Director, Sales Compensation

Salesforce

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$164,000–$261,500 / yr
Posted
60 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $240k
This role $213k
$150k most similar roles pay here $297k

This role pays less than 67% of similar roles. Most pay $197,287–$282,998 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $213k versus about $240k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing

Salesforce currently has 106 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,500–$260,100 across 98 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Sales Compensation

Director, Sales Compensation will join the Global Incentive Compensation organization to lead a new team focused on operational excellence. This role is responsible for modernizing incentive compensation operations by identifying, designing, and executing improvements across the end-to-end lifecycle to eliminate manual work and automate repetitive processes. The successful candidate will build infrastructure for a scalable organization while managing process mapping, automation, and data-driven decision-making. Key responsibilities include building a high-performing team, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders in Sales, Finance, and HR, and championing the use of AI tools like Agentforce and generative AI to improve information access and case resolution. The role requires expertise in incentive compensation systems, project management, and data analytics tools such as Tableau. This position solves the challenge of providing accurate, scalable support for a global team of thousands of sellers.

What you'll do

  • Build and lead a new team dedicated to modernizing incentive compensation operations and processes.
  • Map end-to-end operational workflows to identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and opportunities for improvement.
  • Automate manual, repetitive, or error-prone tasks across the global incentive compensation lifecycle.
  • Integrate AI tools and generative AI technologies to improve information access and case resolution.
  • Develop data-driven reporting frameworks to measure operational health and the impact of new initiatives.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment with Sales, Finance, HR, and Technology teams on shared infrastructure investments.
  • Manage change management programs to ensure smooth adoption of new tools and operating models.
  • Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of operations and transformation professionals.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 10+ years of experience in incentive compensation operations, strategy, or technology with exposure to process transformation.
  • Must have at least 3 years of people management or team leadership experience.
  • Requires a deep understanding of incentive compensation operations, systems, and sales compensation design.
  • Must demonstrate a track record of implementing process improvements that reduce manual effort and scale operational capacity.
  • Requires strong command of process mapping methodologies and structured problem diagnosis.
  • Must have experience using data and analytics tools to measure performance; familiarity with Tableau is a plus.
  • Requires hands-on experience or a strong interest in AI and automation technologies applied to finance operations.
  • Must possess executive communication skills to influence senior stakeholders and manage complex, cross-functional projects.

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