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Success Architect - Agentforce

Posted Aug 5, 2026

Role at a glance

Salary
$123.1K – $186.3K/yr
Location
5 Locations, New York, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Education
Degree or equivalent experience required.

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Role Summary

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The Agentforce Success Architect serves as a subject-matter expert supporting strategic Salesforce customers with AI agent architecture, design, deployment, and optimization. The role connects Agentforce with trusted data foundations such as Data360 and helps customers align technical strategies with business value and ROI.

What You'll Do

  • Engage with Signature and Strategic customers to evaluate and recommend Agentforce architecture, Dev/Ops, performance, and solution...
  • Identify product capability gaps and develop customized Architect solutions
  • Facilitate and influence Executive stakeholders while aligning technology strategy to business value and ROI
  • Run Success Architect engagement playbooks tailored to Agentforce customers
  • Build relationships with internal and external business partners
  • Drive thought leadership through mentoring and knowledge sharing

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Qualifications

Analyze, design, and optimize business processes focused on agent architecture and automation; understand AI agent design principles, including topics, actions, prompts, and orchestration; communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams; translate technical concepts into business value and ROI; stay up-to-date with emerging AI and agentic technologies; manage tasks independently; and ensure solutions adhere to data security, privacy, and regulatory best practices.

Required

  • Analyze, design, and optimize business processes focused on agent architecture and automation
  • AI agent design principles, including topics, actions, prompts, and orchestration
  • Communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams from Developer to Executive
  • Translate technical concepts and solutions into tangible business value and ROI
  • Basic understanding of emerging AI and agentic technologies
  • Data Ethics and Privacy
  • Degree or equivalent experience

Preferred

  • Data360 or another Customer Data Platform, including Segment, Tealium, Adobe Experience Platform, Amperity, or Treasure Data
  • Implementing Salesforce Clouds and multi-cloud scenarios
  • Salesforce Architecture Domains: Integration, Access and Identity Management, Data Architecture, Sharing and Visibility, or Declarative...
  • Designing, building, or evaluating AI agents, LLM-based automation, or conversational AI solutions
  • Programming languages such as Python, Java, .Net, or SQL

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Job Category

Customer Success

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You're in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

At Salesforce, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where individuals from all backgrounds are welcomed and valued. We believe that the unique perspectives and skills of diverse candidates greatly contribute to the success of our teams. As an Agentforce Success Architect, you will play a crucial role in driving successful outcomes for our strategic customers by leveraging your technical expertise in AI-driven agent design, orchestration, and automation.
Agentforce is Salesforce's platform for building and deploying autonomous AI agents that take action across sales, service, and marketing. These agents rely on trusted, unified data to make real-time, context-aware decisions, which is where Data360 comes in. A working knowledge of how Data360 fuels Agentforce (grounding, harmonized customer data, real-time signals) is valuable in this role, even though the core focus is agent architecture, design, and deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Be a trusted Agentforce subject-matter expert for the broader Success Architect organization, including how data foundations like Data360 support the success of AI agents

  • Engage with our Signature and Strategic customers to evaluate and recommend optimization strategies for technical architecture, dev/ops, performance, and solution design specific to Agentforce

  • Identify and evaluate capability gaps for standard product capability or identify creative Architect solutions through customization

  • Facilitate and influence Executive stakeholders while aligning technology strategy to business value and ROI

  • Run playbooks aligned with our Success Architect engagement catalog, tailored to the unique needs and opportunities of Agentforce customers

  • Build strong relationships with both internal and external business partners, contributing to broader goals and growth

  • Drive thought leadership through mentoring and knowledge sharing



Your Impact
As an Agentforce Success Architect, you will have a significant impact on our customers' success and the growth of our organization. Your expertise and guidance will directly influence the technical architecture, performance optimization, and solution design strategies for our strategic customers, ensuring their success in leveraging Agentforce's agentic AI capabilities. By driving customer satisfaction and delivering exceptional value, you will contribute to the overall growth and reputation of Salesforce as a leader in the industry.

Collaboration and Team Work
Collaboration is at the core of our success, and as an Agentforce Success Architect, you will have the opportunity to work closely with diverse teams of professionals. You will collaborate with customers, colleagues, and partners to evaluate technical architecture, optimize performance, and design effective solutions. By fostering strong relationships and working collaboratively, you will contribute to the collective success of our teams and the achievement of our goals.

Minimum Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes focusing on agent architecture and automation, with a focus on guiding customers through adoption and optimization of Agentforce

  • Deep understanding of AI agent design principles, including topics, actions, prompts, and orchestration, along with how underlying data quality and architecture impact agent performance

  • Excellent communication skills, and ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams from Developer to Executive

  • Ability to facilitate discussions and translate technical concepts and solutions into tangible business value and ROI for customers

  • Ability to demonstrate basic understanding and stay up-to-date with emerging AI and agentic technologies

  • Proactive and self-starting attitude with the ability to manage tasks independently while collaborating remotely with customers and colleagues

  • Values the importance of Data Ethics and Privacy by ensuring that customer solutions adhere to relevant regulations and best practices in data security and privacy

  • Degree or equivalent experience required. Experience evaluated based on the strengths you'll need for the role (e.g. proven behaviors in previous jobs such as extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
     

Preferred Experience

  • Experience with Data360 or another Customer Data Platform (Segment, Tealium, Adobe Experience Platform, Amperity, Treasure Data, etc.) and how it grounds AI agents in trusted data

  • Experience implementing Salesforce Clouds, multi-cloud scenarios: Sales, Service, Industries, Marketing, or Commerce

  • Familiar with at least one of the Salesforce Architecture Domains: Integration, Access and Identity Management, Data Architecture, Sharing and Visibility, Declarative and APEX Development

  • Experience designing, building, or evaluating AI agents, LLM-based automation, or conversational AI solutions

  • Experience in programming languages such as Python, Java, .Net, SQL



Note: This role is office-flexible, and the expectation is to work from the office three days per week.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love. Apply today to not only shape the future — but to redefine what’s possible — for yourself, for AI, and the world.

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Posting Statement

Salesforce is an equal opportunity employer and maintains a policy of non-discrimination with all employees and applicants for employment. What does that mean exactly? It means that at Salesforce, we believe in equality for all. And we believe we can lead the path to equality in part by creating a workplace that’s inclusive, and free from discrimination. Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal. Any employee or potential employee will be assessed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications – without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, transgender status, age, disability, veteran or marital status, political viewpoint, or other classifications protected by law. This policy applies to current and prospective employees, no matter where they are in their Salesforce employment journey. It also applies to recruiting, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, assessment of job performance, discipline, termination, and everything in between. Recruiting, hiring, and promotion decisions at Salesforce are fair and based on merit. The same goes for compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, reduction in workforce, recall, training, and education.

In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $123,100 - $186,300 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $147,400 - $202,600 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.

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About the company

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Salesforce is a global leader in customer relationship management (CRM) software, empowering businesses of all sizes to connect with their customers in innovative ways. Founded in 1999, the company revolutionized the software industry by delivering cloud-based solutions that streamline sales, service, marketing, and analytics. With a strong focus on customer success and a commitment to sustainability, Salesforce consistently ranks as one of the best places to work, offering diverse career opportunities in technology, sales, and consulting. Through its extensive ecosystem and community engagement, the company is dedicated to helping organizations enhance their customer relationships and achieve their business goals.