Salesforce Solutions Architecture Director

About the role

The Salesforce Solutions Architecture Director is a senior leadership position within the Merkle brand at Dentsu, responsible for the technical strategy and capability of the Salesforce team in Ireland. The role combines client advisory, solution leadership and commercial acumen, turning client business priorities into commercially sound Salesforce solutions while keeping accountability for architecture quality, engineering standards and solution assurance.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop the Ireland Salesforce technical and solutions team, including Solution Architects, Technical Architects and specialist consultants, with coaching, mentoring and succession planning
• Own the Salesforce capability roadmap, certification and accreditation plans, and reusable assets and accelerators
• Act as technical design authority for the Salesforce Practice, set architecture standards, run architecture reviews and govern technical quality and risk
• Lead discovery and executive workshops, own solution strategy for priority pursuits, and lead solution responses to RFPs and RFIs
• Apply commercial judgement to scope, estimates, delivery models and pricing, protecting margin
• Work with sales, solutions, client leadership and alliance teams, and collaborate with UK&I Salesforce leadership

Required profile

• Proven senior leadership experience setting practice direction and leading technical consulting teams
• Background as a Senior Salesforce Technical Architect or Enterprise Architect
• Experience leading Salesforce architecture across multiple enterprise programmes and establishing governance and standards
• Ability to build trusted relationships with executive clients and scale technical communities

What we offer

• A permanent role based in the Dublin office with flexible working arrangements
• A competitive salary and a tailored benefits package