Director, Events Creative Program Management
$164k - $261.5kSalesforce, Inc.
- # Director, Events Creative Program ManagementApplyremote type: Office - Flexiblelocations: California - San Franciscotime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: JR346255*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 CategoryProgram & Project ManagementJob 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.About the RoleSalesforce's Global Brand Marketing (GBM) team creates world-class creative experiences for the world's most iconic B2B events — Dreamforce, Connections, TrailblazerDX, Tableau Conference, and Agentforce World Tours. Our Events & Experiences Creative team is the engine behind every piece of creative that comes to life across these programs: from the first brief to the final pixel on a Keynote stage.We're looking for a Director, Events Creative Program Management to be the strategic and operational force multiplier behind this work. You aren't just managing timelines — you are the engine driving execution excellence across one of the most ambitious creative portfolios in enterprise marketing. This is a high-visibility, Director-level role for a leader who thrives at the intersection of creative strategy and operational rigor. You'll manage a team of Senior and Program Managers, own the Brand Experience creative review process end-to-end, drive a unified quarterly planning motion across GBM, and set the standard for what great program management looks like — calm under pressure, deeply collaborative, and always two steps ahead.What You'll DoCreative Program Leadership\* Own end-to-end creative program management for the full proprietary and third-party events portfolio: Dreamforce, Connections, TrailblazerDX, Tableau Conference, and Agentforce World Tours \* Serve as primary creative PM lead for the Strategic Events portfolio — overseeing Demand Generation through onsite execution \* Oversee end-to-end portfolio lifecycle, ensuring complex dependencies across creative, digital, environmental, and production workstreams are seamlessly integrated \* Define and operationalize the events creative system with Creative Directors — including look and feel standards, templates, guidelines, and cross-functional trainingExecutive Partnership & Governance\* Serve as a trusted advisor to EVP/SVP-level stakeholders, providing data-driven insights to influence strategic decision-making and creative milestone visibility \* Curate and drive the Brand Experience (BxP) review agenda — prioritizing Tier 1 creative (environmental renders, keynote presentations, event signage) for executive sign-off \* Drive high-cadence review forums and "Deep Dive" sessions to unblock creative bottlenecks, accelerate decision velocity, and ensure business-critical milestones are met \* Navigate high-pressure, executive-level decision making with composure while simultaneously leading technical conversations with production vendors to ensure design intent is deliveredTeam Leadership & Talent Development\* Recruit, mentor, and elevate a world-class team of Senior PMs and PMs across Events & Experiences (DemGen, Digital, and World Tours pods) \* Build multi-level career development tracks for Creative PMs with skill-mapping tailored to the events and experiences discipline \* Manage the full contingent workforce lifecycle — surge hiring, onboarding, and ramp — to scale coverage in response to portfolio growthOperational Transformation & AI-Forward Ways of Working\* Design and deploy a standardized PM toolkit and resource-allocation model — enabling the team to absorb increased event scope without proportional headcount growth \* Stand up a GBM PM Center of Excellence: formalize the Global Brand Marketing PM Handbook, defining KPIs and standardized success metrics for every event tier \* Lead an AI-First Ways of Working initiative — identifying and deploying AI tools that reduce administrative lift and free the team to focus on high-impact creative strategy \* Lead tooling modernization, evaluating and implementing dedicated PM platforms (e.g., Wrike, Airtable) to drive 20%+ reduction in administrative overheadCross-Functional Integration\* Implement a unified quarterly creative planning motion across GBM to drive earlier alignment, smarter prioritization, and reduced last-minute pivots \* Establish a formal integration bridge with Creative Operations to eliminate redundant workflows and synchronize resourcing \* Lead continuous improvement of creative event processes based on internal and external feedback and industry best practicesWhat We're Looking ForExperience\* 8–12+ years of program management experience in creative, brand, events, or marketing environments — ideally at a large, fast-paced technology company \* 4+ years of people management experience with a proven track record of building high-output creative PM teams \* Demonstrated ability to build and scale operational frameworks (PMOs, CoEs, PM playbooks, or equivalent) from the ground up \* Deep familiarity with physical and digital event production — comfortable reviewing environmental renders, spearheading 2D and 3D creative projects, and ensuring production vendors understand design intentSkills & Competencies\* Bridge Builder: Rare ability to translate complex creative programs into clear business value for non-creative stakeholders — equally effective in a room with an EVP as you are with your PM team \* Trusted Advisor: Exceptional stakeholder management with the ability to drive consensus across global, matrixed organizations and influence decisions at the SVP/EVP level \* Creative-Fluent: You understand the creative process well enough to anticipate bottlenecks, sequence reviews intelligently, and partner with designers and creative directors as a peer \* Grace Under Pressure: You lead with composure in high-stakes environments, leaning on a solution-oriented mindset and — when appropriate — a sense of humor \* The Innovator: A knack for architecting "what could be" in the realm of AI, automation, and creative operations — and then actually building it \* Proficiency with PM tools (Airtable, Wrike, Smartsheet, Asana, or equivalent); genuine eagerness to adopt and champion AI-powered workflowsWhat Success Looks LikeIn your first 90 days, you've mapped the full events portfolio, built trusted relationships with key creative and events stakeholders, and are running Brand Experience reviews with confidence. By 6 months, the PM Center of Excellence handbook has a first draft, the Smart-Scale Framework is operational, and every member of your team has an active career development plan. By end of year, you've delivered:\* 20% reduction in administrative overhead hours per event through the new PM framework \* 100% of major events hitting Tier 1 creative milestones on time \* 90%+ of PMs with a documented career development plan mapped to new career tracks \* Measurable improvement in stakeholder satisfaction scores from Creative Directors and Executive Leadership on process transparency and collaborationWhy Salesforce, Why NowThis is a team in transformation. We've grown our event portfolio, elevated our creative ambition, and are now building the operational foundation to match. This role offers real ownership — not just of execution, but of shaping how creative program management works at Salesforce for years to come. You'll partner alongside some of the most talented creative directors and events leaders in the industry, with genuine influence over team strategy, tooling, and culture. If you're looking for a place to build something lasting — and to do it at the world's #1 AI CRM company — this is it. Salesforce 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 will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.Unleash Your PotentialWhen 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.AccommodationsIf you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.Posting StatementSalesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. 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.In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: 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.### ### ### ### At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.The typical base salary range for this position is $164,000 - $261,500 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $196,800 - $285,300 annually.
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