Deployment Strategist (Multiple Levels)

Salesforce

Tokyo, JPonsitePosted Jul 23, 2026
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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.

Intro 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 Role Customer impact from day one. Strategic clarity and Execution that sticks.

Salesforce is hiring Deployment Strategists — Strategic Builders who are customer-facing advisors, who define AI strategy, shape agentic solutions, and drive measurable adoption for enterprise customers. You'll work as part of a delivery team alongside Forward Deployed Engineers, translating complex business challenges into agentic AI deployments that go live and generate real value. Engagements are focused and time-bound — typically 12 weeks or less — and may span a single strategic account or multiple customers simultaneously. Your impact isn't just getting to deployment. It ensures customers realise lasting, scalable value from the solutions your team builds.

Key Responsibilities

Full Lifecycle Ownership: Lead end-to-end customer engagement across the complete value lifecycle — Identify → Commit → Deploy → Consume — owning outcomes at every stage, not just discovery or deal closure

AI Strategy & Architecture: Define the customer's Agentic AI strategy and roadmap. Lead design workshops, agent design sessions, and jobs-to-be-done analysis. Architect solutions spanning Salesforce's agentic AI platform, Data Cloud, and enterprise systems, with responsible AI governance baked in from the start.

Deployment Oversight & Program Management: Manage engagement delivery end-to-end timelines, stakeholder communication, risk escalation, and progress reporting. You are the operational backbone of your delivery team, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

Adoption & Consumption: Own adoption, consumption, and expansion metrics within your engagement scope. Identify blockers early and develop strategies to drive measurable value realization

Delivery Team Coordination: Partner closely with the Forward Deployed Engineers on your team to align strategy with technical execution. Keep the team focused, unblocked, and on track to hit delivery milestones.

AI-Supported Development: You'll be developing real customer solutions supported by leading-edge AI tools: Including

Cursor, Claude, and our coding products like Vibes, to accelerate development.

Customer Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary customer-facing contact, building trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders and present proposals, decisions and outcomes in terms of business value, not just technical detail.

AI Readiness: Assess customer readiness for AI adoption and guide change management and process transformation to maximise the benefits of intelligent agents

Product Feedback Loop: Synthesise field insights and translate them into actionable product feedback that influences Salesforce's Agentic AI platform roadmap.

Required Qualifications

4+ years experience in strategic solutioning, technical advisory, or delivery leadership or programme management for enterprise cloud or SaaS technology

You have a degree in Computer Science or a related field

Prior customer-facing delivery experience (consulting, professional services, or technical advisory) - this is a requirement, not a nice-to-have

Demonstrated understanding of the Salesforce platform and ecosystem, including Agentic AI capabilities and Data Cloud

Working knowledge of one or more programming languages: Python, JavaScript, Java, or Apex

Proven ability to lead and own complex, ambiguous engagements end-to-end — from discovery through to measurable outcomes

Experience leading AI/LLM solution design, including agentic AI strategy, conversation design, and responsible AI practices

Strong project and programme management skills — ability to run multiple workstreams, manage stakeholder expectations, and keep delivery on track in ambiguous environments

Ability to travel 25% of the time to customer sites

Fluency in Japanese (written and verbal)

Preferred Experience

Experience with Salesforce Data Cloud, Agentforce platform, and Salesforce CRM (Sales, Service, Marketing)

Experience designing and deploying AI solutions in regulated industries (e.g., public sector, financial services, healthcare)

Salesforce platform certifications (e.g., Data Cloud Consultant, Agentforce Specialist, Application Architect) or similar platform certifications such as Microsoft, Oracle, or similar platforms.

Background in change management, organisational design, or enterprise transformation

Experience with AI/ML concepts beyond LLMs, including NLP, RAG architectures, and model evaluation frameworks

A get-things-done mindset with strong bias for action — comfortable operating in unstructured fast moving environments

Unleash Your Potential

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.

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