Salesforce Senior/ Director Technical Architect, FINS/LSC
Salesforce
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About Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.
Applications for this position will be accepted on an ongoing basis.The Experience
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 Technical Architect’s (multiple levels) focusedon Agentforce for Life Sciences (AFLS).
AFLS is one of Salesforce’s fastest-growing and most strategic product areas and now adopted by more than 140 industry-leading organizations globally. In this role, you will serve as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, most complex life sciences enterprise customers, helping them architect and deliver agentic, AI-first solutions across their commercial and clinical operations.
What You’ll Actually Be Doing
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
- Identify and lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice; serving as an active contributor to the community’s overall knowledge base and expertise
- Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value
- Work collaboratively and having very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking
- 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
- Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs
- Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform
You’re Our Person If...
- 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience
- Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
- Experience in the Life Sciences industry, particularly Pharma/Biopharma. Candidates should have backgrounds in pharmaceutical commercial operations, field force engagement, HCP/HCO relationship management, or regulatory compliance
- Strong presentation skills, able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences
- 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
- A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles
- Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
- Strong experience in Integration concepts, designs, and patterns
Even Better If...
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent work experience will be considered
- Multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications, or Salesforce Certified Agentforce Life Sciences Consultant (launched March 2026)
- Hands-on experience with Agentforce for Life Sciences (AFLS) or equivalent Life Sciences CRM platforms, including knowledge of HCP/HCO structures, Affiliations, Specialty Pharmacy, Medical Affairs, and compliant engagement workflows
- Experience supporting or delivering implementations for major pharmaceutical companies, with familiarity with the agentic enterprise model and how AI agents can transform life sciences commercial and clinical operations
Required Qualities
- TRUST: Trusts the company’s core values; shows integrity, transparency, and reliability
- TEAM PLAYER: Proficient at collaboration and working with members of a team
- COMMUNICATOR: Speaks and writes with clarity, brevity, and purpose; explains the area of expertise clearly and confidently to others; influences and engages C-Level with authority and confidence
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.
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Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.
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: to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $313,700 annuallyThere is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $178,900 - $344,700 per year. 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.Originally posted on Himalayas
Technical Architect - Salesforce
Bolt Data
The Technical Architect partners with clients and internal teams to design and implement innovative, scalable technology solutions—primarily on the Salesforce platform—that drive business efficiency and long-term success. This role leads technical delivery across complex projects, ensuring quality, integration, and alignment to architectural best practices.
About Bolt Data
A connected workplace focused on innovation Bolt Data is a connected group of technology enthusiasts that believe collaboration and genuine care for each other are at the core of everything we do. As a long-standing partner of some of the world’s most successful platforms, we offer endless opportunities to expand your technology expertise. We're deeply committed to our team members' career advancement and helping them achieve their professional goals.
Description
A Technical Architect is responsible for partnering with our clients and delivery teams to define, develop, and implement technology solutions that are both innovative and cost-effective, ensuring the highest levels of business efficiency through Architecture best practices including encapsulation and reuses. The Technical Architect generally operates as part of a project team; focusing on the technical design and build of the overall solution and ensuring seamless integration of any custom elements. The Technical Architect maintains a relevant and deep technology skill set, obtaining certifications as necessary and adhering to industry technology standards. A Technology Architect is responsible for the successful implementation of effective technology solutions, ensuring solution quality, business acceptance, and effective transition to support. A Technical Architect is responsible for maturing the Bolt Data technology practice; enabling Bolt Data to deliver work smarter.
Role Responsibilities:
- Establish effective working relationships with key client and project team stakeholders
- Communicate and manage expectations regarding delivery updates, risks, issues, and opportunities with key stakeholders
- Lead Requirements Gathering and Solution Design activities; influencing decisions regarding effectiveness, dependability, flexibility, scalability, supportability, and total cost of platforms and supporting technologies
- Partner with Solution Architect to develop technical specifications for custom development and system integration requirements, including estimations for delivery time, cost, and resources
- Develop detailed technical design documents that align to solution design specifications
- Liaise between clients, project leads, and other delivery teams (including vendors) to communicate status, drive delivery performance, manage risks, and remove barriers
- Lead technology design, configuration, and development activities, including database and environment migrations, across multiple projects; ensuring adherence to development standards, alignment to technical specifications, and delivery to agreed timelines
- Document final solution and lead knowledge transition to client support team
- Work with project team to develop and validate estimates to support any Change Orders
- Contribute to estimating and SOW templates for future phases
- Follow and help define coding standards. Lead code reviews during projects to ensure quality and appropriate design patterns are followed
- Coach and mentor junior technical and functional team members
Professional Capabilities:
- 8+ years of hands-on technical experience with Salesforce.com implementations with a minimum of 5 enterprise level technology projects
- 8+ years of experience in software implementations with one or more Customer Relationship Management Solution (such as Oracle, SalesForce.com, SAP, Siebel, or other CRM software). Configuration experience is a must
- 4+ years working within the Salesforce ecosystem as a Technical Architect
- Expert level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including Sales, Service, Marketing, Health, Government and/or Experience Clouds
- 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
- Knowledge of data integration tools and experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems (ETL, CPQ, marketing automation, reporting, etc.)
- Familiarity with platform authentication patterns (SAML, SSO, OAuth)
- Understanding of key design patterns and large data volume limitations and best practices
- Understanding of data sharing and visibility considerations and how these play into platform architecture
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science and demonstrated experience in computer operations, system analysis, programming, project implementations and technical management
- Field service experience; including customer service management and call center support
- Demonstrated understanding of one or more industry-standard architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman, DODAF, FEAF, Gartner/Meta, etc.)
- Experience with configuring and developing the SFDC toolkit (e.g., Lightning Web Components, Visual force, Apex, S-controls, Triggers, Chatter, Apex Data Loader, Apex Explorer, etc.)
- Experience with key software development and integration technologies (e.g., APIs, APEX, Force.com, .Net, Java and JavaScript, XML, Web Services, HTML, SSO, data loaders, messaging, etc.)
- Experience with RDMS concepts and structures, knowledge of SQL, structured system analysis and design methods, data migration, etc.
- Experience with system integrations, preferably involving Salesforce and MuleSoft
- Ability to migrate configurations and code between environments using industry standard tools
- Experience with software delivery lifecycle methodologies (e.g., Agile) and project management methodologies (e.g., PMBOK) with the ability to manage multiple projects to aggressive timelines
- Understand SFS resource management, contractors, timesheets, operating hours, shifts, primary and secondary territory setup. inventory management (return, request & track)
- Experience working independently and within a cross-functional and cross-vendor team environment; collaborating effectively, creating consensus, and driving outcomes
- Support Bolt Data Sales activities
- Support Bolt Data practice maturation and internal initiatives as required
- Participate in Peer Reviews of colleague’s solution designs
- Mentoring more junior team members in business analysis, project management, and Salesforce.com best practices.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally with client and project team as needed
Bolt Data Consulting Group LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and we firmly believe that every current and future team member has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We comply with all Federal, State, and Local laws and no person at Bolt Data shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, lifestyle, disability, marital/family status, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Technical Architect
Salesforce
To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.
Job Category
Customer SuccessJob Details
About Salesforce
Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.
Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.
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 Technical Architect. You will be serving as a strategic advisor and Salesforce product and platform expert to the company’s largest, most complex enterprise customers. Here are some salient responsibilities the role entails:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
* Identify and lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice; serving as an active contributor to the community’s overall knowledge base and expertise
* Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value
* Work collaboratively and having very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking
* 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
* Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs
* Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform
Minimum Requirements:
- 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience
* 4+ years of experience leading Salesforce Core Projects
* Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
* Strong presentation skills. Able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences
* 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
* A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles
* Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
* Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems
* Strong experience in Integration concepts, designs and patterns
Required Qualities:
- TRUST: Trusts the company’s core values; shows integrity, transparency, and reliability
* TEAM PLAYER: Proficient at collaboration and working with members of a team
* COMMUNICATOR: Speaks and writes with clarity, brevity, and purpose; explains the area of expertise clearly and confidently to others; influences and engages C-Level with authority and confidence
Preferred Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign degree equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering (any field), or a related quantitative discipline. Equivalent demonstrable work experience in lieu of a degree will be considered
* Ability to convey and convince customers of best practices at various levels within a large organization
* Application design and development background
* Travel may be required and varies depending on the client requirements
* Strong Enterprise Architecture background would be favorable
* Salesforce Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications
* Experience in Consumer Goods Cloud, Consumer Goods Retail Execution / Trade Promotion Management, and general Consumer Goods industry is a plus
Preferred Qualities:
- LEADERSHIP: Self-aware; proficient at building strong relationships
* THOUGHT LEADER: Strong point of view and executive presence. Confident, but not arrogant, a great storyteller.
* Experience with AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Agentforce for Developers) and an understanding of their strengths and limitations.
* Experience leading a technical team or workstream, with a passion for mentoring and developing talent.
* Ability to build and maintain key relationships with C-level executives, senior technology leaders, and key decision-makers.
* Experience defining and delivering enterprise applications on the Salesforce Platform is a strong plus.
Unleash Your Potential
When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance andbe your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you cando your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.
Accommodations
If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.
Please note that Salesforce uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help our recruiters assess and evaluate candidates’ resumes and qualifications throughout the recruiting process. Humans will always make any candidate selection and hiring decisions. Please see our Candidate Privacy Statement for more information about how we use your personal data and your rights, including with regard to use of AI tools and opt out options.
Posting Statement
Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.
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: Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.The typical base salary range for this position is $148,500 - $223,900 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.Originally posted on Himalayas