Salesforce Technical Architect – Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud & Marketing Cloud Next

Strike IT Recruitment Services; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 600,000 - 900,000; Part time

Job summary

Strike IT Recruitment Services is seeking a highly skilled Salesforce Technical Architect for a major enterprise programme in Riyadh. You will own the end-to-end architecture across Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud and Marketing Cloud Next, working with onsite and offshore delivery teams to translate marketing and customer data requirements into scalable solutions.

The role demands 8+ years of Salesforce experience, strong client-facing skills, and the ability to lead architecture

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Salesforce experience across Marketing Cloud platforms.
• Proven ability to lead architecture workshops and client-facing engagements.
• Experience coordinating onsite and offshore delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Salesforce technical architecture across MC, Data Cloud and MC Next.
• Lead client workshops and architecture discussions.
• Translate requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions.
• Define integration between Salesforce and other platforms.

Tools

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Salesforce Data Cloud

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next

Job description

Salesforce Technical Architect – Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud & Marketing Cloud Next

Contract: Initial 6 - 12 Months

Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Salesforce Technical Architect with deep expertise across Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud and Marketing Cloud Next to join a major enterprise digital transformation programme based onsite in Riyadh.

This is a senior, client-facing architecture role responsible for defining and owning the technical solution across the Salesforce marketing and customer data landscape.

A key requirement is knowledge and practical experience of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next, alongside strong Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud architecture experience.

You will work directly with senior client stakeholders to understand their marketing and customer engagement objectives, translate these into scalable Salesforce architectures, and provide technical leadership to both onsite and offshore delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Salesforce technical architecture across Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud and Marketing Cloud Next.
• Lead client discovery, architecture and solution design workshops.
• Translate marketing, customer engagement and data requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions.
• Architect solutions using Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next, including its interaction with Data Cloud and the wider Salesforce platform.
• Design customer data architectures supporting unified customer profiles, segmentation, activation and personalisation.
• Define integration architecture between Salesforce and wider marketing, CRM, data and enterprise platforms.
• Design solutions covering customer journeys, marketing automation, campaign execution and personalised customer engagement.
• Define appropriate approaches for data ingestion, identity resolution, harmonisation, segmentation and activation within Data Cloud.
• Ensure architecture meets requirements around scalability, security, performance, data governance and privacy.
• Establish technical standards, architecture principles and development best practices.
• Produce and review architecture documentation, solution designs and integration patterns.
• Work closely with functional consultants, developers, data specialists and other Salesforce architects.
• Provide technical direction and leadership to offshore/distributed Salesforce delivery teams.
• Support technical decision-making throughout design, build, testing and deployment.
• Clearly communicate complex architectural concepts to senior technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 8+ years' overall Salesforce experience with significant experience across Salesforce marketing technologies.
• Proven experience as a Salesforce Technical Architect, Solution Architect or Lead Architect.
• Strong architecture expertise across Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud.
• Knowledge and experience of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next is essential.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between Marketing Cloud Next, Data Cloud and the wider Salesforce platform.
• Strong understanding of customer data, segmentation, personalisation, activation and marketing automation.
• Experience architecting enterprise integrations using APIs, middleware and event-driven/integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce data architecture, security, governance and platform considerations.
• Experience translating complex marketing and business requirements into technical architecture and solution designs.
• Proven experience leading client workshops, discovery sessions and architecture discussions.
• Experience providing technical leadership to onsite and offshore development teams.
• Excellent client-facing communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.

Highly Desirable

• Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud certifications.
• Experience with Agentforce and AI-driven marketing/customer engagement.
• Experience integrating Marketing Cloud/Data Cloud with Sales Cloud and Service Cloud.
• Experience with MuleSoft or other enterprise integration platforms.
• Previous consulting or professional services experience.
• Arabic and English language skills are highly desirable.

Initial 6-12month contract

Potential for extension based on programme requirements