Senior Salesforce Life Sciences Architect & Strategy Lead

Accenture; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture's Salesforce Life Sciences group seeks a Senior Manager-level Functional Architect to own the solution vision for large, multi-workstream programs. You will guide architects and leads, translate strategy into architecture direction, and drive governance across the delivery program.

You will mentor teams, collaborate with alliance and product teams, and shape pursuit responses with architecture narratives and client demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive Salesforce delivery experience with solution architecture or senior platform leadership roles.
• Experience architecting and delivering multiple large-scale Salesforce programs in Life Sciences or similar regulated industries.
• Experience with Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud or Health Cloud and how these clouds apply to commercial, medical, and patient-facing use cases.
• Experience leading delivery using Agile, hybrid, or scaled Agile frameworks at program scale and shaping methodology decisions.
• Experience leveraging AI/ML capabilities within Life Sciences commercial solutions and advising on AI strategy.
• Experience supporting Life Sciences clients at a senior delivery or advisory level.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience; Associate's degree requires 6 years.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall solution architecture vision for large-scale Salesforce Life Sciences programs across design, data strategy, and integration.
• Serve as the senior liaison translating strategy into architecture direction and leading teams when needed.
• Lead architecture governance, set standards, conduct design reviews, and guide platform direction.
• Act as the primary escalation point to resolve cross-workstream design conflicts and align stakeholders.
• Advise senior client stakeholders, translating architecture concepts into business impact narratives.
• Mentor and develop Manager-level Solution Architects and senior leads within the practice.
• Partner with alliance and product teams to shape the solution and leverage latest platform capabilities.
• Contribute to pursuit phases with architecture sections of RFPs, demos, and client presentations.
• Develop reusable assets, architecture blueprints, and industry viewpoints for Life Sciences commercial space.
• Manage program-level risks and mitigate through delivery leadership with stakeholders.

Skills

Salesforce delivery

Solution architecture

Life Sciences

Stakeholder leadership

Agile / SAFe

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MuleSoft

Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud

Salesforce Health Cloud

Job description

Accenture's Salesforce Life Sciences group seeks a Senior Manager-level Functional Architect to own the solution vision for large, multi-workstream programs. You will guide architects and leads, translate strategy into architecture direction, and drive governance across the delivery program.

You will mentor teams, collaborate with alliance and product teams, and shape pursuit responses with architecture narratives and client demonstrations.