Commercial Domain Architect
Location: Deerfield, IL (Hybrid)
Role Purpose
The Commercial Domain Architect is the senior architecture leader accountable for translating commercial strategy into coherent, executable technology outcomes that deliver measurable in-year savings, enable year-on-year simplification, and establish a scalable target-state architecture across the end-to-end Commercial value stream, including Service and repair delivery.
This role ensures enterprise-standard platforms—most notably Salesforce—are fully leveraged to reduce fragmentation, lower operating cost, and improve performance across upstream commercial planning, go-to-market execution, sales enablement, service and repair operations, martech and downstream customer engagement.
Outcomes That Define Success
· Quantifiable in-year and recurring cost savings across the Commercial and Service and Repair technology portfolio
· Approved multi-year simplification and modernization roadmaps with clear savings targets
· Reduced architectural complexity and elimination of redundant Commercial and Service tools
· Increased enterprise leverage of Salesforce and strategic Commercial platforms
· Improved decision quality, speed, and confidence for Commercial and Service technology investments
Core Responsibilities
Strategy Realization: Commercial & Service and Repair Architecture
· Partner with Commercial and Global Service and Repair leadership to translate growth, service, and margin strategies into target operating models and capability roadmaps
· Lead target-state architecture across portfolio planning, pricing, demand shaping, and service delivery models
· Ensure alignment across sales execution, enablement, customer support, service operations, and martech
· Develop sequenced, value-backed roadmaps that deliver in-year savings and sustained cost reduction
Solution Architecture Leadership
· Provide architectural leadership for major Commercial and Service and Repair initiatives and investment proposals
· Own architectural alignment around Salesforce as the primary enterprise platform for Commercial and Service workflows
· Guide solution design across Salesforce, MarTech, SAP Hybris, Aprimo, Allego, and supporting Commercial and Service systems
· Ensure solutions align with enterprise data, integration, security, and platform standards
Portfolio Simplification and Savings Delivery
· Continuously assess the Commercial and Service and Repair application landscape to identify consolidation, rationalization, and retirement opportunities
· Partner with Finance, Commercial, Marketing and Service leaders to quantify savings and track value realization
· Drive reduction of duplicate sales, marketing, enablement, and service tools through platform reuse
· Embed simplification, scalability, and cost reduction into all Commercial and Service architecture decisions
Governance and Decision Enablement
· Represent Commercial and Service and Repair architecture within enterprise governance and technology assessment forums
· Ensure Salesforce and approved enterprise platforms are evaluated and leveraged first
· Enable consistent architectural decision-making without slowing commercial execution or service delivery
Executive Relationships
The Commercial Domain Architect serves as a trusted advisor to Commercial and Service and Repair executive leadership, IT delivery and platform leaders, Enterprise Architecture, and Finance partners.
Qualifications and Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business, or equivalent experience
· 12+ years in solution or domain architecture roles supporting Commercial and/or Global Service functions
· Deep expertise in Salesforce and enterprise Commercial and Service technology ecosystems
· Proven track record delivering portfolio simplification and measurable cost savings
· Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence skills
Leadership Profile
· Enterprise-first, outcome-driven mindset
· Strong commercial and service operations acumen
· Pragmatic systems thinker who balances speed, cost, and scalability
· Trusted partner who challenges constructively and drives cross-functional alignment