Salesforce Life Sciences Functional Architect Senior Manager

Accenture•Miami, FL

1d•$122,700 - $302,400

About The Position

Accenture is hiring a Senior Manager-level Salesforce Life Sciences Functional Architect in its Salesforce Business Group. The role owns the solution vision for large, complex Salesforce Life Sciences programs and ensures alignment across functional design, technical implementation, data strategy, and integration. It combines strategic architecture leadership and executive client advisory with the ability to engage directly in functional or technical problem-solving when needed. The architect leads program-wide governance, establishes standards, conducts design reviews, resolves cross-workstream conflicts, and manages systemic solution risks. The role advises senior client stakeholders, mentors architects and technical leads, partners with Salesforce and alliance teams, and contributes to pursuits and practice development through proposals, demonstrations, reusable assets, blueprints, and industry-specific points of view. Accenture is a global professional services company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. The position offers a market-competitive benefits package. Salary ranges vary by location and are provided in the posting.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressive Salesforce delivery experience, including demonstrated tenure in solution architecture or senior platform leadership roles.
Experience architecting and delivering multiple large-scale, complex Salesforce programs in Life Sciences or an adjacent regulated industry such as MedTech, Payer, or Provider.
Experience with Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, Health Cloud, or equivalent pharma/biotech CRM platforms, including their application to commercial, medical, and patient-facing use cases.
Experience leading program-scale delivery using Agile, hybrid, or scaled Agile frameworks such as SAFe or multi-team Scrum, and shaping engagement methodology decisions.
Experience leveraging AI/ML capabilities such as Salesforce Einstein, Agentforce, or generative AI in Life Sciences commercial solutions, including advising clients on AI strategy and adoption.
Experience supporting Life Sciences clients or the Life Sciences industry at a senior delivery or advisory level.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with a minimum of 12 years of work experience; alternatively, an Associate’s degree with a minimum of 6 years of work experience.

Nice To Haves

Salesforce Certified Application Architect, System Architect, or Certified Technical Architect (CTA) designation.
Functional and technical hybrid experience with sufficient depth to design end-to-end solutions across both areas.
Deep integration architecture experience, including MuleSoft, event-driven architectures, or enterprise API strategy in complex Life Sciences environments.
Experience with pharma/biotech commercial transformation programs involving HCP engagement, field force enablement, patient services, or commercial data strategy.
Pre-sales leadership experience, including owning architecture narratives for competitive RFP responses and executive-level solution presentations.
Director- and VP-level relationship management with Life Sciences clients, including a record of building trust and repeat engagements.
Experience building and leading high-performing, geographically distributed delivery teams at Senior Manager level or above.

Responsibilities

Own the overall solution architecture vision for large-scale, multi-workstream 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 and stepping into functional or technical lead responsibilities as needed to resolve ambiguity or accelerate alignment.
Lead architecture governance by setting standards, conducting design reviews, and making binding decisions on platform direction and technical approach.
Act as the primary solution escalation point, resolving cross-workstream design conflicts and aligning stakeholders on a path forward.
Advise senior client stakeholders at VP and Director level, translating architecture concepts into business impact and facilitating alignment across business and technology leaders.
Guide and mentor Manager-level Solution Architects, senior functional leads, and tech leads, and develop future solution architecture talent.
Partner with Accenture alliance teams, Salesforce product teams, and third-party vendors to shape solutions and use platform capabilities.
Lead solution design contributions during pursuit phases, including RFP architecture sections, solution demonstrations, and client orals.
Develop reusable assets, architecture blueprints, and Life Sciences commercial industry points of view.
Manage program-level solution risk by identifying systemic architectural risks and working with delivery leadership to mitigate them.