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Virginia Sharma joins Salesforce as chief marketing officer- Missionforce

What happened

Salesforce has hired Virginia Sharma as its Chief Marketing Officer for Missionforce, where she will lead the company's global public sector marketing team.

Source

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Follow Us Virginia Sharma has joined Salesforce as chief marketing officer, Missionforce, where she will lead the company's global public sector marketing team. Sharma announced the move in a LinkedIn post, stating: "I'm thrilled to share that I'm starting a new position as Chief Marketing Officer, Missionforce at Salesforce!" In her new role, she will oversee product marketing and field marketing for Salesforce's public sector business, focusing on Missionforce and its work with public sector institutions. Sharma joins Salesforce from Google, where she was head of brand and product marketing, Google Public Sector. She previously served as head of marketing, Google Cloud India. Before Google, Sharma was vice president, brand solutions at JioSaavn and held multiple marketing and sales leadership roles at LinkedIn and IBM.

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Event
Executive hire

What this signalsA new leader often reviews the tools the team uses.

Person
Virginia SharmaChief Marketing Officer, Missionforce

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People

  • Virginia SharmaChief Marketing Officer, Missionforce · Named in the story

Topics and mentions

Job title tags

  • directors
  • marketing

Extraction

Confidence
95%
Detected
Oct 1, 2026
signal_type
news
signal_subtype
hires

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  • industriesValue in the API
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  • revenueValue in the API
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Signal

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  • associationValue in the API
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GET /v1/signals/069a3b8e-5415-d8b3-cde3-f7c87919497e returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for salesforce.com.

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    "title": "Virginia Sharma joins Salesforce as chief marketing officer- Missionforce - afaqs!",
    "contact": "Virginia Sharma",
    "excerpt": "Follow Us Virginia Sharma has joined Salesforce as chief marketing officer, Missionforce, where she will lead the company’s global public sector marketing team. Sharma announced the move in a LinkedIn post, stating: “I’m thrilled to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Marketing Officer, Missionforce at Salesforce!” In her new role, she will oversee product marketing and field marketing for Salesforce’s public sector business, focusing on Missionforce and its work with public sector institutions. Sharma joins Salesforce from Google, where she was head of brand and product marketing, Google Public Sector. She previously served as head of marketing, Google Cloud India. Before Google, Sharma was vice president, brand solutions at JioSaavn and held multiple marketing and sales leadership roles at LinkedIn and IBM.",
    "summary": "Salesforce has hired Virginia Sharma as its Chief Marketing Officer for Missionforce, where she will lead the company's global public sector marketing team.",
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    "image_url": "https://img-cdn.publive.online/fit-in/1200x675/afaqs/media/media_files/2026/10/01/salesforce-2026-10-01-11-39-40.jpg",
    "job_title": "Chief Marketing Officer, Missionforce",
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