Salesforce Life Sciences Functional Architect Senior Manager

Overview

Accenture’s Salesforce Business Group is one of the largest and most experienced Salesforce practices globally, with deep domain knowledge in Life Sciences. The team holds over 4,200 certifications, including Certified Technical Architect (CTA), and focuses on modernizing commercial operations, patient engagement, and platform innovation.

As a Senior Manager and Salesforce Life Sciences Functional Architect, you will guide large, complex programs at the strategic and executive layers, owning the overall solution vision and mentoring a team of architects. You will translate strategic intent into architectural direction, support design reviews, and act as the primary solution escalation point.

• Own the overall solution architecture vision for large-scale Salesforce Life Sciences programs, ensuring coherence across functional design, technical implementation, data strategy, and integration.
• Serve as the senior liaison between business leadership and technical delivery teams, translating strategic intent into architecture direction.
• Lead architecture governance, setting standards, conducting design reviews, and making binding decisions on platform direction.
• Act as the primary solution escalation point, resolving cross-workstream design conflicts and aligning stakeholders.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders, translating complex architecture concepts into business impact narratives.
• Guide and mentor Manager-level Solution Architects, senior functional leads, and tech leads, actively developing the next generation of SA talent.
• Partner with coalition teams, Salesforce product teams, and vendors to shape solution approach and leverage latest platform capabilities.
• Lead solution design contributions during pursuit phases, including architecture sections of RFP responses and client demonstrations.
• Drive practice development through reusable assets, architecture blueprints, and industry-specific point-of-view content.
• Manage solution risk at the program level by identifying systemic architectural risks early and mitigating them with delivery leadership.

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive Salesforce delivery experience with demonstrated tenure in solution architecture or senior platform leadership roles.
• Experience architecting and delivering multiple large-scale, complex Salesforce programs in Life Sciences or a regulated sector (Med Tech, Payer, Provider).
• Experience with Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, Health Cloud, or equivalent pharma/biotech CRM platforms.
• Strong experience leading delivery using Agile or scaled Agile frameworks (SAFe, multi-team Scrum) at program scale.
• Experience leveraging AI/ML capabilities such as Salesforce Einstein or generative AI tools within Life Sciences commercial solutions.
• Experience supporting Life Sciences clients or the industry at a senior delivery or advisory level.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years of work experience).

• Salesforce Certified Application Architect, System Architect, or CTA designation.
• Functional and technical hybrid background enabling end-to-end solution design.
• Deep integration architecture experience (Mule Soft, event‑driven architectures, enterprise API strategy).
• Experience with commercial transformation programs in pharma/biotech (HCP engagement, field force, patient services).
• Pre‑sales leadership and executive-level solution presentation experience.
• Relationship management at Director or VP level with Life Sciences clients.
• Experience building high‑performing, geographically distributed delivery teams at Senior Manager level or above.

Compensation is determined by role, location, and experience. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, long‑term disability coverage; a 401(k) plan; bonus opportunities; paid holidays and paid time off.

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