Job Description
Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values — Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy — and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development, and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
summary
Ares is seeking a Vice-President to serve as the Salesforce Architect for Client Platforms Technology, the engineering team responsible for all Client facing systems within Ares, including Sales, Marketing, Client Reporting, and Digital/Web platforms.
Reporting to the Managing Director, Head of Client / Investor Technology, the successful candidate will serve as the strategic and technical leader for the firm’s Salesforce ecosystem, supporting the client relationship management needs of both the Institutional and Wealth Management businesses. This individual will be responsible for defining and executing the architectural vision, ensuring Salesforce delivers scalable, reliable, and secure solutions aligned with the firm’s commercial and operational goals.
The role oversees a blended team of in‑house Salesforce developers and external consulting partners, guiding technical delivery while establishing best‑in‑class engineering and governance practices. The Architect will also manage the firm’s relationship with Salesforce, maintaining deep knowledge of the platform’s roadmap—especially the evolving AgentForce and AI/automation capabilities—to ensure the firm is well positioned to leverage new and emerging capabilities.
This is a highly visible, hands‑on leadership role requiring strong architectural acumen, collaborative partnering across business and technology teams, and deep expertise in the Salesforce ecosystem.
Reporting relationships
Reports to: Managing Director, Head of Client Platforms
Supervises: dotted line responsibility for a globally distributed team of Salesforce developers, both full time employees as well as external consultants, embedded within the institutional and wealth client platform engineering verticals
Primary functions & responsibilities
Architecture & Strategy
Develop and maintain the end‑to‑end Salesforce architecture strategy for Institutional and Wealth Management CRM use cases.
Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise standards, security requirements, and long‑term business and data strategies.
Evaluate and guide the adoption of new Salesforce capabilities—including AgentForce, Data Cloud, AI/analytics, workflow automation, and industry clouds.
Translate business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical designs.
Team Leadership & Delivery Oversight
Manage, mentor, and lead a team of internal Salesforce developers, business analysts, and technical specialists.
Oversee the work of external consultants and system integrators, ensuring quality delivery and adherence to architectural standards.
Establish coding guidelines, development practices, DevOps pipelines, and release management processes.
Conduct design reviews, solution validations, and technical deep dives to ensure best‑in‑class implementation.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
Serve as the firm’s primary point of contact with Salesforce, including account teams, solution engineers, and product specialists.
Stay abreast of Salesforce roadmap developments, licensing changes, and emerging features—particularly around AI, automation, and AgentForce.
Partner with CRM leadership, business stakeholders, and cross‑functional technology teams to define and deliver multi‑year Salesforce enhancement roadmaps.
Operational Excellence
Ensure performance, reliability, data integrity, and security across the Salesforce platform.
Lead technical troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis for complex issues.
Develop architectural documentation, integration patterns, and data governance guidelines.
Monitor platform usage and optimize configurations, processes, and system scalability.
qualifications
Required Experience & Background
8+ years of hands-on Salesforce experience, including at least 3 years in an architect or lead technical role.
Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise Salesforce solutions supporting CRM or client data workflows.
Experience in financial services, ideally asset management, wealth management, or banking.
Direct management experience overseeing both internal technical staff and external development partners.
Strong understanding of Salesforce core clouds (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud), Salesforce Platform, and API/integration frameworks.
Strong familiarity with modern Salesforce capabilities such as Data Cloud, AI/Einstein, Flow automation, and AgentForce (or comparable AI agent platforms).
Ability to translate business needs into technical architectures and communicate complex concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.
Salesforce certifications such as System Architect, Application Architect, or Certified Technical Architect (CTA) strongly preferred.
Preferred Experience
Experience with marketing automation integrations (e.g., Marketing Cloud, Account Engagement).
Knowledge of enterprise data architecture, MDM, and integration tools
Understanding of AI agents, workflow orchestration, and large‑scale automation strategies.
Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps pipelines (Git, Azure DevOps, Copado, etc.).
Education
Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred.
Engineering or Computer Science background preferred.
Reporting Relationships
Compensation
The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.
The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.
Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.
There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.
