Solution Architect

Solution Architect (Marketing Cloud and Pre-Sales Experience needed)

Department:

Digital Transformation Practice
Employment Type:

Full Time
Location:

USA
Description
As one of the most experienced Salesforce PDO and consulting partners, Aquiva Labs helps customers bring their Salesforce vision to life and deliver solutions across the Salesforce product portfolio. We leverage our strategic relationship with Salesforce to equip organizations with expert knowledge, as well as implement our existing in-depth understanding of architectures, technology stacks, and partners to guide our customers through complex digital transformation initiatives.

LOCATION - US or Canada (Atlantic, Eastern or Central Time Zone)

We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Solution Architect to join our team. The successful candidate will have strong consulting acumen, a product mindset, and Salesforce ecosystem experience.
Key Responsibilities
Help our business grow by leading presales activities

Work closely with sales teams to understand customer needs and develop solutions that meet those needs

Conduct customer discoveries and create solution proposals

Translate complex business requirements into scalable solutions

Develop and present future vision, articulating the technical feasibility, business impact, and ROI to executive stakeholders

Lead paid consulting engagements related to ideation, vision/roadmap/POC creation, solution and technical architecture blueprints

Act as a subject matter expert on Salesforce products and best practices

Apply your technical and product management skills to drive customers and partners roadmaps and solution designs

Collaborate with engineering teams on the ongoing delivery of solutions

Create reusable assets, speak at conferences and webinars and contribute to content creation

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Requirements:
Experience in a customer-facing role with an ability to capture requirements and demonstrate value

Experience working as a technical/solution/enterprise architect

Experience in leading technical and business workshops

Experience in creating solutions- and technical architecture artifacts

Fluent English speaker with excellent communication skills and the ability to actively listen, create and sell a vision to inspire others

Ability to create and deliver compelling customer-facing presentations in a timely manner

Experience in building and maintaining long-term trusted relationships

5+ years of experience in pre-sales or consulting, with a focus on Salesforce

Fast learner, detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities

Experience working for a Salesforce SI, ISV, PDO or as part of Salesforces internal consulting or pre-sales team

Strong industry knowledge in at least one of the following: high tech, TTH (transportation, travel & hospitality), HLS (health and life sciences) or financial services (banking, insurance, wealth and asset management)

Must be committed to personal development and maintaining relevance, both in industry trends and technology solutions

Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud as well as core Salesforce technologies

Desirable:
Salesforce certification(s) are not mandatory but preferred (Platform App Builder, Developer I and II, Sharing and Visibility Architect, Data Architect, Application Architect, Integration Architect, Identity and Access Management Architect, Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect, System Architect, Marketing Cloud Developer, Marketing Cloud Email Specialist any of the Consultant certifications)

Certified Technical Architect

MBA in addition to formal technical education

Delivery team leadership

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