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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.
Role Overview
The EVP, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Salesforce Platform will serve as the strategic and operational right hand to the Chief Platform Officer, driving the operating system that enables Salesforce to scale product excellence across a global Product Management organization.
The EVP, COO, Salesforce Platform will bring enterprise-grade rigor, disciplined execution, and cross-cloud integration to the Salesforce Platform portfolio, spanning: Agentforce, Headless 360, Data 360, Tableau, MuleSoft/Agentforce Fabric, Informatica, Own, Sandboxes, and Platform Security/Shield.
This leader owns the connective tissue across Product Management — ensuring that strategy translates into execution, that execution aligns with priorities, and that the organization moves with the speed, discipline, and clarity required for an AI-first, agentic enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
Operating Model + Governance
- Architect and run the operating model for Product Management, including cadence, prioritization, cross-org governance, and leadership forums.
- Establish disciplined mechanisms for planning, V2MOM execution, quarterly business reviews, product performance reviews, and cross-cloud interlocks.
- Bring system-level operating rigor that reduces operational drag on the Chief Platform Officer and creates focus and accountability across a large-scale product organization.
- Drive the adoption of the NPF (New Production Function) within the organization.
Execution Engine Leadership
- Oversee central Operations / PMO and Product Performance functions (e.g., metrics, dashboards, adoption insights, delivery health).
- Lead all product operations teams and unify operational roles under a single, coherent COO umbrella.
- Ensure alignment, sequencing, and tradeoff decisions across Platform dependencies, including Agentforce, Data 360, Tableau, and MuleSoft integrations.
Enterprise Integration & Transformation
- Drive major transformation programs for Salesforce’s shift to the Agentic Enterprise, including platform reliability and efficiency improvements.
- Institutionalize AI-first product management practices centered around agentic reasoning, conversational UX, and autonomous workflows.
- Lead strategic integration of Informatica, Own, and other inorganic growth plays, ensuring coherent operating mechanisms across newly combined teams.
- Scale systems, processes, and leadership routines to meet the needs of a world-class, globally distributed Product Management workforce.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Serve as the primary integrator across Product Management, Engineering, Sales, CS, Security, Legal, Finance, Marketing, and Employee Success.
- Build strong partnership with Finance for OPEX/HC management, resource planning, investment frameworks, and productivity levers.
- Partner with Employee Success on org design, workforce planning, leadership capability, and product talent strategy.
Culture, Leadership, and Communication
- Drive clear, consistent communication and narrative alignment across a global Product Management organization.
- Strengthen leadership pipelines, operational discipline, and decision-making quality throughout the Platform organization.
- Model the behaviors of an execution-first, customer-obsessed, agentic culture.
Qualifications
Core Requirements:
- 15+ years in enterprise software, with deep experience in product management, product strategy, or large-scale technical operations.
- Proven success leading complex transformations in matrixed, global technology environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in product operations, product/program management, organizational governance, and enterprise execution.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to manage HC, OPEX, productivity targets, and investment frameworks.
- Exceptional communication, influence, and executive presence.
- Experience operating as a C-suite or near–C-suite enterprise operator in a multi-billion-dollar, global technology organization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead at scale with direct ownership of operating models, cross-functional governance, and enterprise-wide transformation programs.
- Credibility to serve as a proxy for the Chief Platform Officer in cross-company forums and executive decision bodies.
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 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 Statement
Salesforce 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: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.
The typical base salary range for this position is $428,000 - $582,000 annually.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.
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.
Role Overview
The EVP, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Salesforce Platform will serve as the strategic and operational right hand to the Chief Platform Officer, driving the operating system that enables Salesforce to scale product excellence across a global Product Management organization.
The EVP, COO, Salesforce Platform will bring enterprise-grade rigor, disciplined execution, and cross-cloud integration to the Salesforce Platform portfolio, spanning: Agentforce, Headless 360, Data 360, Tableau, MuleSoft/Agentforce Fabric, Informatica, Own, Sandboxes, and Platform Security/Shield.
This leader owns the connective tissue across Product Management — ensuring that strategy translates into execution, that execution aligns with priorities, and that the organization moves with the speed, discipline, and clarity required for an AI-first, agentic enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
Operating Model + Governance
- Architect and run the operating model for Product Management, including cadence, prioritization, cross-org governance, and leadership forums.
- Establish disciplined mechanisms for planning, V2MOM execution, quarterly business reviews, product performance reviews, and cross-cloud interlocks.
- Bring system-level operating rigor that reduces operational drag on the Chief Platform Officer and creates focus and accountability across a large-scale product organization.
- Drive the adoption of the NPF (New Production Function) within the organization.
Execution Engine Leadership
- Oversee central Operations / PMO and Product Performance functions (e.g., metrics, dashboards, adoption insights, delivery health).
- Lead all product operations teams and unify operational roles under a single, coherent COO umbrella.
- Ensure alignment, sequencing, and tradeoff decisions across Platform dependencies, including Agentforce, Data 360, Tableau, and MuleSoft integrations.
Enterprise Integration & Transformation
- Drive major transformation programs for Salesforce’s shift to the Agentic Enterprise, including platform reliability and efficiency improvements.
- Institutionalize AI-first product management practices centered around agentic reasoning, conversational UX, and autonomous workflows.
- Lead strategic integration of Informatica, Own, and other inorganic growth plays, ensuring coherent operating mechanisms across newly combined teams.
- Scale systems, processes, and leadership routines to meet the needs of a world-class, globally distributed Product Management workforce.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Serve as the primary integrator across Product Management, Engineering, Sales, CS, Security, Legal, Finance, Marketing, and Employee Success.
- Build strong partnership with Finance for OPEX/HC management, resource planning, investment frameworks, and productivity levers.
- Partner with Employee Success on org design, workforce planning, leadership capability, and product talent strategy.
Culture, Leadership, and Communication
- Drive clear, consistent communication and narrative alignment across a global Product Management organization.
- Strengthen leadership pipelines, operational discipline, and decision-making quality throughout the Platform organization.
- Model the behaviors of an execution-first, customer-obsessed, agentic culture.
Qualifications
Core Requirements:
- 15+ years in enterprise software, with deep experience in product management, product strategy, or large-scale technical operations.
- Proven success leading complex transformations in matrixed, global technology environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in product operations, product/program management, organizational governance, and enterprise execution.
- Strong financial acumen and ability to manage HC, OPEX, productivity targets, and investment frameworks.
- Exceptional communication, influence, and executive presence.
- Experience operating as a C-suite or near–C-suite enterprise operator in a multi-billion-dollar, global technology organization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead at scale with direct ownership of operating models, cross-functional governance, and enterprise-wide transformation programs.
- Credibility to serve as a proxy for the Chief Platform Officer in cross-company forums and executive decision bodies.
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 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 Statement
Salesforce 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: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.
The typical base salary range for this position is $428,000 - $582,000 annually.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.
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Frame your degree for specialty occupation
COO roles must meet the E-3 visa specialty occupation standard, so document how your Australian bachelor's degree directly relates to operations leadership. A three-year Australian degree is generally accepted as equivalent to a U.S. four-year degree for E-3 purposes.
Target employers with existing E-3 infrastructure
Companies that have sponsored E-3 visas before already understand the LCA filing process and won't need convincing. Search DOL's OFLC disclosure data to identify organisations that have filed Labor Condition Applications for senior operations roles.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for end-to-end filing
Once you have an offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork. The LCA must be certified by DOL before your consulate appointment, so getting the filing right the first time avoids delays.
Address dual intent directly with hiring managers
COO candidates often attract questions about long-term intent during interviews. The E-3 is a nonimmigrant visa, so you'll need to demonstrate ties to Australia while pursuing the role, even if you intend to renew indefinitely.
Prepare your LCA prevailing wage documentation early
Your employer's LCA must certify they'll pay you at or above the DOL prevailing wage for the COO role in that metro area. Request a prevailing wage determination from DOL before negotiating your offer so the salary you agree on meets the threshold.
Find COO roles with E-3 sponsorship on Migrate Mate
Filtering for E-3-sponsoring employers in a COO search is time-consuming without the right tool. Migrate Mate surfaces executive operations roles specifically matched to E-3 sponsorship eligibility, saving you hours of manual research.
E-3 Visa Chief Operating Officer: Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find Chief Operating Officer jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the recommended starting point for Australian professionals searching for COO roles with E-3 sponsorship. It filters positions by employers who have demonstrated sponsorship history for senior operations roles, so you're not cold-applying to companies that haven't navigated E-3 filings before.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Chief Operating Officer role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
Yes, provided the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as business administration, management, or a related discipline. Generic executive roles where any degree suffices can face scrutiny. Your employer's job description should explicitly state the degree requirement, and your own credentials should align with that field.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for a COO role?
The E-3 has no annual lottery and no cap, so an approved COO offer can move directly to a consulate appointment without waiting for a selection round. The H-1B visa requires registration in the annual lottery with no guarantee of selection. For Australian nationals, the E-3 is a far more predictable path to starting a senior U.S. operations role on a defined timeline.
Can I change employers or get promoted to CEO while on an E-3?
Changing employers requires a new LCA and a new E-3 visa tied to the incoming employer's petition before you start work. A promotion within the same company to a materially different role, such as CEO, typically requires a new LCA to reflect the changed job duties and prevailing wage. Your employer should initiate the new filing before the role change takes effect.