Senior Solution Architect, Professional Services

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Equity + ESPP

Flexible PTO

Wellness programs

Adoption and parental leave

Job summary

Freshworks, Inc. seeks a Senior Solution Architect within its Professional Services organization. The role spans architecture, executive consulting, and leadership across the Americas.

You will guide clients from design through adoption, ensuring measurable business outcomes and scalable technical solutions. As a senior voice, you will mentor teams, manage complex portfolios, and collaborate across Sales, Customer Success, Support, and Product/Engineering to drive expansion and adoption of

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Professional Services, technology consulting, solution architecture, or enterprise SaaS delivery.
• Strong knowledge of ITSM/ESM and ITIL practices.
• Experience leading complex enterprise engagements from discovery to adoption.
• Leadership experience mentoring consultants and architects.
• Ability to advise executives on technology and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs and senior stakeholders.
• Lead discovery and solution architecture engagements.
• Guide customers through organizational change and adoption.
• Provide technical and consulting leadership during implementation.
• Partner with Sales and Solution Engineering to scope opportunities.
• Create architecture diagrams and integration designs.
• Identify opportunities to optimize deployed solutions.
• Advise on AI, automation and governance considerations.
• Mentor architects and establish best practices.
• Serve as escalation point for complex engagements.

Skills

Solution architecture

Professional Services

ITSM/ITIL

Executive advisory

SaaS/cloud integrations

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Job description

Senior Solution Architect, Professional Services

• Full-time

Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of “solutions” that promise to simplify their lives. To create a better experience for their customers and employees. To help them grow. Software is a choice that can make or break a business. Create better or worse experiences. Propel or throttle growth. Business software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done.

There’s another option. Freshworks. With a fresh vision for how the world works.

At Freshworks, we build uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional customer and employee experiences. Our enterprise-grade solutions are powerful, yet easy to use, and quick to deliver results. Our people-first approach to AI eliminates friction, making employees more effective and organizations more productive. Over 74,000 companies, including Bridgestone, New Balance, Nucor, S&P Global, and Sony Music, trust Freshworks’ customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) software to fuel customer loyalty and service efficiency. And, over 4,500 Freshworks employees make this possible, all around the world.

Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.

The Senior Solution Architect is a senior customer-facing role within Freshworks Professional Services (FPS), combining solution architecture, executive consulting, and Professional Services leadership across the Americas.

You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to customer executives and technical leaders throughout the customer lifecycle—from solution design and implementation through adoption, optimization, and expansion. You’ll help customers not only design the right technical solutions, but also navigate the process and organizational changes required to successfully adopt technology and achieve measurable business outcomes.

Internally, you’ll be a senior voice within the Americas Professional Services organization, helping elevate consulting practices, mentor technical talent, manage complex customer portfolio risks, and strengthen collaboration across Sales, Solution Engineering, Customer Success, Support, and Product/Engineering.

What You’ll do

• Serve as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, business executives, and senior technical stakeholders, connecting technology decisions to business outcomes.
• Lead discovery and solution architecture engagements, translating customer objectives into scalable technical designs and implementation strategies.
• Guide customers through organizational change, including technology adoption, process transformation, stakeholder alignment, governance, and evolving ways of working.
• Provide technical and consulting leadership throughout implementation, helping teams navigate complex architecture decisions, delivery risks, and customer escalations.
• Partner with Sales and Solution Engineering to ensure opportunities are accurately scoped, technically feasible, and positioned for successful delivery.
• Create architecture diagrams, process flows, integration designs, and other technical documentation to guide implementation teams.
• Identify opportunities to optimize and expand deployed solutions as customer needs and organizations evolve.
• Advise customers on AI, automation, and agentic capabilities, including the data, governance, security, adoption, and operational considerations required for successful deployment.
• Mentor architects and consultants and help establish Professional Services best practices across the Americas.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for complex customer engagements, partnering across Professional Services, Sales, Customer Success, Support, and Product/Engineering.

What you’ll bring

• Significant experience in Professional Services, technology consulting, solution architecture, or enterprise SaaS delivery
• Strong knowledge of IT Service Management (ITSM) and/or Enterprise Service Management (ESM), with experience in areas such as ITOM, ITAM, or ITIL practices.
• Experience leading complex enterprise customer engagements from discovery and architecture through implementation and adoption.
• Professional Services leadership experience, including leading or mentoring consultants and architects, managing complex customer portfolios, or developing consulting practices.
• Demonstrated ability to advise C-suite executives and senior technical stakeholders on complex technology and transformation initiatives.
• Experience helping customers navigate organizational change, process transformation, technology adoption, and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong solution architecture skills across SaaS, cloud, enterprise integrations, APIs, workflows, and automation.
• Ability to communicate complex technical decisions and trade-offs clearly to both executive and technical audiences.
• ITIL certification or demonstrated ITIL/service-management expertise preferred.
• Ability to travel 25% of the time for customer and internal meetings

The annual salary range for this position is $115,700–$166,400 USD + Commissions

Compensation is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to location, experience, job-related skills, and level. Bonus/equity may be available.

Freshworks offers multiple options for dental, medical, vision, disability and life insurances. Equity + ESPP, flexible PTO, flexible spending, commuter benefits and wellness benefits are also offered. Freshworks also offers adoption and parental leave benefits.

At Freshworks, we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion, welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees, communities, and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.

At Freshworks, we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential, purpose, and passion, welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, religions, and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant, richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees, communities, and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.