Global Salesforce Architect & Enterprise Platform Leader

City of Shakopee, MN; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson is seeking a Salesforce Enterprise Architect to shape the vision, architecture, and governance of its global Salesforce platform. In this highly visible leadership role, you will drive standards, secure integrations, and align initiatives with enterprise objectives across business and technology teams.

You will partner with stakeholders to review designs, guide platform roadmap decisions, and ensure scalable solutions with data integrity and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field; Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive enterprise technology experience, with at least 5 years in architecture roles spanning multiple platforms, systems, and business domains
• Demonstrated experience as an enterprise or solution architect on large-scale, multi-org Salesforce implementations in complex, global organizations
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and proven experience applying them in an enterprise governance context
• Hands-on experience integrating Salesforce with ERP systems (Oracle preferred) and enterprise middleware in a manufacturing or industrial B2B environment
• Approximately 20-25% travel (global)
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture standards, design principles, and governance processes for Salesforce across the organization.
• Provide architectural leadership and guidance for multi-org Salesforce environments, integrations, security models, and data management strategies.
• Collaborate with solution architects, technical teams, and business stakeholders to review designs and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.
• Partner with IT and enterprise architecture leaders to drive platform roadmap decisions and technology adoption strategies.
• Ensure seamless integration between Salesforce and core enterprise platforms, including ERP, data, middleware, identity management, and cloud technologies.
• Evaluate emerging Salesforce capabilities and related technologies to determine business value, scalability, and enterprise readiness.
• Identify and address platform performance, scalability, security, and technical debt considerations to support long-term success.
• Contribute to architecture review processes, reusable design patterns, and best practices that promote consistency and operational excellence.
• Support global governance models that balance standardization with business flexibility while protecting data integrity and platform sustainability.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Salesforce

Solution architecture

Governance

Security architecture

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IS/Engineering

Master's degree or MBA preferred

Tools

Oracle ERP

Middleware

APIs / API Management

Job description

Emerson is seeking a Salesforce Enterprise Architect to shape the vision, architecture, and governance of its global Salesforce platform. In this highly visible leadership role, you will drive standards, secure integrations, and align initiatives with enterprise objectives across business and technology teams.

You will partner with stakeholders to review designs, guide platform roadmap decisions, and ensure scalable solutions with data integrity and security.