Senior Technical Architect, Life Sciences
About the role
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Role Overview
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the client
- Identify and lead internal strategic initiatives to grow the consulting practice; serving as an active contributor to the community's overall knowledge base and expertise
- Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies that drive increased business value
- Work collaboratively and having very strong communications skills, especially in teaching complex concepts, and creative, prescriptive thinking
- Identify and proactively manage risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution
- Manage customer expectations; negotiate solutions to complex problems with both the customer and third-party partners
- Review and correct project/program direction, approach, and key artifacts to keep programs on track and solutions extendable and maintainable going forward
- Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and directly with clients to architect technology solutions to meet client needs
- Contribute to a program vision while advising and articulating program/project strategies on enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform
Minimum Requirements
- 8+ years enterprise architecture or consulting experience
- 4+ years of experience leading Salesforce Core Projects
- Strong application design skills combined with strong data, integration, and security architecture skills
- Experience in the Life Sciences industry, particularly Pharma/Biopharma. Candidates should have backgrounds in pharmaceutical commercial operations, field force engagement, HCP/HCO relationship management, or regulatory compliance
- Strong presentation skills, able to effectively present and defend a point of view to a variety of audiences
- Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
- A great listener with the ability to communicate with people in diverse roles
- Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
- Resourceful and innovative thinker who can work through and solve problems
- Strong experience in Integration concepts, designs, and patterns
Required Qualities
- TRUST: Trusts the company's core values; shows integrity, transparency, and reliability
- TEAM PLAYER: Proficient at collaboration and working with members of a team
- COMMUNICATOR: Speaks and writes with clarity, brevity, and purpose; explains the area of expertise clearly and confidently to others; influences and engages C-Level with authority and confidence
Preferred Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; equivalent work experience will be considered
- Multiple Salesforce Architecture certifications, or Salesforce Certified Agentforce Life Sciences Consultant (launched March 2026)
- Hands-on experience with Agentforce for Life Sciences (AFLS) or equivalent Life Sciences CRM platforms, including knowledge of HCP/HCO structures, Affiliations, Specialty Pharmacy, Medical Affairs, and compliant engagement workflows
- Experience supporting or delivering implementations for major pharmaceutical companies, with familiarity with the agentic enterprise model and how AI agents can transform life sciences commercial and clinical operations
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The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.



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