
MD, Head of Industry Architecture – Financial Services
Salesforce
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $246,120 - $329,210 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Translate customer business outcomes into capability-driven architecture models
- Define the technical capability framework required to support agentic enterprise use cases
- Ensure Salesforce is positioned to complement and orchestrate within the customer’s ecosystem
- Lead the pivot from demo POCs to quick win production pilots that demonstrate value
- Lead CIO, CTO, and Chief Architect architecture discussions
- Build executive confidence in Salesforce’s role within the customer’s long-term roadmap
- Provide objective architecture tradeoff guidance across Salesforce and competitor solutions
- Act as primary architectural advisor to account teams on strategic pursuits
- Partner with AEs to shape architectural win strategy
- Address executive and technical objections proactively
- Re-engage late-stage deals to reinforce platform confidence and close risk gaps
- Ensure architecture narratives support large, multi-cloud, and platform-level decisions
- Work with Value & Pilot Architecture to prioritize high-value initial use cases
- Provide Technical Architects with the full capability model and sequencing roadmap
- Re-engage post-detailed design to finalize executive alignment and close support
- Develop reusable architecture narratives and capability maps
- Enable the field with executive-ready architecture sales assets
- Provide structured feedback to Product and Strategy teams
Requirements
- 15+ years in enterprise/platform architecture or CTO-adjacent roles
- Deep Financial Services industry experience
- Proven CIO/CTO executive engagement credibility
- Track record influencing platform selection decisions
Benefits
- time off programs
- medical
- dental
- vision
- mental health support
- paid parental leave
- life and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- employee stock purchasing program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
capability-driven architecturetechnical capability frameworkarchitecture tradeoff guidancearchitecture narrativescapability mapsmulti-cloud architectureplatform-level decisionsSalesforceproduction pilotsexecutive alignment
Soft Skills
executive engagementinfluencing decisionsstrategic pursuitsproactive objection handlingbuilding confidencecollaborationcommunicationleadershipfeedback provisionnarrative development