Salesforce Technical Architect - Senior Manager

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Chicago, IL, USA
In-Office
165K-228K Annually
Senior level
Consulting
The Role
Designs and leads end-to-end Salesforce solutions across multiple clouds and industries. Responsibilities include technical requirements gathering, architecture and design documentation, integration and custom extension delivery, testing, troubleshooting, scope and client expectation management, and collaboration with architects, developers, project managers, and customers. The role also includes team leadership, mentoring, presales support, presentations, Salesforce evangelism, and business-process integration.
Summary Generated by Built In

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. 
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

The Salesforce Technical Architect will be responsible for designing project solutions with different clouds on the Salesforce platform (e.g. Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, App Cloud, Agentforce) in relevant Industries: Education, Healthcare, Construction or Manufacturing and Industrials. In this capacity the Technical Solution Architect will have an expert understanding of Salesforce.com standard applications, web application development, Salesforce integration, and tools such as the Salesforce APIs, Apex, Lightning, the AppExchange and relevant Industry AI solutions that are used to extend the standard product set. Candidate must be able to lead technical requirements gathering sessions, write requirements, technical architecture documents and manage integration tasks. They also must have a solid business understanding and be able to translate business process flows into technical use cases.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 5- 7 years of consulting experience
  • 5-7 years’ experience with Salesforce.com
  • 5-7 years' experience in analyzing requirements, writing functional specifications, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues and interfacing with business users
  • Huron requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience
  • Prior team management experience, experience managing people (mentoring, delegating, reviewing work, and coaching staff)
  • Experience in pre-sales activities, proposal development, presentations, and Demo's
  • Willingness to attend and present at orals
  • 5 or more years of experience managing external client projects in positions
  • Design and document an end-to-end Salesforce solution to include: leading technical architecture workshops with Enterprise Architects, Information
  • Security Architects, Integration Architects, Data Architects from client teams, and leading technical requirements gathering sessions and writing technical requirements documents.
  • Leading technical design sessions and writing technical design documents
  • Managing the technical delivery of integrations and custom extensions
  • Managing technical scope and client expectation
  • Designing and managing the execution of test plans and ensuring a quality solution is delivered.
  • Ability to work with developers US-Based and Offshore
  • Effectively work with Project Managers, Customers, Development Leads and the Account Managers
  • Educate Customer as a Salesforce.com Evangelist
  • Familiarity with Force.com platform technical limitations and common technical design patterns, integration patterns and business application development patterns
  • Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems
  • Experience with Enterprise Integration tools.
  • Demonstrated deployments of enterprise software systems using industry standard environments including XML, HTTP/HTTPS, Java, C++, and ASP.
  • Willingness to travel

PREFERRED:

  • Salesforce.com Application Architect, Certified Systems Architect or

Technical Architect

  • Sales Cloud or Service Cloud certifications are a plus
  • Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related IT discipline

The estimated base salary for this job is $165,000 - $190,000. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $198,000 - $228,000.  The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

Position LevelSenior Manager

CountryUnited States of America

Skills Required

  • 5-7 years of consulting experience
  • 5-7 years of Salesforce.com experience
  • 5-7 years of experience analyzing requirements, writing functional specifications, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues, and interfacing with business users
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
  • Prior team management and people-management experience, including mentoring, delegation, work review, and coaching
  • Experience with presales activities, proposal development, presentations, and demonstrations
  • Willingness to attend and present at oral presentations
  • At least 5 years of experience managing external client projects
  • Experience designing and documenting end-to-end Salesforce solutions
  • Experience leading technical architecture workshops and technical requirements-gathering sessions
  • Experience writing technical requirements and technical design documents
  • Experience leading technical design sessions
  • Experience managing technical delivery of integrations and custom extensions
  • Experience managing technical scope and client expectations
  • Experience designing and managing test-plan execution and quality delivery
  • Ability to work with US-based and offshore developers
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with project managers, customers, development leads, and account managers
  • Ability to educate customers as a Salesforce.com evangelist
  • Familiarity with Force.com technical limitations and technical, integration, and business application design patterns
  • Ability to design and optimize business processes across disparate systems
  • Experience with enterprise integration tools
  • Experience deploying enterprise software systems using XML, HTTP/HTTPS, Java, C++, and ASP
  • Willingness to travel
  • Salesforce.com Application Architect, Certified Systems Architect, or Technical Architect certification
  • Sales Cloud or Service Cloud certifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related IT discipline

Huron Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Huron and has not been reviewed or approved by Huron.

  • Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a company 401(k) match positioned as a core element of total rewards, signaling strong long‑term savings support. Company materials and filings describe a competitive match structure with broad availability.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan provides company‑matched RSUs on purchased shares and is broadly accessible across the workforce, indicating meaningful equity participation. Company filings outline the plan’s match design and wide eligibility.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies emphasize flexible/unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and parental leave with caregiving resources, reflecting expansive time‑off options. Careers and benefits pages present flexibility and time away as core components of the package.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
3,753 Employees
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas and challenging the status quo, we create sustainable results for the organizations we serve.

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