Senior Architect, Sales & Marketing Technology

Aon plc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Long-term incentive awards

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Aon seeks a Principal Architect for Sales and Marketing Technologies to define and govern the architecture of client engagement, digital experiences, and marketing operations. You will shape the multi-year roadmap across CRM, marketing automation, CDP, and analytics, ensuring scalable and secure solutions.

As a senior technologist, you will mentor teams, lead platform integrations, evaluate new technologies, and partner with product, security, and data teams to deliver modern, data-driven

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or technology leadership roles.
• Deep experience architecting enterprise Sales & Marketing technology ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce and Oracle platforms, including CRM and marketing technologies.
• Experience with Sitecore, digital experience platforms, web architectures, and customer-facing applications.
• Expertise in CDP, customer data management, and personalization strategies.
• Strong knowledge of AI architecture and trends.
• Experience designing complex integrations across cloud platforms, SaaS applications, APIs, headless, composable and enterprise systems.
• Knowledge of modern architecture patterns including cloud-native, composable architecture, microservices, event-driven design, and API-first development.
• Experience leading large-scale technology modernization and digital transformation initiatives. Experience leading architecture reviews, governance forums, and long-term planning activities.
• Strong collaborator management and relationship-building skills. Ability to influence technology and business leaders without direct authority. Exceptional communication and presentation skills with executive audiences.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the target-state architecture and multi-year technology roadmap across Sales & Marketing platforms.
• Serve as the strategic architecture advisor to business and technology leaders, aligning tech investments with business objectives and enterprise standards.
• Lead architecture and solution design across CRM, Marketing Automation, Web, CDP, Analytics, Data, and AI-driven customer engagement platforms.
• Drive platform integration strategy, ensuring flawless data flow and customer journeys across the technology ecosystem.
• Partner with product, engineering, security, infrastructure, and data teams to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to find opportunities for innovation, modernization, and business value.
• Establish architecture governance, design standards, and best practices while reducing technical debt and improving platform sustainability.
• Lead technology assessments, vendor evaluations, and major transformation initiatives across the Sales & Marketing landscape.
• Mentor architects and engineering teams while encouraging architecture field and engineering excellence.

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Technology leadership

Salesforce CRM

Oracle CRM

Sitecore

CDP

AI architecture

API integrations

Cloud-native

Microservices

Event-driven design

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Aon seeks a Principal Architect for Sales and Marketing Technologies to define and govern the architecture of client engagement, digital experiences, and marketing operations. You will shape the multi-year roadmap across CRM, marketing automation, CDP, and analytics, ensuring scalable and secure solutions.

As a senior technologist, you will mentor teams, lead platform integrations, evaluate new technologies, and partner with product, security, and data teams to deliver modern, data-driven