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

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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
Unleash Your Potential
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