Salesforce Success Architect

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Customer Success

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About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

At Salesforce, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where individuals from all backgrounds are welcomed and valued. We believe that the unique perspectives and skills of diverse candidates greatly contribute to the success of our teams. As an Agentforce + Data Cloud Success Architect, you will play a crucial role in driving successful outcomes for our strategic customers by leveraging your technical expertise in data and analytics.

Data Cloud supports seamless integration with Salesforce Marketing, Sales, and Service Clouds, enabling Customer 360 use cases. This ensures that businesses can unify customer data across all touchpoints, enhancing AI-driven marketing automation, personalized engagement, and predictive customer insights. By powering hyper-personalized experiences and real-time decision-making, Data Cloud helps organizations maximize customer lifetime value and drive business growth.

Additionally, Data Cloud is the foundation of Agentforce, enabling real-time, intelligent decision-making by centralizing and harmonizing enterprise data. By leveraging Data Cloud, Agentforce can deliver context-aware AI automation, hyper-personalized customer interactions, and predictive insights, driving greater operational efficiency and business value.  

Responsibilities:

• Be a trusted Agentforce + Data Cloud subject-matter expert for the broader Success Architect organization, including how Data Cloud relates to the success of AI

• Engage with our Signature and Strategic customers to evaluate and recommend optimization strategies for technical architecture, dev/ops, performance, and solution design specific to Agentforce + Data Cloud

• Identify and evaluate capability gaps for standard product capability or identify creative Architect solutions through customization

• Facilitate and influence Executive stakeholders while aligning technology strategy to business value and ROI

• Run playbooks aligned with our Success Architect engagement catalog, tailored to the unique needs and opportunities of Agentforce + Data Cloud customers

• Build strong relationships with both internal and external business partners, contributing to broader goals and growth

• Drive thought leadership through mentoring and knowledge sharing

• Lead enterprise success strategy with an AI First mindset — using Salesforce Einstein, Agentforce, and AI-powered analytics as primary tools for designing, modeling, and continuously optimizing customer success programs

• Apply generative AI to develop executive-level deliverables including strategic business reviews, value realization frameworks, and multi-stakeholder success plans — with strong human judgment applied to business context and executive narrative

• Leverage AI-generated portfolio insights to identify whitespace opportunities, adoption barriers, and risk indicators, driving strategic recommendations and C-level alignment

• Serve as an internal thought leader and practitioner on AI-augmented success practices — defining standards, playbooks, and governance for AI tool usage in partnership with CS leadership

Your Impact As an Agentforce + Data Cloud Success Architect, you will have a significant impact on our customers' success and the growth of our organization. Your expertise and guidance will directly influence the technical architecture, performance optimization, and solution design strategies for our strategic customers, ensuring their success in leveraging Agentforce + Data Cloud's powerful data capabilities. By driving customer satisfaction and delivering exceptional value, you will contribute to the overall growth and reputation of Salesforce as a leader in the industry.  

Collaboration and Team Work Collaboration is at the core of our success, and as an Agentforce + Data Cloud Success Architect, you will have the opportunity to work closely with diverse teams of professionals. You will collaborate with customers, colleagues, and partners to evaluate technical architecture, optimize performance, and design effective solutions. By fostering strong relationships and working collaboratively, you will contribute to the collective success of our teams and the achievement of our goals.  

Minimum Requirements:  

• Minimum 8 years proven experience in enterprise consulting, including implementing enterprise software solutions in the Analytics/CDP spaces

• Minimum 2 development/project implementation lifecycles of Salesforce Data Cloud/CDP + AI

• Demonstrated ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes focusing on data & integration architecture, with a focus on guiding customers through migration to and optimization of Agentforce + Data Cloud

• Deep understanding of data modeling, integration architectures, and data governance best practices

• Excellent communication skills, and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams from Developer to Executive

• Ability to facilitate discussions and translate technical concepts & solutions into tangible business value and ROI for customers

• Ability to demonstrate basic understanding and stay up-to-date with emerging data-related and AI technologies

• Proactive and self-starting attitude with the ability to manage tasks independently while collaborating remotely with customers and colleagues

• Values the importance of Data Ethics and Privacy by ensuring that customer solutions adhere to relevant regulations and best practices in data security and privacy

• Degree or equivalent experience required. Experience evaluated based on the strengths you'll need for the role (e.g. proven behaviors in previous jobs such as extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)

• Deep, demonstrated AI First experience in a senior or strategic customer-facing role, with hands-on use of Salesforce Einstein, Agentforce, or equivalent AI-powered success platforms

• Ability to synthesize AI-generated insights into executive-ready narratives and strategic recommendations, demonstrating strong business and commercial acumen

• Experience defining or contributing to AI usage frameworks, governance policies, or AI fluency enablement programs within a CS or professional services organization

• Strong consultative skills with the ability to guide enterprise customers on leveraging Salesforce AI capabilities to achieve their own business outcomes and ROI

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in a consulting.implementation Partner for Data Cloud/CDP

• Experience with large data such as Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Google Cloud Storage/Big Query, Azure administration or architecture

• Experience with Customer Data platforms such as Segment, Tealium, Adobe Experience Platform, Amperity, Treasure Data, Twilio Segment, Realtio, etc

• Experience implementing Salesforce Clouds, Multi cloud scenarios - Sales, Service, Industries, Marketing or Commerce

• Familiar with at least one of the Salesforce Architecture Domains: Integration, Access and Identity Management, Data Architecture, Sharing and Visibility, Declarative and APEX Development

• Experience in programming languages such as Python, Java, .Net, SQL

Note: This role is office-flexible, and the expectation is to work from the office three days per week.

Shifts - Candidate should be comfortable working in AMER shifts (6:30 PM - 3:30 AM) as well.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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