Senior Solution Architect/Solution Consulting Director (Field Service)
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Remote · Chicago, IL · Posted November 10, 2026
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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.
Applications for this position will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
About the Roles:
We are currently hiring for two individual contributor positions:
Senior Solution Architect
The Solution Architect leads one or more workstreams in complex enterprise customer engagements, partnering with key collaborators to drive and achieve the vision while completing key deliverables. They serve as hands-on advisors, using strong interpersonal skills, solution and/or technical knowledge, Salesforce product knowledge, industry experience, consulting experience, and knowledge of their client’s business to deliver customer return on investment.
Solution Architects are strong presenters and facilitators that are able to co-create the vision and lead the execution with the customer as well as acquire customer acceptance of the delivered solution. They are capable of driving difficult conversations and removing roadblocks to implement the business strategies. They are proficient at analyzing issues and obstacles to settle root cause, and can identify appropriate corrective action. They communicate with technical and business team members from all levels through C-suite. On a day to day basis, they interact with customer product owner, business process owner and technical resources to understand requirements, analyze information, and craft comprehensive solutions. They also show a strong understanding of typical business challenges or common objectives faced by customers within the industry.
Solution Architects are stewards of the Professional Services Methodology and use their networks to ensure that standard processes are followed. They engage with Customer Success and Product teams to ensure the solutions are driving the most effective achievement of the value objectives. Solution Architects supply to thought leadership and standard processes by engaging with the cloud-specific practices teams. They will supply both internally in their Community and externally in the marketplace.
Solution Consulting Director
The Solution Consulting Director leads one or more workstreams in complex enterprise customer engagements, partnering with key stakeholders to drive the vision while executing on key deliverables. They serve as hands-on advisors, using strong interpersonal skills, solution and/or technical knowledge, Salesforce product knowledge, industry experience, consulting experience, and knowledge of their client’s business to deliver customer ROI.
Solution Consulting Directors are strong presenters and facilitators that are able to co-create the vision and lead the execution with the customer as well as obtain customer acceptance of the delivered solution. They are capable of driving difficult conversations and removing roadblocks to execute the business strategies. They are proficient at analyzing issues and obstacles to determine root cause, and can identify appropriate corrective action. They communicate with technical and business stakeholders from all levels through C-suite. On a day to day basis, they interact with customer product owner, business process owner and technical resources to understand requirements, analyze information, and design comprehensive solutions. They also show a strong understanding of typical business challenges or common objectives faced by customers within the industry.
Solution Consulting Directors are stewards of the Professional Services Methodology and use their networks to ensure that best practices are followed. They engage with Customer Success and Product teams to ensure the solutions are driving the most effective achievement of the value objectives. Solution Consulting Directors contribute to thought leadership and best practices by engaging with the cloud-specific practices teams. They will contribute both internally in their Community and externally in the marketplace.
Your Impact
Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
Identify and lead internal pivotal initiatives to grow the consulting practice; serve as an active contributor to the community’s overall knowledge base and expertise
Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying new technologies that drive increased business value
Work collaboratively and having very strong communications skills, especially in teaching sophisticated concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking across various levels of a client organization
Identify and proactively run risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution
Lead customer expectations; negotiate solutions to sophisticated problems with both the customer and third-party partners
Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward
Drive a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies to enable technologies including the Salesforce platform
Minimum Requirements
Senior Solution Architect 10+ years of experience. Solution Consulting Director 12+ years of experience.
Must have led multiple large engagements, multi-cloud or multi-workstream, as the lead Architect across all workstreams within Field Service Management and/or Field Service and Operations.
Understand and be able to speak to challenges of large engagements and what best practices to be used to ensure success
Advanced industry knowledge and understanding of nuances of delivering Salesforce implementations in that industry
Extensive experience with configuration and customization on the Salesforce platform
Expert level experience defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps between current and desired end-states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will enable achievement of the desired business outcomes
Experience leading discovery sessions, defining business requirements, writing user stories and providing detailed system and functional designs
Experience in documenting business processes and wire-framing system designs using process flow diagram tools, UML, sequence diagrams, etc. as well as making recommendations for future state improved processes and system designs
Strong presentation skills; able to effectively present a point of view and clearly articulate the rationale to a variety of stakeholders
Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
Must be a team player as demonstrated through a customer qualification of a large scale/enterprise implementation with multiple work streams
A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles
Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems
Success as a people leader/people manager
Experience leading internal initiatives to improve business processes
Preferred Requirements
Proven results in delivering high value business outcomes utilizing an agile approach
Proven results leading customer and/or partner success stories
Relevant Salesforce certifications and consulting experience are strongly recommended
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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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.
At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions.
The typical base salary range for this position is $150,100 - $273,000 annually
There is a different range applicable to specific work locations. In California and New York, and select cities in the metropolitan areas of Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and Washington DC, the base pay range for this role in those locations is $180,200 - $298,400 per year. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.