Salesforce.com to create 100 New Jobs in Dublin

New state of the art office complex located at No.1 Central Park in Dublin

100 new jobs have been announced at Salesforce.com in Dublin. The announcement was made this morning in Dublin by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, T.D., together with David Dempsey, Senior Vice President for salesforce.com Ireland and Barry O’Leary, CEO, IDA Ireland, during an event celebrating salesforce.com’s new state-of-the-art 50,000 square foot office complex at No. 1 Central Park. The new office is salesforce.com’s second in Dublin and is to be based in the south of the city.

 “Salesforce.com is one of the global technology industry’s fastest growing companies. The expansion of salesforce.com’s Irish operation demonstrates Ireland’s ability to attract investment from high growth companies.”

Barry O’Leary, CEO IDA Ireland

The firm is the largest provider of customer relationship management software in the world.

The 100 new jobs will be in the areas of Sales, Marketing, IT and Customer Support. It is hoped the new positions will be filled by the end of the year.

“Ireland’s reputation as a ‘digital island’ acting as a European hub for the digital industry is growing rapidly as more businesses like salesforce.com expand their operations here. Today’s announcement that salesforce.com is creating 100 new jobs in Dublin is a strong endorsement of Ireland’s strengths in the digital sector and of our talented and dedicated people. The company’s leadership in social, mobile and cloud computing aligns with the Government’s policy and Action Plan for Jobs in these fast growing sectors.”

 An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny T.D.

 “Salesforce.com is driving a massive transformation in the technology industry, showing companies the power of social and mobile cloud computing and enabling them to revolutionise the way they sell, service, market and innovate and transform into customer companies. Ireland has played a key role in our success in Europe and we are delighted to be able to expand our reach in the region by hiring 100 more talented individuals in Dublin and opening a new office at No. 1 Central Park.”

David Dempsey, Senior Vice President, salesforce.com, Ireland