VP, Sales Technology (Salesforce 360)

Hiring near our Stamford, CT, or Irving, TX Centers of Excellence, with a hybrid, flexible environment.

Gartner offers a hybrid, flexible environment, with remote work that allows associates great flexibility to work from home, and opportunities to connect with colleagues for moments that matter on-site. Candidates that apply should be located within a reasonable proximity to one of Gartner's Centers of Excellence office locations.

About Gartner IT :

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About the Role:

Gartner is seeking an experienced and visionary Vice President, Sales Technology to lead and evolve our Salesforce platform strategy in support of critical go-to-market functions. This role is central to driving innovation and delivering technology-enabled transformation across Gartner's Sales and Marketing organizations. You will lead a team of Salesforce technology professionals, shape the roadmap for AI-powered business capabilities, and help deliver a Customer 360 solution that powers Gartner's client engagement strategy.

What You Will Do:

• Serve as a Salesforce technology leader across the enterprise, partnering with executive stakeholders in Sales, Marketing, and Technology to shape the platform vision and Customer 360 roadmap.

• Work with business stakeholders to understand business priorities and direction and ensure those priorities are met with appropriate technology solutions, including Salesforce and competing solutions outside of Salesforce.

• Drive innovation by leveraging emerging Salesforce capabilities-such as AgentForce, Data Cloud, and AI-native tools-to reimagine business workflows and enhance seller productivity. Rapid prototyping of solutions is required in this role.

• Lead end-to-end solution design across Salesforce Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Service Cloud, and Data Cloud, ensuring scalable, secure, and future-ready implementations.

• Provide technology thought leadership and mentorship to cross-functional delivery teams and guide the adoption of platform best practices.

• Enable the development and realization of a Customer 360 vision for Gartner, facilitating a unified view of clients and prospects to improve engagement and outcomes.

• Establish and maintain platform governance, standards, and delivery quality across all Salesforce-related initiatives.

• Translate complex business needs into technical strategies, fostering a consultative approach with business leaders to ideate and co-create impactful solutions.

What You Need:

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise technology roles, with 8+ years of Salesforce platform leadership experience.

• Proven success in leading large-scale Salesforce implementations across multiple business domains, including Sales and Marketing.

• Strong technology skills in one or more Salesforce product sets (preferably Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Marketing Cloud) in support of a large B2B oriented business (preferably a subscription oriented business).

• Familiarity with advanced Salesforce capabilities such as AgentForce, AI/Einstein, and Customer Data Platform tools.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide other team members on design, build, and deploy of various Salesforce technologies not limited to Lightning Web Components, Apex Programming, Apex Web Service, Platform Events, Security Model and others.

• Good understanding of custom web application development using Java, ReactJS and various AWS technologies.

• Prior experience with Managed and Unmanaged packages, and external solutions connecting to Salesforce is a must. Experience in assessing solutions with a "build vs. buy" lens is a requirement.

• Strong consultative and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and align executive stakeholders.

• Prior experience in connecting Salesforce to disparate external systems for transactional or analytics purposes.

• Demonstrated success in building, leading, and mentoring high-performing technical teams.

• Strategic thinker with strong business acumen and the ability to connect platform capabilities to business value.

What you will get:

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
• A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact - your work will contribute directly to our strategy.

• A hybrid work environment-enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.

• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match.And much more!

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Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we've grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That's why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive - working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

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