Senior Deployment Solutions Architect, Sales

Mercer; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 97,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercer is seeking a Senior Deployment Solutions Architect to drive Workday deployment engagements with target accounts. You will partner with Account Executives to create quality opportunities, share Mercer value messaging, and uncover client needs.

The role emphasizes engaging prospects, shaping scope and timelines, and supporting cross-team collaboration across the Mercer organization. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years in Workday-related roles, and business-level English,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years of professional or industry-specific experience within the Workday ecosystem.
• Direct experience selling Workday implementation/deployment engagements (project-based services), including scoping, pricing, and contracting deployment programs.
• Business-level English (written and verbal) is required.
• Live within the central region of the United States.

Responsibilities

• Engage with potential customers and share Mercer value messaging.
• Discover the needs of the prospect and their organization.
• Support Account Executives through email, phone calls, presentations, social selling, and face-to-face events.
• Champion the relationship between the account and the Mercer team.
• Create project timeline, scope, and costing.
• Work with Mercer cross teams to develop and support collaborative approach solutions.
• Rationalize the approach with the client and mitigate roadblocks.
• Support all initiatives in the creation of the Statement of Work.

Skills

Workday deployment experience

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Join our sales team as a Senior Deployment Solutions Architect at Mercer. This role is to deploy various prospecting approaches across target accounts, with the goal of partnering with the Account Executive to build quality opportunities for Workday deployment sales. The key responsibility is to contact potential customers and share the Mercer value messaging while also discovering the needs of the prospect and their organization.

Senior Deployment Solutions Architect, Sales

We will count on you to:

• Engage with potential customers and share Mercer value messaging.
• Discover the needs of the prospect and their organization.
• Support Account Executives through email, phone calls, presentations, social selling, and face-to-face events.
• Champion the relationship between the account and the Mercer team.
• Create project timeline, scope, and costing.
• Work with Mercer cross teams to develop and support collaborative approach solutions.
• Rationalize the approach with the client and mitigate roadblocks.
• Support all initiatives in the creation of the Statement of Work.

What you need to have:

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years of professional or industry-specific experience within the Workday ecosystem or similar software, which can include full-time employment, part-time roles, or internships
• Direct experience selling Workday implementation/deployment engagements (project-based services), including scoping, pricing, and contracting deployment programs.
• Must be business level in English (both written and verbal)
• Live within the central region of the United States

What makes you stand out:

• Highly motivated, tenacious, self-starter
• Ability to hold a resourceful and significant, executive-level conversations
• Detail oriented and strong organizational skills
• Bilingual in Spanish (written and spoken)
• Knowledge of Workday product lines and ability to speak confidently about the day to day activities and using industry terminology

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting [e-mail].

The applicable base salary range for this role is $97,000 to $194,500.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.

Applications will be accepted until: September 11, 2026

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