Salesforce Solution Architect (Pre-Sales)
Aquiva Labs, a Salesforce PDO and consulting partner, seeks a pre-sales Solution Architect to lead presales activities: run customer discoveries, build solution proposals and architecture blueprints, and act as a Salesforce subject matter expert alongside sales and engineering teams. Open to candidates in the US and Canada.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Canada, United States
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Legally authorized to work in the US or Canada
- Experience in a customer-facing role with ability to capture requirements and demonstrate value
- Experience working as a technical/solution/enterprise architect
- Experience leading technical and business workshops
- Experience creating solution and technical architecture artefacts
- Fluent English with excellent communication and vision-selling skills
- Ability to create and deliver compelling customer-facing presentations
- Experience building and maintaining long-term trusted relationships
- 5+ years of pre-sales or consulting experience with a focus on Salesforce
- Experience working for a Salesforce SI, ISV, PDO or Salesforce's internal consulting/pre-sales team
- Strong industry knowledge in at least one of: high tech, TTH, HLS, or financial services
- Fast learner, detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities
- Interest and experience in AI and data topics (ideally hands-on with Data Cloud and Agentforce)
- Committed to personal development and staying current with industry trends and technology
Nice to have
- Salesforce certifications (e.g., Platform App Builder, Developer I/II, architect certifications)
- Certified Technical Architect
- MBA in addition to formal technical education
- Experience with Heroku, AWS, GCP and/or Azure
Full 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 the complex digital transformation initiatives.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 (including Pre-Sales practice) experience.
The role is open to candidates based in the US and Canada.
We can only consider candidates who are legally authorized to work in the US or Canada. This position does not offer immigration or work visa sponsorship.
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
Required:
- 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 artefacts
- 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