Deal Desk Senior Manager

Salesforce Salesforce · Enterprise · Tokyo, Japan

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Manager, Deal Desk for their Japan, Korea, and Taiwan (JPKT) sales verticals. This role will act as a principal deal advisor and commercial strategist, mitigating risks and uncovering growth opportunities in complex enterprise transactions. The candidate will leverage data-driven insights, model innovative AI usage, mentor team members, and engage senior leadership. A key responsibility is driving the adoption and integration of AI-powered tools for deal analysis, pricing optimization, and workflows, while also identifying and addressing barriers to AI adoption.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as the primary strategic advisor to enterprise account teams, guiding them through the lifecycle of highly complex, multi-cloud, and bespoke enterprise deals.
  2. Partner with account teams to develop sophisticated concession strategies and creative structuring options that optimize revenue, maximize customer lifetime value, and protect corporate margins.
  3. Directly engage SVP+ leaders during critical deal cycles. Act with courage to make controversial recommendations in high-pressure situations, driving a path forward by providing thought leadership on precedent-setting deal structures and terms.
  4. Proactively partner with SVP+ leaders to drive long-term business objectives. Add unique value by "connecting the dots" across disparate enterprise deals, regional initiatives, and corporate stakeholders.
  5. Serve as a key driver in adopting and integrating AI-powered tools for deal analysis, pricing optimization, and workflows.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of demonstrated ability in pricing strategy, sales financial analysis, commercial management, or relevant enterprise software/SaaS experience supporting complex enterprise deals.
  • Full professional proficiency (written and spoken) in Japanese and English is required.
  • Proven experience advising, influencing, and navigating conflict at the SVP+ level.
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill highly complex commercial, financial, and legal structures into concise, executive-ready summaries.
  • Superior analytical background with a proven track record of using data-driven dashboards (e.g., Tableau, CRM Analytics) to drive regional business decisions.
  • High proficiency in using AI-powered tools to support deal analysis, pricing optimization, and workflow automation. Ability to interpret and act on AI-generated insights to drive strategic deal recommendations.

Nice to have

  • Experience in a dedicated commercial pricing, investment banking, or strategic finance function is a strong plus.
  • Hands-on experience leveraging AI/ML tools (e.g., Salesforce Einstein, Agentforce, or similar) for sales analytics and revenue intelligence.
  • Familiarity with prompt engineering or working with Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate and scale deal desk workflows.
  • Fluency in Korean or Mandarin is highly desirable.

What the JD emphasized

  • AI Fluency: High proficiency in using AI-powered tools to support deal analysis, pricing optimization, and workflow automation. Ability to interpret and act on AI-generated insights to drive strategic deal recommendations.