Senior Lead, AI Partnerships & Solutions Architecture

Salesforce; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Lead, Partner Solutions Engineering to drive the technology strategy for our most strategic partnerships, including hyperscalers, AI labs, and beyond. You’ll define integration strategy, shape joint technical roadmaps, architect co-innovation initiatives, and serve as the technical lead across a portfolio of strategic partnerships.

As the technical pillar of our partnerships team, you’ll advise executives, influence product direction, and accelerate differentiated

Qualifications

• 7-10 years in solutions engineering, enterprise architecture, or related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated track record of building and scaling technical solutions in enterprise software, cloud, or AI.
• Deep understanding of AI and cloud ecosystems, hyperscalers, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCloud, Azure), APIs, MCP and agent interoperability, event-driven architectures, and enterprise data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy for a portfolio of Salesforce's most strategic technology partnerships.
• Define joint technical vision, integration architecture, and multi-year co-innovation roadmaps with strategic partners.
• Translate partnership strategy into technical execution by partnering with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams.
• Drive architecture for AI, data, and cloud integrations spanning Agentforce, Data Cloud, Salesforce Platform, partner APIs, models, and cloud infrastructure.
• Identify emerging technical opportunities, capability gaps, and ecosystem trends to influence partnership strategy and product investments.
• Serve as Salesforce's technical representative in executive partner engagements, joint engineering sessions, and technical design reviews.
• Develop repeatable technical frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices that accelerate strategic partnerships across the organization.
• Influence senior technical and product leaders internally and externally to align roadmaps and unblock cross-company initiatives.

Skills

Solutions engineering

Enterprise architecture

Technical partnerships

Executive communication

AI & cloud ecosystem

Strategic vision

Ambiguity handling

Independent initiative

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

APIs

Event-driven architectures

MCP

Agent interoperability

Job description

Salesforce is seeking a Senior Lead, Partner Solutions Engineering to drive the technology strategy for our most strategic partnerships, including hyperscalers, AI labs, and beyond. You’ll define integration strategy, shape joint technical roadmaps, architect co-innovation initiatives, and serve as the technical lead across a portfolio of strategic partnerships.

As the technical pillar of our partnerships team, you’ll advise executives, influence product direction, and accelerate differentiated