Senior Architect, Sales & Marketing Technology Ecosystems

Aon plc; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Health insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Sick time

Tuition assistance

Long-term disability

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Aon plc is seeking a Principal Architect for Sales and Marketing Technologies to lead the architecture of client engagement and digital experiences across CRM, marketing automation, CDP, and analytics. You will define target-state architecture, roadmaps, and governance while partnering with product, security, and data teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will mentor architects, drive integrations, evaluate new tech, and guide major modernization initiatives across a global

Qualifications

• 10+ years 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 technology architecture that powers client engagement, digital experiences, marketing efficiency, and commercial operations.
• Establish and maintain 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 technology 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

Sales & Marketing tech

Salesforce

Oracle CX

Sitecore

CDP

AI architecture

Cloud-native / microservices

APIs & integrations

Executive communication

Business alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Engineering

Tools

CRM platforms

Marketing automation platforms

CDP platforms

Web tech & Sitecore

Job description

Aon plc is seeking a Principal Architect for Sales and Marketing Technologies to lead the architecture of client engagement and digital experiences across CRM, marketing automation, CDP, and analytics. You will define target-state architecture, roadmaps, and governance while partnering with product, security, and data teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will mentor architects, drive integrations, evaluate new tech, and guide major modernization initiatives across a global