Job Description:
Job Title: Enterprise Applications Architect – Applications / Salesforce
Locations: Newark, NJ, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; São Paulo, Brazil; Slough, UK
As an Enterprise Applications Architect - Applications / Salesforce at Mars Global Services, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our Salesforce ecosystem strategy. This position requires a blend of hands-on technical expertise and thought leadership, enabling you to work closely with senior product leaders and other architects to ensure our enterprise applications align with our broader Enterprise Architecture vision. Your contributions will be instrumental in driving innovation and efficiency across our organization.
What are we looking for?
- Experience: A minimum of 10 years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical leadership roles, with at least 5 years of hands-on experience with Salesforce (Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Consumer Goods Cloud).
- Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is required. A Master’s degree or relevant certifications (e.g., Salesforce Certified Architect) is preferred.
- Technical Skills: Expert-level familiarity with Salesforce platform capabilities, including configuration, Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWCs), integration technologies (REST/SOAP APIs, middleware), and security controls.
- Framework Knowledge: Proven track record in delivering architecture in large-scale, complex environments, ideally leveraging TOGAF or another recognized EA framework.
- DevOps Proficiency: Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and release management within the Salesforce ecosystem.
- Communication Skills: Strong communication, teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration skills are essential for success in this role.
- Preferred Qualifications: Deep understanding of large-scale direct-to-consumer eCommerce concepts on a global level with an API-first platform, and familiarity with modern design patterns like Microservices and Service Mesh.
What would be your key responsibilities?
- Application Architecture Leadership: Define and maintain the Applications Architecture reference models, ensuring effective deployment and adoption across the organization.
- Salesforce Ecosystem Strategy & Execution: Lead the architecture and design of solutions spanning Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Consumer Goods Cloud, driving consistent configuration, customization, and integration best practices at scale.
- Governance Oversight: Oversee governance for Salesforce platform design, ensuring optimal performance, security, compliance, and scalability across the enterprise; partner with InfoSec and Data Privacy teams accordingly.
- Collaboration & Thought Leadership: Partner with senior product leaders, business stakeholders, and other domain architects to translate business strategies and requirements into scalable, secure, and robust Salesforce-based solutions.
- Integration & Data Management: Collaborate with Data, Security, and Technology domain architects to design cohesive end-to-end integration solutions, ensuring consistent data models, data quality, and master data management.
- Project & Stakeholder Management: Provide architectural oversight and guidance on Salesforce-related projects, from conceptualization to implementation and ongoing support.
- Continuous Improvement & Innovation: Stay current with Salesforce product releases, new features, and emerging technologies to advise the business on opportunities for innovation. Identify, evaluate, and recommend proof-of-concept initiatives to drive continuous improvement within the Salesforce ecosystem.
- Passion for Technology: A strong passion for software design, development, architecture, and automation (DevOps) is essential.
- Agile Methodology: Experience with software delivery leveraging Agile and CI/CD methodologies is crucial.
- Stakeholder Management: Proven experience in managing stakeholders at multiple levels within large, complex enterprises.
- Hands-On Leadership: This role will be both hands-on while providing thought and strategy leadership, requiring a balance of technical skills and strategic vision.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
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For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
