Senior Solution Architect (Marketing, Data360 or Agentforce Contact Center)

Salesforce; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Salesforce Professional Services seeks a Solution Architect to champion the PACE group, acting as a trusted advisor on Marketing Cloud, Data360, and related technologies. You will lead complex enterprise engagements, co-create strategies, and drive successful outcomes for large customers.

You will communicate with stakeholders across levels, align delivery with business goals, and guide teams to deliver scalable solutions that maximize ROI and customer value.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Marketing Cloud and Data360, plus PACE Industry knowledge.
• Experience leading discovery sessions and writing user stories.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to communicate with C-suite.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic advisor for PACE industry clients.
• Guide deployment of emerging technologies to drive value.
• Lead cross-functional workstreams and manage risk.
• Ensure program direction and artifacts stay on track.

Skills

Marketing Cloud

Data360

PACE Industries

AI toolchains

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Agile

UML

Process flows

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Tech/Engineering

Tools

Marketing Cloud

Data360

Salesforce platform

Job description

About Salesforce

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The Experience Join Salesforce Professional Services

As a Solution Architect championing our PACE (Product, Automotive, Consumer, Energy) organization, you’ll serve as a trusted strategic advisor and platform expert focusing on Marketing Cloud, Agentforce Contact Center and/or Data360, driving innovation for our largest, most complex enterprise customers. The Solution Architect is able to lead a workstream in sophisticated enterprise customer engagements, partnering with key collaborators to drive and achieve the vision while completing key deliverables. The Sr. Solution Architect leads one or more workstreams in sophisticated enterprise customer engagements, partnering with key collaborators to drive and achieve the vision while completing key deliverables. They serve as hands‑on advisors, using strong communication skills, solution and/or technical knowledge, Salesforce product knowledge, industry experience, consulting experience, and knowledge of their client’s business to deliver customer return on investment. Solution Architects are strong presenters and facilitators that are able to co‑create the vision and own the execution with the customer as well as acquire customer acceptance of the delivered solution. They are capable of driving difficult conversations and removing roadblocks to implement the business strategies. They are proficient at analyzing issues and obstacles to resolve root cause, and can identify appropriate corrective action. They connect with technical and business customers from all levels through C‑suite. On a day to day basis, they interact with customer product owner, business process owner and technical resources to understand requirements, analyze information, and craft comprehensive solutions. They also show a strong understanding of typical business challenges or common objectives faced by customers within the industry.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

• Serve as a strategic, trusted advisor for our PACE industry clients, leveraging deep expertise in Marketing Cloud, Agentforce Contact Center, and/or Data360 to drive business value.
• Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value.
• Guiding agents to support delivery outcomes.
• Work collaboratively and having very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking across various levels of a client organization.
• Identify and proactively manage risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution.
• Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third‑party partners.
• Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward.
• Drive a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies to enable technologies including the Salesforce platform.

This posting is inclusive of multiple levels

For Solution Architect: 7+ years of relevant experience in enterprise‑level projects using both waterfall and agile software development methodologies throughout the whole life cycle with repeated and demonstrable success, and 1+ years experience in PACE Industries. For Sr. Solution Architect: 10+ years of relevant experience in enterprise‑level projects using both waterfall and agile software development methodologies throughout the whole life cycle with repeated and demonstrable success, and 3+ years experience in PACE Industries.

You’re Our Person If…

• Extensive experience with configuration and customization with Marketing Cloud and/or Data360 along with PACE Industry specific experience.
• Ability to drive agentic delivery, with experience in AI toolchains (eg. Claude, Cursor, Elements Cloud, etc.).
• Expert level experience defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps between current and desired end‑states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will enable achievement of the desired business outcomes.
• Experience leading discovery sessions, defining business requirements, writing user stories and providing detailed system and functional designs.
• Experience in documenting business processes and wire‑framing system designs using process flow diagram tools, UML, sequence diagrams, etc. as well as making recommendations for future state improved processes and system designs.
• Strong presentation skills; able to effectively present a point of view and clearly articulate the rationale to a variety of stakeholders.
• Detail‑oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience.
• Must be a team player as demonstrated through a customer qualification of a large scale/enterprise implementation with multiple work streams.
• A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles.
• Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems.

Even Better If…

Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in a Technology, Engineering (any field) or a related quantitative discipline. Equivalent demonstrable work experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.

Proven results in delivering high value business outcomes utilizing an agile approach.

Proven results leading customer and/or partner success stories.

Relevant Salesforce certifications & Accreditations (CG Cloud, REX Accreditation).

Consulting experience is strongly recommended.

Unleash Your Potential

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.

The typical base salary range for this position is $123,100 - $227,000 annually. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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