Technical Architect Director

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The Architecture Lead - Director for the Federal Civilian Sector, plays a pivotal role in both presales and implementation, shaping, scoping, and solutioning engagements to set customers up for success. This leader provides technical oversight and execution leadership on large‑scale and mission‑critical engagements while also serving as a trusted mentor to Salesforce teams and federal clients. They're responsible for driving architectural excellence, strategic customer alignment, and fostering a high‑performance culture within their teams.

• Serve as the technical authority across a portfolio of federal customers, ensuring architectural integrity, platform scalability, and alignment with agency missions.
• Provide technical oversight for all federal engagements, ensuring solution architectures adhere to industry and government compliance standards (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA, etc.).
• Oversee and provide governance on large, multi‑cloud Salesforce implementations, ensuring alignment with federal enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Lead technical deep dives, solutioning sessions, and executive briefings to drive successful outcomes for customers.
• Step in as a hands‑on leader to support at‑risk projects, ensuring swift issue resolution and alignment with project objectives.

• Partner closely with Services Sales leadership to shape compelling, customer‑centric proposals and Statements of Work (SOWs) for large‑scale Salesforce implementations.
• Lead technical solutioning across multiple Salesforce clouds, considering integration requirements, security, data migration, and third‑party solutions.
• Establish and maintain strong executive relationships with federal customers and partners, aligning Salesforce solutions with their digital transformation goals.
• Serve as an advisor to Federal IT leadership, helping align their Salesforce implementation strategy with their broader IT modernization efforts.
• Support bid and proposal activities, ensuring technical feasibility and scoping align with customer expectations and Salesforce best practices.

• Drive high client satisfaction (CSAT) and engagement success, ensuring measurable business value realization for federal agencies.
• Ensure projects are correctly scoped, balancing team structure, skillset, and timeframe to meet customer goals.
• Continuously enhance delivery excellence, improving processes, governance models, and solutioning frameworks across engagements.
• Actively track and mitigate project risks and escalations, ensuring transparent and timely communication with internal and external stakeholders.

• 5+ years of direct experience delivering and overseeing solutions development on the Salesforce Platform.
• 10+ years' experience in consulting services, including team leadership, pre‑sales solutioning, and delivery management.
• 2+ years of experience in scoping and sizing Salesforce projects.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce solutions and their application within the Federal/Public Sector.
• Experience in driving technical alignment with federal IT departments and system integrators.
• Strong executive presence, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, facilitating strategic…