Salesforce Solutions Architect with Marketing Cloud at Perficient

Job description

Join Kelley Austin, a high‑growth Salesforce consultancy now part of Perficient. You’ll get the best of both worlds: the energy and impact of a boutique team with a booming practice, backed by the scale, clients, and career pathways of a global digital consultancy. We have an opportunity for a Salesforce Solution Architect with expertise in core and Marketing Cloud. This role can be located anywhere in the United States but our preference is for candidates living near a Perficient office. The role could require up to 25% travel annually. Perficient is the global AI-first consultancy. Our team of strategists, designers, technologists, and engineers partners with the world’s most innovative enterprises and admired brands to deliver real business results through the transformative power of AI. As part of our AI-First strategy, we empower every employee to build AI fluency and actively engage with AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency. We break boundaries, obsess over outcomes, and shape the future for our clients. Join a company where bold ideas and brilliant minds converge to redefine what’s possible - while building a career filled with growth, balance, and purpose. Our Salesforce + MuleSoft team helps global brands create connected, data-driven experiences that drive enterprise-wide transformation. As a Salesforce Partner and trusted MuleSoft advisor, we deliver strategic guidance, industry accelerators, and AI-powered solutions across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and more—unlocking the full potential of the Salesforce ecosystem. The pillars of being a successful Solutions Architect at Perficient are: • Provide Salesforce architecture solutions for projects that span Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot), including lead-to-revenue design, prospect-to-lead/contact sync architecture, and campaign automation. • Work with the Sales team to accurately scope new projects for new and existing customers. Describe the art of the possible across Engagement Studio nurture programs, lead scoring and grading, segmentation, and Salesforce Connector architecture. • Build deep relationships with customers, knowing their marketing and sales funnel better than they do, and leading them as a "sherpa" or "trusted advisor" through the Salesforce ecosystem. When necessary, feel comfortable having hard conversations. • Be the technical lead on the project and design the overall solution across both the MCAE and Sales Cloud data models. That includes identifying sync, data-skew, and consent/compliance risks early and communicating them often. It also means fully understanding and following the process so you can lead by example and support consultant growth. • Be the technology expert in the room, deploying best practices for Salesforce Connector (v1/v2) setup, field mapping, data governance between MCAE and Salesforce, and marketing automation architecture. You're also consciously growing your expertise and filling potential knowledge gaps. • Assist consultants in QA'ing user stories, guiding their work, and ultimately owning the project's success. • 3+ years of consulting experience within the Salesforce ecosystem, including dedicated implementation experience with Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot). • Experience working as part of/leading a project team. • Sales Cloud Consultant certification required. • Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Specialist required; Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Consultant certification strongly preferred. • Hands-on experience configuring the Salesforce Connector (v1 or v2), prospect field mapping, and prospect-to-lead/contact sync behavior between MCAE and Salesforce. • Working knowledge of Engagement Studio automation, automation and segmentation rules, dynamic lists, and lead scoring/grading models. • Understanding of email deliverability, consent management, campaign taxonomy and data governance considerations within MCAE. • Service Cloud Consultant certification, Experience Cloud delivery experience, and familiarity with CRMA/Tableau reporting are all a plus. Who We're Looking For Technical depth gets you in the door. Beyond that, we're hiring for four qualities together, not any one in isolation: humble, hungry, and smart. • Humble — a team player first. You teach as readily as you learn, and you don't need to be the smartest person in the room to add value. • Hungry — genuinely curious and self-driven. You take on a new certification or course because you enjoy it, not because it's assigned, and you dig into unfamiliar problems until you've figured them out. • Smart — people-smart. You read a room, enjoy talking with customers, and can hold your own in front of a client audience. • Excited about AI — you're already using AI tools to work faster and deliver better outcomes, and you want to keep pushing on that. This is where our SF+ practice is headed, so it's a practical, non-negotiable skill, not a nice-to-have. The salary range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, level of experience, applicable office location, training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The new hire salary range displays the minimum and maximum salary targets for this position across all US locations, and the range has not been adjusted for any specific state differentials. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the unique facts and circumstances regarding each candidate. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $135,000 to $165,000. Please note that the salary range posted reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits or any variable compensation programs. Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in our benefits overview. Perficient, Inc. proudly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Perficient, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Perficient, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or covered veterans. Improper interference with the ability of Perficient, Inc. employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.   Disability Accommodations: Perficient is committed to providing a barrier-free employment process with reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.   Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed.   #LI-LM1 #LI-Salesforce Perficient is looking for a Solutions Architect who can own the full lead-to-revenue picture across Sales Cloud and Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (MCAE, formerly Pardot). This is a hands-on architecture role for someone who has designed and delivered marketing automation and CRM solutions together, not just one or the other, and who is ready to lead client engagements as the senior-most technical voice in the room.

Requirements

Must-haves

The pillars of being a successful Solutions Architect at Perficient are:
Assist consultants in QA'ing user stories, guiding their work, and ultimately owning the project's success.
3+ years of consulting experience within the Salesforce ecosystem, including dedicated implementation experience with Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (Pardot).
Experience working as part of/leading a project team.
Sales Cloud Consultant certification required.
Hands-on experience configuring the Salesforce Connector (v1 or v2), prospect field mapping, and prospect-to-lead/contact sync behavior between MCAE and Salesforce.
Working knowledge of Engagement Studio automation, automation and segmentation rules, dynamic lists, and lead scoring/grading models.
Understanding of email deliverability, consent management, campaign taxonomy and data governance considerations within MCAE.
Who We're Looking For
Technical depth gets you in the door. Beyond that, we're hiring for four qualities together, not any one in isolation: humble, hungry, and smart.
Humble — a team player first. You teach as readily as you learn, and you don't need to be the smartest person in the room to add value.
Hungry — genuinely curious and self-driven. You take on a new certification or course because you enjoy it, not because it's assigned, and you dig into unfamiliar problems until you've figured them out.
Smart — people-smart. You read a room, enjoy talking with customers, and can hold your own in front of a client audience.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed.
#LI-LM1 #LI-Salesforce

Nice-to-haves

Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Specialist required; Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Consultant certification strongly preferred.
Service Cloud Consultant certification, Experience Cloud delivery experience, and familiarity with CRMA/Tableau reporting are all a plus.

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