Senior Salesforce Technical Architect

About the role

Salesforce Professional Services is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to serve as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, most complex enterprise customers.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
• Identify and lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice; serving as an active contributor to the community’s overall knowledge base and expertise
• Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value
• Work collaboratively and have very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking
• Identify and proactively manage risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution
• Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party partners
• Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward
• Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs
• Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform

Requirements

• 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience
• 4+ years of experience leading Salesforce Core Projects
• Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
• Strong presentation skills. Able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences
• Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
• A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles
• Prominent experience in Integration concepts, designs and patterns

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline. Equivalent demonstrable work experience in lieu of a degree will be considered
• Application design and development background
• Travel may be required and varies depending on the client requirements
• Strong Enterprise Architecture background would be favorable
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications
• Experience in Consumer Goods Cloud, Consumer Goods Retail Execution / Trade Promotion Management, and general Consumer Goods industry is a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership: Self-aware; proficient at building strong relationships
• Thought Leader: Strong point of view and executive presence. Confident, but not arrogant, a great storyteller
• Experience with AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Agentforce for Developers) and an understanding of their strengths and limitations
• Experience leading a technical team or workstream, with a passion for mentoring and developing talent
• Ability to build and maintain key relationships with C-level executives, senior technology leaders, and key decision-makers
• Experience defining and delivering enterprise applications on the Salesforce Platform is a strong plus

Benefits

At Salesforce, we offer 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.

Pay

The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

Schedule

Not specified