candidates demonstrate that they are open to exploring new areas and becoming thought leaders. They also operate inclusively, meaning they can and will work with anyone effectively (internal or external) and are focused on getting to the best decision for the group.

Confident and Values-driven
Building your brand with new team members, founders, and executives takes time - you should be confident in presenting your views and your value-add. Similarly, our team enjoys a healthy discussion about investment opportunities, strategic initiatives, and other projects. Our are our foundation and guide how we operate. This is exemplified by our , commitment to investing in underestimated founders, and growing Pledge 1% within our portfolio.

The Portfolio Development Director will play a pivotal role in supporting and enhancing the growth of our portfolio companies. This role is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive view of our portfolio and managing their engagement across Salesforce Ventures initiatives. They will leverage and amplify our established Salesforce Ventures Customer Network, Advisors, and the Salesforce Ventures Innovation Advisory Board to deliver impactful experiences and valuable insights for our portfolio companies.

The Portfolio Development Director will collaborate cross-functionally within Salesforce Ventures and with the investment team to deliver value to portfolio companies. They will build relationships with portfolio companies, recruit Salesforce Ventures Advisors, build relationships with executives throughout Salesforce to help foster partnerships, engage our expanding enterprise executive network, and coordinate strategic workshops and events to further enrich our portfolio's experiences.

Portfolio Company Support

• Build relationships with new and existing portfolio companies. Understand what the companies do, and maintain an up-to-date view of their personnel, products, & goals.
• Understand how to best position our portfolio companies across the Salesforce ecosystem. Work with the portfolio companies to define their needs and identify ways we can support them.

Salesforce Ventures Platform

• Implement best practices to define and measure success for portfolio development initiatives and programs.
• Collaborate with various Salesforce Ventures functions to drive scale, efficiency, and reach.
• Help refine & maintain Salesforce Ventures Board Observer program aligning Salesforce executives to portfolio companies.

Salesforce Ventures Innovation Advisory Board and Internal Advisors

• Grow the network of the Salesforce Ventures Innovation Advisory Board and Internal Advisors by identifying and recruiting leaders from Fortune 500 Companies and Salesforce to work with the portfolio to accomplish their goals.
• Elevate and scale programs to ensure how support and advice can be expanded to many of our portfolio companies.

Salesforce Ventures Investment Team Support

• Lead and partner with Salesforce Ventures senior leadership to define and deliver growth opportunities for portfolio companies.
• Work with our investment, marketing, and events teams to refine playbooks, build case studies, and showcase the accomplishments of the team and the portfolio.
• Bring innovation and a beginner's mind to our operations and the value we bring to our portfolio companies.

• 8-10 years of experience in Ventures Platform, Business Development, Enablement Programs, and Startup Ecosystem.
• Track record of successfully creating and executing initiatives subject to measurable criteria.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and passion for building alongside founders - excited by the challenge of helping them collaborate with a global organization.
• High autonomy with a track record of ideating and executing cross-functional projects and partnerships across a global organization.
• Experience in fast-paced SaaS technology environments.
• Experience scaling and elevating teams by recruiting highly capable team members and improving their collective performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating the ability to influence senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Familiarity with the Salesforce Product Suite and its use cases is a plus.
• Demonstrates a firm commitment to Salesforce and Salesforce Venture's values, fostering a healthy and inclusive team culture.
• Strong analytical/problem-solving skills and the ability to develop and execute strategic initiatives.
• Superior organizational, relationship-building, and communication skills with the ability to prepare executive-facing materials and work with stakeholders across our portfolio companies.

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