SFMC Architect (Remote)

Cognizant; Bridgewater (MA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Solution Architect in the CX Digital Marketing Practice. This strategic role involves architecture, solution design, and hands-on work with Salesforce Marketing Cloud. You will leverage your extensive experience to provide technical vision and strategic advice to clients, ensuring their marketing goals are met. With a focus on collaboration and communication, you will lead discovery sessions, gather requirements, and execute solutions that align with best practices. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about digital marketing, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Salesforce Marketing Cloud with strong communication skills.
• Experience in data modeling and leading client discovery sessions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions for marketing communication platforms.
• Collaborate with clients to understand their business goals.

Skills

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Data Modeling

SQL

AMPscript

Communication Skills

Agile Practices

API Integrations

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Job description

A Solution Architect for our CX Digital Marketing Practice is a strategic position to our customers. This role is heavily involved in architecture, solution design, and hands-on build work across marketing communication platforms, with a focus on Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Solution Architects are experienced consultants and are depended on by our customers for technical vision and proactive and strategic advice.

Requirement:

• 5+ years experience in a leading role in delivering Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
• Experience with complex data structures, data modeling and databases (typical marketing data and data structures).
• Experience going deep into clients' current processes to fully understand the nature of their business, while identifying how and why their business goals are critical.
• Demonstrated track record in learning new technologies quickly.
• Experience leading discoveries, gathering technical requirements, and executing a solution based on system best practices, platform limitations, and client’s ability to maintain.
• Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and interactive when online.

Preferred:

• Understanding of agile practices and associated tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar).
• Experience with API integrations.
• General understanding of key digital marketing trends.

Knowledge skills and abilities

• Ability to travel to client locations, up to 25%.
• A proactive personality, with a can-do attitude.
• Ability to demonstrate concepts visually and in writing in a way that enables customers to decide with confidence.
• A strategic approach to solution design, with proven ability to develop and execute tactical plans to support the strategy.
• Ability to write SQL and AMPscript.
• Ability to effectively navigate large or complex client and project teams.
• Able to consult in areas or on new technologies with which you may be unfamiliar.
• Effective prioritization and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a high-growth, fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
• Commitment to accuracy, quality, and timeliness.
• Strong interpersonal skills with emphasis on relationship-building.
• Effective team player who is able to lead and delegate.
• Excellent strategic & technical thinker.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple concurrent customer engagements.
• Ability to estimate the effort required to implement the proposed solution.

Benefits:

The annual salary for this position is between $80,000 – $120,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan