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How much do business systems architect jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 25, 2026, the average yearly pay for business systems architect in the United States is $140,000.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $130,000.00 and $150,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a business systems architect?

A Business Systems Architect is a professional responsible for designing and overseeing the structure of an organization's IT and business systems to ensure they align with business goals. They analyze current systems, identify areas for improvement, and create architectural solutions that support efficient processes and scalable growth. Business Systems Architects collaborate with stakeholders across departments to ensure that technology investments deliver value and integrate seamlessly with existing workflows.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a business systems architect?

To thrive as a Business Systems Architect, you need deep knowledge of systems design, enterprise architecture frameworks, business process modeling, and often a degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field. Familiarity with tools like TOGAF, UML, BPMN, ERP platforms, and relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) is typically required. Strong analytical thinking, stakeholder communication, and problem-solving abilities help drive alignment between technical solutions and business goals. These skills are critical for ensuring that complex systems effectively support organizational strategy and adapt to evolving business needs.

How does a business systems architect typically collaborate with stakeholders from both IT and business teams?

A Business Systems Architect acts as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams, working closely with stakeholders from IT, operations, and business units to understand requirements and translate them into scalable system solutions. They facilitate workshops, gather feedback, and ensure that proposed architectures align with both business objectives and IT standards. Regular communication and documentation are essential, as is the ability to negotiate priorities and manage expectations from various departments. This collaborative approach helps ensure that systems are both technically sound and supportive of organizational goals.

What is the difference between Business Systems Architect vs Business Analyst?

AspectBusiness Systems ArchitectBusiness Analyst
Primary FocusDesigning and integrating complex business systems and infrastructureAnalyzing business needs and defining requirements for solutions
Required SkillsSystems architecture, technical knowledge, project managementBusiness process analysis, communication, requirements gathering
Work EnvironmentTechnical teams, IT departments, system design projectsBusiness units, project teams, stakeholder engagement
CertificationsTOGAF, Zachman, PMP (sometimes)CBAP, PMI-PBA, IIBA certifications

While both roles involve understanding business needs, the Business Systems Architect focuses on designing and implementing technical systems, whereas the Business Analyst concentrates on gathering requirements and analyzing processes to inform solutions.

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Infographic showing various Business Systems Architect job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 83% Full Time, 14% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 89% Physical, 3% Hybrid, and 8% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $140,000 per year, or $67.3 per hour.

Business Systems Architect, GTM Systems

New York, NY • Hybrid

$155K - $175K/yr

Full-time

Retirement

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Job description

About Betterment

Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing, savings and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission, to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.  We're headquartered in NYC and offer hybrid NY-based positions (four days/ week in-office, with no required office days during the summer and winter holidays).

About the Role

We're looking for a senior individual contributor to own the architecture and ongoing health of Betterment's GTM systems ecosystem, with Salesforce at the center and a growing set of surrounding integrations.

This is a staff-level technical leadership role for someone who wants to spend their time solving hard systems problems, setting technical direction, and raising the bar for how our GTM systems are built.

This role goes well beyond system administration or ticket fulfillment. As the staff-level architect for Betterment's GTM systems ecosystem, you'll define technical direction across our stack, proactively identify architectural risks and opportunities, and bring forward new approaches before they become stakeholder asks.

You'll partner closely with our Sales, Betterment Advisor Solutions (BAS), and Betterment at Work (B@W) teams as the primary technical counterpart to their workflows, and collaborate with our Data and Product/Engineering organizations on systems integration and data integrity. You'll guide how our tools work together - Salesforce, HubSpot, Clay, and the rest of our GTM stack - and ensure we're building for long-term scalability, data quality, and business impact.

This role is not the primary owner of routine system administration, basic ticket fulfillment, or standard stakeholder intake; it is focused on the most complex architectural, integration, and platform-health problems across our GTM systems.

You'll be a force multiplier for the broader Business Systems & Tools team: reviewing solution designs, mentoring engineers on architecture and integration patterns, and stepping into the team's highest-risk or most ambiguous cross-system work to unblock progress and raise the quality bar.

This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment's total compensation package for employees. 

  • New York City: $155,000- $175,000

This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus. 

A Day in the LifeOwn the GTM systems architecture
  • Define and maintain the target architecture for our GTM systems ecosystem - how data and workflows should move between Salesforce, HubSpot, Clay, and adjacent tools such as enrichment, engagement, telephony, billing, and analytics - and drive the stack toward it.
  • Define and maintain the canonical GTM systems architecture, including system-of-record boundaries, key data domains, integration patterns, and architecture decision records, so the team has clear standards to build against.
  • Design and build scalable, maintainable solutions for our most complex, cross-system initiatives, owning them from problem framing through deployment.
  • Continuously audit the health of the stack: integration reliability, data integrity, technical debt, security posture, permissions, auditability, and platform limits - and drive remediation before problems reach stakeholders.
Set technical direction and raise the bar
  • Review and guide solution designs across the Business Systems & Tools team, providing guardrails and feedback that improve scalability, maintainability, and clarity.
  • Establish and evangelize standards for integration patterns, data design, deployment practices, release governance, and documentation.
  • Mentor engineers on architecture and technical decision-making, leading through influence and expertise rather than direct management.
Act as the primary technical counterpart to GTM teams
  • Partner with Sales, BAS, and B@W stakeholders to deeply understand their workflows, frame problems, evaluate tradeoffs, and translate needs into pragmatic system designs.
  • Serve as the resident thought leader on GTM systems: track where the market is going, especially in AI-driven GTM tooling and data enrichment, proactively bring stakeholders new approaches, and pressure-test vendor claims against real requirements.
  • Collaborate with Data and Product/Engineering teams on systems integration, data contracts, and data integrity across the company's platforms.
Lead the hardest cross-system work
  • Step into the highest-priority or highest-risk initiatives across stakeholder areas when deep architectural ownership is needed, especially when work spans multiple tools, teams, or business processes.
  • Lead the technical diligence and implementation architecture for new tools and major platform changes: define requirements, assess fit against our target architecture, coordinate security and integration design, and guide implementation through UAT and cutover.
What We're Looking ForArchitecture & Systems Depth
  • Deep expertise with Salesforce as the core system of record for GTM, including declarative, programmatic, and integration approaches - and, more importantly, the architectural judgment to choose the right pattern based on scale, maintainability, risk, and downstream data implications.
  • Demonstrated experience owning architecture for a multi-tool GTM stack in a B2B or SaaS environment: designing integrations, defining data flows, and managing system dependencies at scale.
  • Strong understanding of integration design patterns such as APIs, middleware, and event-driven flows, and their implications for reliability, reporting, user experience, and operational support.
  • Experience with marketing automation and sales engagement platforms, with HubSpot strongly preferred, and with GTM data enrichment/orchestration tooling; experience with Clay or similar signal-based automation platforms is a significant plus.
  • Solid data literacy: comfortable defining data contracts, validating data across systems, and partnering with data and analytics teams on integrity and reporting.
  • Strong judgment on permissions, auditability, release risk, and data governance in complex business systems environments.
Technical Leadership
  • A track record of operating as a staff-level or lead IC: setting technical direction, reviewing others' designs, and raising quality across a team without formal management authority.
  • Proven ability to own ambiguous, high-stakes projects end-to-end, from problem discovery through deployment and adoption, with minimal oversight.
  • Experience defining durable architecture artifacts and operating mechanisms, not just delivering projects.
  • Experience running or heavily contributing to vendor evaluations and platform migrations, including technical diligence, security considerations, and implementation planning.
Consultative Partnership
  • Strong consultative mindset - you ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, make tradeoffs transparent, and co-create solutions with stakeholders in ambiguous environments.
  • Proven ability to build trust with GTM leaders and represent systems thinking in cross-functional forums, translating between technical and business audiences fluently.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills - clear documentation, crisp design docs, and skimmable stakeholder updates.
Nice to Have
  • Salesforce architect-track certifications such as Application Architect, System Architect, or Integration Architecture Designer.
  • Experience with AI-driven GTM workflows, including automated enrichment, outbound orchestration, or conversation intelligence writing back to CRM.
  • Experience with deployment and DevOps tooling for Salesforce, such as Copado, and release management best practices.
  • Familiarity with the broader RevOps stack, including call intelligence, sales engagement, customer success platforms, billing, and BI tools.