Salesforce Technical Architect Director 

United States, District of Columbia, Washington 

627408461

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Salesforce Professional Services is looking for a Technical Architecture Director. As a Technical Architecture Director, 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

• Lead Technical Architecture and Governance for an enterprise-level customer engagement

Minimum Requirements:

• TS/SCI - Top Secret/Sensitive Confidential Information clearance
• FSP -Full Scope Polygraph

• 15+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience

• 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

• 2-4 years of leading and managing people

• 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

• Have CTA certification or are in the process of getting the CTA

• Experience managing large full life-cycle Salesforce Implementations

• Executive Presence - being able to influence outcomes

• Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile, SCRUM...)

• LEADERSHIP: Self-aware; proficient at building strong relationships

• THOUGHT LEADER: Strong point of view and executive presence. Confident, but not arrogant, a great storyteller

This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.This position requires a USA TS/SCI with Polygraph security access level.

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Posting Statement

For Washington D.C based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $211,500 to $306,600.