Lead Salesforce Architect

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy in London seeks a Lead Salesforce Architect to empower digital transformations at scale. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on architectural design, influencing key digital strategies for major clients and working with the latest Salesforce technologies.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in architecture and consulting, including 8+ years with Salesforce.
• Strong grasp of Salesforce clouds and integration landscapes.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or SAFe methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural decision-making across Salesforce clouds.
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on digital transformation.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions.

Skills

Architecture

Salesforce

Integration technologies

Cloud platforms

Agile methodologies

Job description

Job Description

Role: LeadSalesforce Architect

Location: London (Flexible working)

Salary: £80,000 - £120,000 + bonus + benefits

We are seeking a Lead Salesforce Architect to join one of the world’s leading consultancies, renowned for helping public and private sector organisations deliver digital transformation at scale. With a strong presence globally and a deep heritage in IT services, consulting, cloud, and infrastructure solutions, this company provides a collaborative and innovative environment where architects are empowered to shape complex solutions for high-profile clients.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a Lead Salesforce Architect role that blends strategic leadership with hands-on architectural design, solution governance, and team mentoring across large, enterprise-grade programmes. The role offers significant scope to influence digital strategy for major customers while working across the latest Salesforce ecosystem and enterprise technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across some of the firm’s most complex digital transformation programmes.
• Lead architectural decision-making across Salesforce clouds including Sales, Service, Commerce, and Data Cloud.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions, considering best practices, security, and integration patterns.
• Direct early-stage solution evaluations, working with technical and non-technical stakeholders including Pre-Sales, Delivery, Product and Engineering teams.
• Identify risks and gaps in current or target architectures, offering mitigation strategies.
• Provide architectural leadership across multi-disciplinary teams, coaching colleagues and partners on Salesforce delivery best practices.

Experience Required:

• 12+ years in architecture and consulting, including 8+ years with Salesforce, covering multiple clouds and integration landscapes.
• End-to-end delivery experience on major Salesforce programmes, ideally with some hands-on development or deep architectural ownership.
• Strong grasp of integration technologies, master data management, and cloud platforms.
• Ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders in matrixed enterprise environments.
• A proactive, strategic mindset with experience in shaping solution architecture for major digital transformations.
• Knowledge of Salesforce AppExchange, security patterns (e.g. SSO, data protection), and enterprise integration with tools like ESBs and ETLs.
• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or Scaled Agile (SAFe) methodologies.

Desirable:

• Previous experience large-scale programmes or technology consulting environments.
• Knowledge of broader enterprise systems (ERP, HRIS, CMS) and their integration with CRM.
• Agile or SAFe certification.

If you’re a Solution Architect with a strong Salesforce background and are ready to lead some of the most ambitious enterprise transformations in the industry, we’d love to hear from you.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and are committed to accommodating reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process.

Reference: AMC/JWH/SFSAL1