Senior Manager of Corporate Development Operations

San Francisco

* The Corporate Development team is at the forefront of Salesforce's growth, responsible for sourcing and executing strategic acquisitions and investments. Within this high-performing group, the M\&A Deal Team structures, negotiates, performs due diligence for, and executes strategic transactions * Salesforce is one of the most active acquirers in enterprise software with 15 closed acquisitions over the past 2 years and 100 closed acquisitions since 2006. This opportunity provides tremendous exposure and the ability to contribute materially to Salesforce's long-term trajectory * The Senior Manager of Corporate Development Operations will be a crucial part of the M\&A Deal Team at Salesforce. This position will be responsible for leveraging AI to streamline operations, automation, and analytics and will work closely with counterparts in M\&A Integration and Salesforce Ventures to identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency * Success requires a candidate to demonstrate intellectual curiosity, an innovative mind, an ability to create and present thoughtful analysis, and a focus on process optimization, and operational support * In this role, you will be highly collaborative and work cross-functionally across Corporate Development, Finance, GTM, Business Technology, etc. to automate and streamline processes, measure, analyze, and visualize data around the M\&A pipeline and prospective acquisitions, and support the creation of materials for Salesforce's Board of Directors * Own standardized reporting, pipeline metrics, readouts. Lead analysis on the portfolio of M\&A deals in a given year, pipeline, and inbounds that are not pursued for acquisition or investment * Leverage Salesforce AI products and other AI tools including Claude, Gemini and other apps to streamline processes and create efficiency * Support market, industry and company research and analyses * Own the reporting and analysis for the Salesforce Investments portfolio, including monitoring portfolio performance, valuation, realized and unrealized gains on portfolio holdings * Serve as the primary coordinator for preparing materials on the M\&A program for the Board of Directors, Salesforce's executive leadership team, and Corporate Development leadership * Own the development of the Salesforce M\&A org's enterprise tools, including feature development, managing reporting of inbound and outbound conversations, and maintaining records * As required, support the M\&A Deal team on acquisition strategy and proactive ideation or execution on Deals ### Benefits * Medical Care * Life Insurance * Retirement Savings * Employee Assistance Programs * With 9 standard holidays and four floating holidays, you get a total 13 paid days off each year