Account Partner Director - Manufacturing

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 Customer Success Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of 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. We are currently seeking an Account Partners Director to join our growing Professional Services sales team within Customer Success Group (CSG). Our Account Partners act as trusted advisors to our customers by providing execution excellence, demonstrating intimate knowledge of their business, and defining a roadmap towards success. Their primary goal is to help customers generate significant business value from their Salesforce investment. As a critical member of the GTM and Professional Services team, you are responsible for building relationships with our license sales and extended functional teams (such as product, success managers, creative teams, legal, delivery and more) to understand, evaluate and strategically counsel our internal teams and customers on programs to complete their vision and goals. You will be responsible as the deal originator, strategist and execution quarterback supported by our delivery organization. Responsibilities : Drive thoughtful, strategic and enterprise level strategy for our most ambitious customers Facilitate qualification, deal cycle participation, account reviews and value assessments Accountable for achieving a bookings target while supporting revenue, margin and CSAT metrics Serves a key contact for customer negotiations and escalations Enable smooth transition and partnership into our delivery team with effective margins, staffing plans, approach and Salesforce methodology Act as a trusted advisor to our customers to accelerate value and improve customer outcomes Serve as a key SME, leader, and services consultant to our sales teams Serve as the liaison between internal and external teams Qualifications: 8 years of experience owning or leading a book-of-business 8 years of experience working within a consulting landscape Experience selling professional services related to digital transformation with enterprise level Manufacturing customers. Experience driving a strategic motion, including value propositions, execution planning, teaming and outcomes based engagements Capable of building assets from scratch including marketing, sales and strategy solutions Experience with global procurement leads to settle pricing and deal strategy Skilled in maneuvering and working with the C-Suite during a strategy cycle Background in delivering critical initiatives and/or programs for a firm-based model or product company Experience working within complex enterprise environments and, ideally, exposure to the Industrials vertical. Degree or equivalent confirmed experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the core proficiencies for the role (e.g. extrac ... (truncated, view full listing at source)