Director, AI Labs Scouts

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 Category Development & Strategy Job 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. AI Labs is on a mission to grow Salesforce into America’s next $1.5T AI mainstay, from ASICs to Agents. This includes building a proactive market intelligence and venture sourcing capability to identify important basic and applied AI companies and technologies before they enter competitive acquisition and strategic investment processes. As Director of AI Ventures, you will continuously map emerging AI technologies, products, and markets, developing relationships across the ecosystem to identify founders, teams, and technologies that could materially strengthen a market-leading AI strategy. What You'll Do • Build and continuously maintain a landscape of companies, labs, founders, technologies, investors, and emerging categories within your focus area. • Source acquisition, partnership, licensing, acquihire, and strategic opportunities before they become broadly marketed. • Maintain deep relationships with founders, professors, VCs, accelerators, technical communities, and other ecosystem leaders. • Attend and sponsor relevant conferences, hackathons, founder gatherings, and industry events to build proprietary market intelligence. • Produce concise assessments of emerging companies and categories for AI Labs leadership. • Develop and constantly refresh clear points of view on where AI markets are moving and where Salesforce should build, buy, partner, or continue watching. • Partner with M&A and Strategic Finance to transition qualified opportunities into formal diligence and deal processes. What We're Looking For • Experience in DeepTech and product-centric venture capital, startup investing, company building, or a highly relevant AI ecosystem role. • Strong network across founders, labs, professors, investors, and emerging technology companies. • Deep curiosity and fluency in AI markets and technologies, and enterprise software. • Ability to move between technical trends, business models, founder assessment, and strategic implications. • Strong executive communication and judgment. • Ideally a former founder, senior associate/principal/junior partner from a leading VC firm, or equivalent ecosystem profile. Note: This is not an M&A execution role. Success is measured by the quality of the relationships/access, market intelligence, and opportunities created upstream of the deal process. 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. Accommodations If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Acc