Senior Salesforce Architect & Executive Strategist

Salesforce; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Architect/Technical Architect Director to serve as a strategic advisor and platform expert for our largest, complex enterprise customers. You will drive architecture across applications, data, integrations, and security while guiding cross-functional teams and managing executive engagements.

The role spans Senior Technical Architect and Director levels, with annual travel possible to meet client needs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise architecture or consulting experience (10+ years for Director level)
• 4+ years leading Salesforce Core Projects (Director level: 2-5 years of direct people management additionally required)
• Strong application design skills combined with data, integration, and security architecture expertise
• Strong presentation and communication skills — able to present and defend a point of view to varied audiences, including C-level
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
• Agile methodology fluency and a collaborative, high-integrity leadership style

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted, strategic advisor and Salesforce platform expert to C-level stakeholders at high-profile enterprise clients
• Architect multi‑cloud technology solutions across application, data, integration, and security domains to meet client needs
• Guide and lead cross‑functional teams of architects and developers; for Director-level, direct people management of technical teams
• Facilitate executive workshops, drive program governance, and manage partner/customer negotiations
• Identify and proactively manage risk areas, seeing issues through to resolution
• Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions maintainable
• Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and adopting emerging technologies that drive business value
• Lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice; contribute to the community's knowledge base and thought leadership

Skills

Enterprise architecture

C-level stakeholder engagement

Cloud architecture

Data security

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Salesforce is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Architect/Technical Architect Director to serve as a strategic advisor and platform expert for our largest, complex enterprise customers. You will drive architecture across applications, data, integrations, and security while guiding cross-functional teams and managing executive engagements.

The role spans Senior Technical Architect and Director levels, with annual travel possible to meet client needs.