Executive Marketing Director
Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
****Role Overview****
The Director of Executive Marketing (Paid, Digital & Partner Media) is responsible for building and scaling Salesforce’s CXO paid, digital, and partner media engine. This role establishes the foundation for how Salesforce reaches enterprise executives at scale—ensuring our executive narratives show up consistently, credibly, and measurably across the channels where C-suite leaders already engage.Building on early success with initiatives such as the *Salesforce+ Executive Series*, this leader will define Salesforce’s executive digital and media strategy, stand up durable CXO content channels, and establish a rigorous measurement framework to understand reach, engagement quality, and downstream business impact. In the near term, the role will focus on evaluating and activating priority media partnerships, formalizing executive content distribution channels, and creating the operating model that enables sustained, headline-level market presence.* Serve as the executive-level owner for CXO paid and digital channels, setting standards for audience targeting, frequency, content placement, and quality.* Build governance frameworks, operating rhythms, and approval models that balance speed, quality, and brand integrity.* Define best practices and reusable playbooks to scale executive marketing activation across personas over time.* Establish the executive marketing measurement framework across paid, digital, and partner media, in partnership with Analytics and Marketing Ops.* Define and track CXO KPIs including reach, account penetration, engagement quality, frequency, and downstream influence on pipeline (ETOP, MDP, MMA).* Translate performance data into strategic insights that inform media investment, channel mix, and content distribution decisions.* Continuously optimize channels and partnerships based on performance, scaling what works and evolving what does not.* Partner closely with Executive Marketing content leaders (e.g., CIO, CMO, CFO personas) to translate narrative and content strategy into effective channel distribution and amplification.* Collaborate with Media, Comms, Digital, and Executive Events teams to ensure executive messaging is consistently activated across owned, earned, and paid touchpoints.* Work with Marketing Ops, Data, and MarTech teams to ensure accurate tracking, attribution, and data integrity across all executive media efforts.* Establish a scalable, measurable CXO paid and digital marketing foundation that enables Salesforce to reach enterprise executives with consistency and credibility.* Increase executive reach and engagement quality across priority accounts and personas.* Create clarity and discipline around executive media investments, tying spend to outcomes.* Enable content and persona leaders to focus on narrative and quality, while this role ensures scale, distribution, and impact.* Executive Marketing & Media Strategy: Proven ability to design and scale paid and digital strategies for senior executive audiences.* Channel & Platform Expertise: Deep understanding of paid, owned, and partner media channels and how they perform at the executive level.* Analytics & Business Impact Orientation: Strong comfort tying media activity to measurable outcomes, not just impressions or engagement.* Cross-Functional Leadership: Ability to lead through influence across Media, Digital, Analytics, Content, and Events teams.* Operating Model Builder: Experience standing up new frameworks, governance, and playbooks in ambiguous or evolving environments.* 8–12+ years of experience in executive marketing, digital strategy, media, or related roles.* Demonstrated experience owning paid and digital channels and managing media investments at scale.* Strong analytical mindset with experience partnering closely with analytics and operations teams.* Executive presence and confidence engaging with senior stakeholders.* Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building new systems from the ground up.* Experience in enterprise technology or complex B2B environments strongly preferred.This role owns how executive content reaches the market—through paid, digital, and partner media channels—while Executive Marketing content leaders own what we say to each CXO persona. Together, these roles ensure Salesforce delivers executive narratives that are not only compelling and credible, but also scaled, measurable, and market-defining.When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and *be your best*, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can *do your best*. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.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. #J-18808-Ljbffr
The Director of Executive Marketing (Paid, Digital & Partner Media) is responsible for building and scaling Salesforce’s CXO paid, digital, and partner media engine. This role establishes the foundation for how Salesforce reaches enterprise executives at scale—ensuring our executive narratives show up consistently, credibly, and measurably across the channels where C-suite leaders already engage.Building on early success with initiatives such as the *Salesforce+ Executive Series*, this leader will define Salesforce’s executive digital and media strategy, stand up durable CXO content channels, and establish a rigorous measurement framework to understand reach, engagement quality, and downstream business impact. In the near term, the role will focus on evaluating and activating priority media partnerships, formalizing executive content distribution channels, and creating the operating model that enables sustained, headline-level market presence.* Serve as the executive-level owner for CXO paid and digital channels, setting standards for audience targeting, frequency, content placement, and quality.* Build governance frameworks, operating rhythms, and approval models that balance speed, quality, and brand integrity.* Define best practices and reusable playbooks to scale executive marketing activation across personas over time.* Establish the executive marketing measurement framework across paid, digital, and partner media, in partnership with Analytics and Marketing Ops.* Define and track CXO KPIs including reach, account penetration, engagement quality, frequency, and downstream influence on pipeline (ETOP, MDP, MMA).* Translate performance data into strategic insights that inform media investment, channel mix, and content distribution decisions.* Continuously optimize channels and partnerships based on performance, scaling what works and evolving what does not.* Partner closely with Executive Marketing content leaders (e.g., CIO, CMO, CFO personas) to translate narrative and content strategy into effective channel distribution and amplification.* Collaborate with Media, Comms, Digital, and Executive Events teams to ensure executive messaging is consistently activated across owned, earned, and paid touchpoints.* Work with Marketing Ops, Data, and MarTech teams to ensure accurate tracking, attribution, and data integrity across all executive media efforts.* Establish a scalable, measurable CXO paid and digital marketing foundation that enables Salesforce to reach enterprise executives with consistency and credibility.* Increase executive reach and engagement quality across priority accounts and personas.* Create clarity and discipline around executive media investments, tying spend to outcomes.* Enable content and persona leaders to focus on narrative and quality, while this role ensures scale, distribution, and impact.* Executive Marketing & Media Strategy: Proven ability to design and scale paid and digital strategies for senior executive audiences.* Channel & Platform Expertise: Deep understanding of paid, owned, and partner media channels and how they perform at the executive level.* Analytics & Business Impact Orientation: Strong comfort tying media activity to measurable outcomes, not just impressions or engagement.* Cross-Functional Leadership: Ability to lead through influence across Media, Digital, Analytics, Content, and Events teams.* Operating Model Builder: Experience standing up new frameworks, governance, and playbooks in ambiguous or evolving environments.* 8–12+ years of experience in executive marketing, digital strategy, media, or related roles.* Demonstrated experience owning paid and digital channels and managing media investments at scale.* Strong analytical mindset with experience partnering closely with analytics and operations teams.* Executive presence and confidence engaging with senior stakeholders.* Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building new systems from the ground up.* Experience in enterprise technology or complex B2B environments strongly preferred.This role owns how executive content reaches the market—through paid, digital, and partner media channels—while Executive Marketing content leaders own what we say to each CXO persona. Together, these roles ensure Salesforce delivers executive narratives that are not only compelling and credible, but also scaled, measurable, and market-defining.When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and *be your best*, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can *do your best*. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.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. #J-18808-Ljbffr