Senior Salesforce & AI Architect

Sunnyvale, CAFull-time$210k–$240kPosted Jul 28, 2026

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

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The IT Scrum Master – Salesforce & Digital Customer Experience (DCX) is responsible

The Senior Salesforce & AI Architect is responsible for defining and leading the enterprise CRM, AI, and Marketing Technology architecture strategy across Salesforce and integrated Commercial & Marketing platforms. This role serves as the principal architect for Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, Agentforce, AI, Customer Experience, and supporting Commercial & Marketing applications.

The Architect partners closely with Commercial Operations, Marketing, Digital Experience, Customer Care, Sales Enablement, and IT leadership to design scalable, secure, and AI-enabled business solutions that accelerate lead generation, customer engagement, commercial effectiveness, service excellence, and business growth.

The ideal candidate combines deep Salesforce platform expertise with modern AI architecture, enterprise integration design, data strategy, and commercial business process transformation.

This job will be based in our Sunnyvale, CA corporate office and will be part of the IT Applications front office team and report to the IT Applications Director.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead enterprise Salesforce architecture across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud/Pardot, and Agentforce, ensuring scalable, secure, and business-aligned solutions.
Define and drive AI and Agentforce strategy, including autonomous agents, AI-powered lead qualification, customer engagement, service automation, prompt engineering, governance, and responsible AI practices.
Own the Marketing Technology architecture roadmap, supporting marketing automation, campaign management, lead lifecycle processes, customer journeys, website experiences, attribution, and integrated Martech platforms.
Architect end-to-end commercial solutions that improve sales productivity, customer experience, forecasting, pipeline management, CPQ processes, and digital engagement across Marketing, Sales, and Customer Care functions.
Lead enterprise integrations and customer data strategy, connecting Salesforce with SAP, marketing systems, analytics platforms, AI services, and customer data platforms while ensuring data quality and governance.
Provide technical leadership and stakeholder management, mentoring architects and developers, leading solution design reviews, establishing architecture standards, and partnering with executive business leaders to translate strategy into technology roadmaps.

In addition to these responsibilities, a Salesforce Senior Architect should possess strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills. They should be able to work effectively in cross-functional teams and be capable of leading and managing complex Salesforce projects.

The essential requirements and soft skills of the job include:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
12+ years of enterprise application experience,
8+ years of Salesforce architecture experience, deep expertise in Salesforce platform technologies, Agentforce/Generative AI, Data Cloud, Marketing technologies, integrations, and relevant Salesforce Architect/AI certifications preferred.
Salesforce Certifications (Administrator, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, AI/Generative AI Certifications, Data Cloud, CTA, Platform Developer)
Experience with Agile development methodologies

The annual salary range for this role is $210.000 - $240.000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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