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Brent Hyder      

President and Chief People Officer, Salesforce

Brent Hyder is responsible for driving Salesforce’s companywide people strategy and leading all aspects of Employee Success, including the company’s Equality initiatives, equal pay assessment, workforce planning, and talent experience. His team is on the front lines of driving Salesforce’s award-winning culture and is dedicated to hiring and engaging tens of thousands of employees around the world.

Before joining Salesforce in September 2019, Hyder spent 15 years at Gap Inc. where he most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer. In this position, he oversaw its human resources efforts, including equal pay, diversity and inclusion, succession planning, and employee engagement and recruiting. While at Gap Inc., Hyder also led communications, global sustainability, and the Gap Foundation. In addition to his more than 20 years of HR experience, he has served as the Chief Operating Officer of Gap Brand and as the Vice President, General Manager and Representative Director of Gap Japan KK.

Hyder received his bachelor’s degree in retail management from Brigham Young University. He is also proud to be on the board of directors of Enterprise for Youth, a Bay Area nonprofit that helps under-resourced youth reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences.

News

Salesforce declares the 9-to-5 workday dead, will let some employees work remotely from now on
“As we enter a new year, we must continue to go forward with agility, creativity and a beginner’s mind — and that includes how we cultivate our culture. An immersive workspace is no longer limited to a desk in our Towers; the 9-to-5 workday is dead; and the employee experience is about more than ping-pong tables and snacks,” writes Brent Hyder, Salesforce’s chief people officer.
Salesforce Says Employees Can Now Work From Home Permanently
Salesforce expects the new options to help improve equality and diversity at the company — since workers won't be required to report to an office in places like San Francisco and New York, Salesforce can broaden recruiting to new areas.
Silicon Valley finds remote work is easier to begin than end
“I thought this period of remote work would be the most challenging year-and-half of my career, but it’s not,” said Brent Hyder, the chief people officer for business software maker Salesforce and its roughly 65,000 employees worldwide. “Getting everything started back up the way it needs to be is proving to be even more difficult.”
Most Salesforce Employees to Work Remotely at Least Part Time After Pandemic
The business-software provider, which has 54,000 global employees, is among the largest companies to spell out how it plans staff to work after Covid-19 recedes. Chief People Officer Brent Hyder said Salesforce’s changes would include revamping office layouts to increase collaboration space instead of having a “sea of desks.”
Salesforce exec discusses post-pandemic playbook for work
After reshaping their businesses to deal with threats posed by the pandemic, many companies are facing another daunting challenge: how to bring remote workers back to the office when people are still debating face masks and not everyone has received the COVID-19 vaccine. Brent Hyder, Salesforce’s chief people officer, discussed the company’s approach with The Associated Press.

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