AI Builder, Emerging Talent Manager (Manager/Sr. Manager/Director)

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 CategorySalesJob DetailsAbout SalesforceSalesforce 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.As the Manager of Emerging Talent for the AI Builder Program, you will lead, mentor, and scale a high-caliber team of AI-native graduates, and bring a completely fresh approach to problem-solving.This is not a traditional engineering management role; it is a frontier-pushing leadership position designed to channel that native AI mindset into boundary-breaking, real-world customer transformations. It is a blend of peopleleadership, technical direction, consulting mentorship, and program development- with an exciting focus on pioneering AI approaches to delivering extraordinary outcomes.We are looking for a strong people leader with reasonable technical fluencyto guide and develop a team of new computer science graduates. In this role, you will focus on people leadership and business mentorship, helping your team navigate their early careers while ensuring operational excellence. You will confidently engage with customersacross a diverse cross-section of accounts (from Mid-Market through Enterprise Strategic) and serve as a strategic partnerYour primary mission is to translate their unique, intuitive relationship with AI into enterprise-grade success and translate academic computer science excellence into real-world, customer-facing success. You will help your team navigate the frontier of generative AI and Agentforce, architect agent reasoning, and confidently engage with customers to drive business transformations. Additionally, you will play an active role in driving the architecture and execution of our Grad Builder Program, overseeing projects, managing development plans, and delivering advanced technical and consultative training.Key Responsibilities1. People Leadership & Talent Development (40%) * Channel AI-Native Superpowers: Champion and harness the unique, fast-paced 'group chat' collaboration styles and intuitive AI habits of recent graduates, turning their fresh perspectives into a competitive advantage for our delivery teams. * Manage & Mentor:Act as the direct people manager for a cohort of Emerging Talent AI Builders. Deliver regular 1:1s, performance reviews, career development planning, and compensation management. * Bridge the Gap:Help AI natives pivot from 'building experimental side projects' to deploying production-grade, secure, and ethical enterprise software, showing them how to scale their boundary-pushing ideas responsibly. * Consulting Coaching:Teach technical grads how to "translate tech into business value." Coach them on active listening, stakeholder management, discovery sessions, presentation skills, and handling pushback from customers. * Cultivating Belonging and Long-term Engagement:Establish a vibrant, inclusive atmosphere. Provide guidance through the specific challenges of early-career excellence, including managing rapid advancement paths, addressing imposter syndrome, and meeting the distinct professional needs of high-potential recent graduates.2. Technical Leadership & Project Governance (30%) * Agentforce Guardrails:Guide graduates through the design of agentic reasoning, prompt engineering, and tool calls. Ensure they are evaluating AI