VP, Product Design - Chicago, United States - Salesforce

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    Job CategoryUser Experience

    Job DetailsAbout SalesforceWe'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'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.

    At Salesforce, we make the tools that help people work more effectively and efficiently. Design and User Experience is at the center of all of it. We bring powerful visions to life with the latest technologies and the Salesforce platform.

    We put customers first and we're looking for ambitious, self-motivated, creative-minded individuals who want to help shape our digital experience platform that allows businesses of all sizes and industries to create unique and engaging experiences for their customers across multiple touch points.


    We are looking for an VP User Experience to lead one of our major product areas, Data Cloud, consisting of multiple products within its portfolio.

    You'll get to work with some of the best and brightest.

    You'll find startup-like scrum teams, a strong desire to bring consumer-style innovation to the enterprise space, and the opportunity to deliver great experiences to millions of end-users.

    And you'll have a great experience in the process.

    The VP of User Experience will be a key member of the Customer 360 Platform UX leadership team, helping us continue to establish Salesforce as a leader within the broader UX field - across thought leadership, recruiting, talent development and UX best practices.

    This role will also sit on the Cloud's executive team to help drive product strategy and ensure that our users are represented in a design-led approach to product development.


    Salesforce Data Cloud aims to help companies understand their customers and create value at every touchpoint in the customer lifecycle with harmonized data.

    Allowing businesses to connect data from a wide variety of sources while providing tools to bring that data together.

    Our Data Cloud User Experience team ensures that users will be able to efficiently and intuitively access, analyze, and leverage data within the Salesforce ecosystem.


    Behind Salesforce Data Cloud is a team of talented UX designers, product leaders and engineers dedicated to creating integrated experiences that support strong relationships for users and their customers.

    You'll immerse yourself in all aspects of end-to-end experience design: using storyboards, journey maps, flow diagrams, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to communicate design ideas and direction.

    Bring your skills, inspire your team, and create amazing experiences as you help us transform the way business gets done.


    Responsibilities include:
    Formulating a user experience vision for the Salesforce platform

    Influencing and aligning Salesforce's executive leadership team around this vision

    Communicating the vision within the User Experience/Product Design team and across the entire company

    Partnering with other UX leadership to execute across UX, Product and Engineering teams

    Recruiting, nurturing and retaining best-in-class talent

    Reinforcing a design-driven culture that leverages the best product, technology and innovative talent

    Required Skills/Experience:
    Demonstrated experience setting UX vision and innovation, with the ability to lead a team to execute against and optimize, across a portfolio of products, projects and teams simultaneously

    Leads and develops people, sets the pace and people naturally flock to them as a leader

    Makes hard decisions and is accountable for them even when the outcome is negative

    Deals with ambiguity and is exceptionally adaptable and flexible; can throw and catch a curve ball Very strong presentation and storytelling skills

    Understanding of key business metrics and data and how it connects to design

    Excellent cross-disciplinary collaboration skills and strong organizational agility

    Proven ability to work in a fast-paced and high pressured work environment


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    We are committed to creating a workforce that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives such as equal pay, employee resource groups, inclusive benefits, and more.

    Learn more about Equality at and explore our company benefits at is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

    Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

    Salesforce does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Salesforce will not pay any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Salesforce.
    Salesforce welcomes all.

    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 New York-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $295,600 to $472,900. For Washington-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $270,400 to $432,700. For California-based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $295,600 to $472,900. 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.

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