Solutions Architect Lead

Planit
Brisbane QLD 4000Full time

Listed 30 Sep 2026

About The Role:

As a Senior Salesforce Solution Architect, you will lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale Salesforce solutions, helping clients transform business processes and maximise the value of their Salesforce investment. Acting as a trusted advisor to both business and technology stakeholders, you will provide architectural leadership across complex programs, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with strategic objectives.

What You'll Be Doing:

Architecture & Solution Leadership

  • Lead architecture workshops and technical discovery sessions with clients. 
  • Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions that align business objectives with platform best practices. 
  • Develop solution architectures, integration strategies, data models, security frameworks, and implementation roadmaps. 
  • Ensure solution designs balance scalability, maintainability, usability, and commercial outcomes. 
  • Provide governance and architectural oversight throughout the project lifecycle. 
     

Salesforce Platform Expertise:

  • Architect solutions across the Salesforce ecosystem including CRM, customer engagement, automation, analytics, integration, AI-enabled capabilities, and platform services.
  • Define architectural standards, design patterns, and development best practices.
  • Drive platform adoption and long-term solution sustainability.
  • Stay current with Salesforce product innovations, release cycles, industry trends, and ecosystem technologies.
     

Delivery:

  • Collaborate closely with Functional Consultants, Project Managers, Developers, and client stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes. 
  • Review technical designs and ensure alignment with business and functional requirements. 
  • Guide complex integration, automation, data migration, and transformation initiatives.
  • Support proof-of-concepts, solution demonstrations, and technical governance activities.
  • Contribute to estimation, project planning, and risk management activities. 
     

Client Advisory & Presales:

  • Act as a trusted advisor to executive, business, and technology stakeholders. 
  • Support pre-sales activities including solution shaping, proposals, bid responses, and client presentations. 
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes and strategic recommendations. 
     

Leadership & Mentoring:

  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring across the Salesforce practice.
  • Support the development of consultants, developers, and emerging architects.
  • Participate in capability development, recruitment, and community initiatives. 
     

What We're Looking For:
 

  • 7+ years of Salesforce consulting experience, including significant experience in solution architecture and enterprise delivery.
  • Proven success designing and delivering complex Salesforce transformation programs. 
  • Deep understanding of Salesforce platform architecture, integration frameworks, security models, automation, data strategy, and governance.
  • Experience leading architecture across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
  • Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage confidently from technical teams through to executive leadership.
  • Salesforce certifications aligned to architecture, platform, integration, or application design disciplines. 
  • Experience defining solution roadmaps and target-state architecture for enterprise clients.
  • Strong commercial awareness and ability to contribute to business development and growth initiatives.
  • Exceptional communication, leadership, and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Job Identification 882
  • Posting Date 09/29/2026, 08:46 AM
  • Locations Level 13, 259 Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, AU
  • Apply Before 10/28/2026, 04:00 PM
  • Job Schedule Full Time