A professional services organization is seeking an experienced professional to join their staff as their new Director, Advisory Architecture, Embedded Solutions. This role focuses on building sound architecture, improving development processes, and enabling embedded prototype-first solutions that move efficiently into production.
About the Opportunity:
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Hours: Standard business hours with flexibility for a global role
Setting: Hybrid
Locations: New York City, Chicago, or Dallas, TX
Responsibilities:
Lead architecture strategy, standards, and roadmap for advisory solutions
Improve tools, templates, and workflows that accelerate delivery from idea to production
Define and support the use of AI-assisted and agentic development practices
Guide an embedded team that builds rapid prototypes and iterates with business stakeholders
Partner with Product, Engineering, Business Analysis, and other architecture leaders to promote solutions into production and align on roadmap priorities
Qualifications:
10 or more years of experience in solution architecture, software architecture, or engineering, including production delivery in a large organization
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Hands-on experience architecting cloud-based business solutions, including a CRM platform such as Salesforce
Working knowledge of integration, data, security, and governance architecture disciplines
Experience prototyping with business users and showing working software early
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development and agentic coding tools
Strong communication skills with non-technical and senior stakeholders
Ability to prioritize, set boundaries, and explain trade-offs clearly
Desired Skills:
Experience in commercial real estate, professional services, or another advisor-driven business
Background as a forward deployed engineer, solutions engineer, or similar customer-embedded role
Salesforce depth beyond the basics, such as Flow, Lightning Web Components, Apex, or certifications
Experience partnering with UX and design teams on broker-facing tools
Familiarity with CI/CD and source control practices for CRM platforms
Experience building a new team or capability inside an established enterprise