Senior Salesforce Solution Architect & Platform Lead

American Chemical Society; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation leave

Paid sick leave

Paid holidays

Health insurance

Flexible spending account or health s 

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement benefits

4-week work from anywhere

Job summary

The American Chemical Society, based in Washington, DC, seeks a Senior Manager, Solution Architecture to lead design and governance of enterprise solutions on the Salesforce platform, ensuring scalable, secure architectures that integrate with enterprise data and cloud services.

You will drive AI-enabled workflows, partner with membership, marketing and operations teams, and mentor a team of solution architects to deliver measurable business value through strategic Salesforce initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or solution architecture.
• 5+ years of hands-on Salesforce platform experience.
• 3+ years of leadership or architecture management experience.
• Proven experience designing large-scale Salesforce implementations.
• Experience integrating Salesforce with enterprise systems and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural strategy and solution design for enterprise initiatives leveraging the Salesforce platform (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, and Salesforce AI capabilities).
• Guide architecture decisions across Salesforce integrations, custom development, and platform extensions.
• Establish reusable Salesforce architecture patterns and best practices.
• Drive adoption of modern technologies including AI/ML, Salesforce Einstein, generative AI capabilities, and automation frameworks.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies within the Salesforce ecosystem.
• Align Salesforce capabilities with enterprise digital transformation initiatives.
• Lead architecture strategy for low-code/no-code solutions, platform automation, and AI-powered workflows.
• Architect solutions that integrate Salesforce with enterprise systems, APIs, and cloud platforms.
• Design scalable integration patterns using MuleSoft, API-led architecture, Event-driven architectures, and Microservices
• Collaborate with data teams to ensure Salesforce solutions integrate effectively with enterprise data platforms and analytics ecosystems.
• Establish and enforce architecture standards, design reviews, and solution governance.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead architecture reviews for major Salesforce initiatives.
• Lead and mentor a team of Solution Architects and Technical Architects.
• Provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams including engineering, product, data, and infrastructure teams.
• Partner with business leaders across membership, marketing, customer support and operations to design solutions that drive measurable business value.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical architectures.
• Support strategic planning and roadmap development for Salesforce capabilities.

Skills

Salesforce ecosystem

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS or related field

Tools

MuleSoft

REST/GraphQL APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

The American Chemical Society, based in Washington, DC, seeks a Senior Manager, Solution Architecture to lead design and governance of enterprise solutions on the Salesforce platform, ensuring scalable, secure architectures that integrate with enterprise data and cloud services.

You will drive AI-enabled workflows, partner with membership, marketing and operations teams, and mentor a team of solution architects to deliver measurable business value through strategic Salesforce initiatives.