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Partner Sales, Senior Manager - Energy, Utilities and Automotive

Salesforce is hiring a Partner Sales, Senior Manager - Energy, Utilities and Automotive in Chicago, United States. It pays $182k-$244k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Salesforce.

Level's read on this job

  • On Level's scale, this sales role is Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
  • The listed pay starts 32% above the typical sales posting on Level.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Agentforce, Predictive Analytics and AI Content Tools.
  • Level classifies it as a senior role.
  • Level lists 1,500+ other open roles at Salesforce.

AI in this role

Lead partner sales strategy in energy, utilities, and automotive while leveraging AI tools for workflow automation and enablement collateral.

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Job Category

Sales

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.

As the Partner Sales Sr. Manager for AUE, you will be a pivotal leader driving our indirect revenue strategy, ecosystem growth, and strategic alliances within our highest-impact Energy, Utility and Automotive accounts. You will design, execute, and scale a world-class partner program that empowers channel partner and system integrators to accelerate market adoption of PACE’s solutions in the AUE sector.

This role requires a rare blend of strategic vision, AUE industry acumen, and a commitment to cultivating a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture. In this role, you and your team will actively leverage cutting-edge AI tools to automate routine tasks, analyze complex partner data, and hyper-personalize partner enablement material. You will lead the field to co-sell, build healthy pipelines, drive OSP and TSP growth and Hyperscaler growth. You will participate with AUE customer engagements to help them design and optimize their own partner-led strategies while ensuring continuous, positive software consumption.

Key Responsibilities

  • AI-Driven Strategy & Operations: Embed AI tools into your daily workflow and team processes—using predictive analytics to identify high-upside partners, AI-assisted content tools to scale GTM enablement collateral, and automated insights to track consumption health.

  • Enterprise Automotive, Utilities, and Energy Ecosystem Leadership: Own the partner sales strategy for the AUE segment, identifying and nurturing alliances that possess deep domain expertise in modern industry tech, supply chain, and field service.

  • Cultivate a Positive Team Culture: Build, mentor, and inspire a diverse, supportive team environment. Champion a culture of continuous learning, open feedback, and collaborative innovation (including upskilling the team on AI workflows).

  • Executive Engagements: Lead joint co-selling initiatives with Hyperscalers, GSIs, and ISVs—engaging directly with high-impact AUE accounts alongside partners to present unified solutions, accelerate sales velocity, and advise enterprise clients on designing their own partner-led strategies.

Enhanced Qualifications

  • AI & Tech Literacy: Comfort with, and enthusiasm for, integrating artificial intelligence tools (e.g., generative AI for communication/enablement, predictive forecasting tools, or AI-driven CRM workflows) into your management and sales cycles to unlock team efficiency.

  • Industry Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of the automotive, energy, and utility industry landscape, including key challenges, technology trends, and the specific partner ecosystems that serve enterprise AUE clients.

  • Culture-First Leadership: A proven leadership philosophy centered on empathy, transparency, accountability, and fostering a positive, motivating team dynamic.

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

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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.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $182,070 - $243,530 annually. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $200,270 - $267,890 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

How we rate this

Partner Sales, Senior Manager - Energy, Utilities and Automotive at Salesforce rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Pay

This job starts at
$182k
Typical sales job
$138k

This posting starts 32% above the typical sales job. See sales jobs

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  3. Tell me about a project where gtm strategy was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where account management was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where data analysis was part of your work. What did you do?

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Partner Sales, Gtm Strategy, Account Management, and Data Analysis. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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