Marketing Technology Solution Architect
Location: Durham Office preferred
Role Summary We are seeking a Marketing Technology Solution Architect to serve as a senior technical leader within our Marketing Technology and CRM ecosystem. This role will contribute to the architecture design and strategic evolution of Salesforce Marketing platforms, partnering closely with Marketing, CRM, Data, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-impact marketing solutions.
This role blends hands-on technical leadership, platform strategy, and cross-functional enablement, ensuring our marketing technology stack supports both current execution and future growth.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Technical Leadership
Act as the solution architect and technical authority for Salesforce Marketing platforms, including Salesforce Marketing Cloud and related CRM integrations.
Design and govern end-to-end marketing technology architectures, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Lead technical decision-making for platform enhancements, integrations, and modernization initiatives across marketing and CRM systems.
Salesforce Marketing Platform Ownership
Own the implementation, configuration, and optimization, aligned with key business stakeholders, of Salesforce Marketing Cloud capabilities, features, integrations, and APIs.
Partner with CRM and data teams to ensure seamless data flow between Salesforce CRM, marketing platforms, and downstream analytics.
Provide architectural guidance for the adoption of Salesforce Data Cloud and Marketing Cloud Next, including identity resolution, segmentation, and activation use cases (preferred).
Cross‑Functional Partnership & Enablement
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to stakeholders, clearly communicating tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations.
Support platform enablement through documentation, design standards, and technical training material, helping teams adopt best practices effectively.
Delivery Governance & Continuous Improvement
Advise and support complex marketing technology initiatives from design through delivery, ensuring quality and on-time execution.
Establish and enforce governance, architectural patterns, and development standards across marketing technology solutions.
Stay current with Salesforce releases and industry trends, proactively recommending innovations that improve efficiency, personalization, and customer experience.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Why This Role Matters This role is critical to ensuring our marketing technology platforms are future-ready, well-architected, and capable of supporting sophisticated data-driven marketing strategies. Like Lisa Edingtons role, this position combines technical depth, strategic thinking, and organizational leadership to drive real business impact.
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