Salesforce Solutions Architecture Director

About the role

The Salesforce Solutions Architecture Director is a senior leadership role within the Merkle brand, responsible for the technical strategy and capability development of the Salesforce team in Ireland. The role combines client advisory, solution leadership and commercial acumen, translating client business priorities into commercially sound Salesforce solutions while balancing value, quality, feasibility and profitability. It works closely with sales, solutions, client leadership and alliance teams.

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 Ireland technical capability planning, skills coverage, recruitment needs and the Salesforce capability roadmap aligned to GTMs
• Drive certification and accreditation plans and develop reusable assets, accelerators and best-practice frameworks
• 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, and partner with account and delivery leaders on handover to delivery
• Ensure architecture decisions translate into successful delivery outcomes and support issue resolution on complex engagements

Required profile

• Proven senior leadership experience setting practice direction and leading technical consulting teams
• Senior Salesforce Technical Architect or Enterprise Architect background
• Experience leading Salesforce architecture across multiple enterprise programmes and establishing governance and architecture standards
• Experience building and scaling technical communities

What we offer

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