Salesforce Marketing Cloud & Data Cloud; Data Architect

UK wide hybrid role, must be open to travel within the country on request.

WARNING: for this role candidates MUST be in the UK holding full right to work as sponsorship is not available

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years.

Grade 1: Up to £95,000, with flexibility up to £100,000 + variable bonus

Grade 2: Up to £117,000, with flexibility up to £120,000 + variable bonus

Hiring Process: 2 stages

Are you passionate about transforming customer engagement through data, AI, and next-generation marketing technologies?

We're looking for an experienced Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next & Data 360 Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale customer engagement platforms for some of the world's most recognised organisations across Consumer Products, Retail, Automotive, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and the Public Sector.

This is an opportunity to shape customer data strategies, architect AI-enabled marketing ecosystems, and help organisations unlock the full value of Salesforce's latest Customer Data Platform and engagement capabilities.

You'll work with senior business stakeholders, enterprise architects, marketing leaders, data engineers, security teams, and delivery specialists to design connected customer experiences powered by trusted customer data.

One day you may be leading a customer data strategy workshop, the next defining an enterprise identity resolution framework, presenting solutions through governance boards, or guiding delivery teams in building AI-powered customer journeys using Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next and Data 360.

• Lead the architecture and governance of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next and Data 360 solutions
• Design enterprise customer data models, identity resolution frameworks, unified customer profiles, calculated insights, segmentation strategies, and activation patterns
• Architect scalable integration solutions across Salesforce, enterprise data platforms, APIs, middleware, data lakes, and cloud ecosystems
• Design AI-enabled customer engagement solutions powered by trusted customer data
• Define customer journey, audience management, personalisation, and cross-channel orchestration strategies
• Lead architecture reviews and present solutions to Technical Design Authorities, Architecture Review Boards, and senior stakeholders
• Establish governance frameworks covering security, privacy, compliance, consent management, retention, and auditability
• Define migration strategies from legacy marketing automation platforms including:
  Salesforce Marketing Cloud Engagement, Eloqua, Marketo, Hub Spot and other enterprise marketing technologies
• Mentor architects, consultants, developers, and data engineers across major transformation programmes
• Support business development activities, proposals, demonstrations, and thought leadership initiatives

WARNING: for this role candidates MUST be in the UK holding full right to work as sponsorship is not available

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years.

5+ years' experience architecting Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Data 360, Customer Data Platform (CDP), or enterprise customer engagement solutions

Deep understanding of:

• Customer Data Platforms (CDP)
• Identity Resolution
• Unified Customer Profiles
• Customer Journey Orchestration

Strong data architecture expertise including:

• Data Governance
• Data…