Principal Solutions Architect - Salesforce

- Deliver overarching architecture and solution design for Salesforce implementations across various projects or large-scale initiatives - Define and manage complete technical architecture for Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud, including data modeling and essential functionalities like Retail Execution, Visit Management, Trade Promotion Management (TPM), and Assortment and Pricing - Design and supervise integrations between Salesforce and external systems, including ERP, Data Lake, and third-party data providers, utilizing APIs, MuleSoft, or alternative middleware - Establish integration frameworks that ensure reliability, scalability, monitoring, and operational assistance - Create high-performance, offline-first mobile solutions for field sales teams to facilitate visit planning, inventory visibility, and order capturing - Ensure mobile architecture meets performance expectations, synchronization needs, and usability for front-line acceptance - Set data management standards to handle large data volumes (LDV), ensuring data quality, integrity, security, and compliance with regulations, including GDPR and SOX where relevant - Lead technical design evaluations and uphold engineering and configuration standards for Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and declarative automation - Collaborate with cross-functional business and technology teams to define implementation strategies aligned with business goals and platform standards - Provide insights on optimizing Salesforce product releases and capabilities, including Einstein AI and Agentforce, to enhance retail execution outcomes - Guide delivery teams throughout the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) from discovery and requirements gathering through design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare