Director, Enterprise Architecture

Salesforce; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead their Canada Architecture Team. This role involves strategic partnership with Sales, team leadership, customer engagement, and driving innovative solutions within a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have extensive IT experience, leadership skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with both business and technology executives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years in the IT field.
• At least 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Extensive pre-sales experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Canada Architecture Team to align with Sales leadership priorities.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of Enterprise Architects.
• Manage large-scale projects requiring cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

CRM technologies

Enterprise Architecture concepts

Business-IT alignment

Verbal and written communication

Flexibility and adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

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Job Category

Sales

Job Details

About Salesforce

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Director, Enterprise Architecture - Canada

We are seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture to lead our Canada Architecture Team. This role works closely with Sales Leadership to align the Enterprise Architecture team with the region’s top priorities and opportunities.

Your Responsibilities

The Director of Enterprise Architecture will:

• Strategically partner with Sales Leadership to drive scale, innovate, and deliver exceptional quarterly and annual growth across Retail sales teams.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of Enterprise Architects by fostering a collaborative and supportive culture that promotes innovation and excellence.
• Hire inclusively, nurture diverse talent, and invest in employee development and career progression.
• Be a player-coach, working hands-on with team members to solve complex problems and coordinate internal and external resources as needed.
• Act as an executive sponsor for key customer engagements identified by your sales partners.
• Be an evangelist to various internal stakeholders and create meaningful collaboration strategies to enable a team-selling environment. With external customers, the Director will strive to build relationships with IT and Business executives.
• Manage large and medium scale projects/initiatives requiring complex cross-functional collaboration.
  
  

Leadership Qualities

• Trust: Earn and maintain the trust of stakeholders through a commitment to transparency, empathy, and candid communication.
• Servant Leadership: Commitment to“Be of Service” to your team members & inspire a mindset of constant professional & personal growth
• Innovation: Relentlessly seeking to create “what could be” vs maintaining “what is”
• Collaboration & Inclusion: Cultivate a safe environment where different points of view are shared & the best ideas move forward
  
  

Required Skills

• Proficient with CRM technologies (or other Enterprise business applications) and be able to present to an executive audience of both business and technology leaders.
• Extensive pre-sales experience is required.
• Experience in Enterprise Architecture concepts and methodologies.
• Strong Enterprise transformation experience including Business-IT alignment and establishing operating models for implementation success.
• The Director must be able to support the Sales team by providing guidance on sales strategies, approaches to solve specific problems, as well as a represent their team's needs to Salesforce executives.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills with a focus on needs analysis, positioning, and business justification. The Director should be able to communicate equally with internal resources such as Product Marketing and Sales Management and Customers to gain commitment and support.
• Flexibility and adaptability is paramount.
  
  

Required Experience

• Minimum 10+ years in the IT field
• At least 3+ years of leadership experience, including team management and strategic planning responsibilities
  
  

Desired Skills

• Prior pre-sales management experience is highly desirable.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet

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