Sr. Technical Architect / Technical Architect Director - PACE (Products, Auto, Consumer, Or Energy Industry)

Own Company; Colorado; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

401(k) and employee stock purchasing

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Salesforce Professional Services seeks a Senior Technical Architect / Technical Architect Director to advise on strategy and deliver Salesforce platform solutions for large enterprise clients.

The role spans Senior Technical Architect and Director levels, with title determined by experience; leadership of cross-functional teams and collaboration with C-level stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise architecture or consulting experience
• 4+ years leading Salesforce Core Projects
• Strong application design with data, integration, and security focus
• Excellent presentation and communication skills to senior audiences
• Proven ability to optimize business processes via technology and integration
• Agile fluency and collaborative leadership style
• CTA or Salesforce architecture credentials ongoing progress is preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor and Salesforce platform expert to C-level stakeholders
• Architect multi-cloud technology solutions across app, data, integration, and security domains
• Lead cross-functional teams of architects and developers; Director level may manage teams
• Facilitate executive workshops, govern programs, manage partner/customer negotiations
• Identify and mitigate risk areas, drive issues to resolution
• Review project direction and artifacts to keep programs on track
• Guide adoption of emerging technologies to drive business value
• Lead internal initiatives to grow the consulting practice and contribute knowledge

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Consulting leadership

Presentation skills

Agile methodologies

C-level engagement

Data integration architecture

Security architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Salesforce CTA credential or progress toward it

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Salesforce Architecture certifications

Job description

Applications for this position will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Description

Job Description

The Professional Services organization is focused on delivering Salesforce's world-class product and project offerings to ensure customers are getting the most out of the Salesforce Platform. We help customers accelerate their path to value with Salesforce, focused on making sure you’re set up for long-term success to tap into the full capacity of the Salesforce platform, fast. We help you plan your strategic roadmap and we make sure you are building Salesforce so that it’s easy to maintain and adapt down the road, minimizing potential technical debt.

Our team is made up of thousands of the world’s leading Salesforce experts. We share our own 20 years of product best practices with your team and partners so that you have everything you need to achieve your goals.

Salesforce Professional Services is looking for a Senior Technical Architect / Technical Architect Director. You will be serving as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, mSalesforce Professional Services is looking for experienced Technical Architects to serve as strategic advisors and Salesforce platform experts for our largest, most complex enterprise customers. This posting spans both Senior Technical Architect and Technical Architect Director levels — we'll match you to the right level based on your experience.

About the team

Professional Services delivers Salesforce's world-class product and project offerings so customers get the most from the platform, fast — building strategic roadmaps and Salesforce implementations that are easy to maintain and adapt, minimizing technical debt. Our team of thousands of Salesforce experts shares 20+ years of best practices with customers and partners.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted, strategic advisor and Salesforce platform expert to C-level stakeholders at high-profile enterprise clients
• Architect multi-cloud technology solutions across application, data, integration, and security domains to meet client needs
• Guide and lead cross-functional teams of architects and developers; for Director-level, direct people management of technical teams
• Facilitate executive workshops, drive program governance, and manage partner/customer negotiations
• Identify and proactively manage risk areas, seeing issues through to resolution
• Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions maintainable
• Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and adopting emerging technologies that drive business value
• Lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice; contribute to the community's knowledge base and thought leadership

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of enterprise architecture or consulting experience (10+ years for Director level)
• 4+ years leading Salesforce Core Projects (Director level: 2-5 years of direct people management additionally required)
• Strong application design skills combined with data, integration, and security architecture expertise
• Strong presentation and communication skills — able to present and defend a point of view to varied audiences, including C-level
• Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
• Agile methodology fluency and a collaborative, high-integrity leadership style

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field (or equivalent work experience)
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) credential, or active progress toward it, or multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications
• Strong Enterprise Architecture background
• Experience with AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Agentforce for Developers)
• Experience leading a technical team or workstream, with a passion for mentoring talent
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with C-level executives and senior technology leaders
• Experience in Consumer Goods Cloud, Retail Execution/Trade Promotion Management, or the Consumer Goods industry is a plus
• Travel may be required depending on client needs

Required Qualities

• TRUST: Integrity, transparency, and reliability
• TEAM PLAYER: Strong collaborator across teams
• COMMUNICATOR: Clear, confident communication that engages and influences C-level stakeholders

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. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.