Job Summary:
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. The Senior Salesforce Technical Architect will serve as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, most complex enterprise customers, guiding them in deploying emerging technologies and managing expectations effectively.
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 having 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
Qualifications:
Required:
• 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
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
• Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems
• Strong experience in Integration concepts, designs and patterns
• TRUST: Trusts the company’s core values; shows integrity, transparency, and reliability
• TEAM PLAYER: Proficient at collaboration and working with members of a team
• COMMUNICATOR: Speaks and writes with clarity, brevity, and purpose; explains the area of expertise clearly and confidently to others; influences and engages C-Level with authority and confidence
Preferred:
• 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
• Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization
• 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
• 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
Company:
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.