Lead Salesforce Solution Architect

THE NEXT CHAPTER STARTS WITH YOU

Lead Salesforce Solution Architect

Build the Salesforce solutions powering the next chapter of Vanquis

We've invested heavily in modernising our technology landscape and building strong cloud foundations. The opportunity now is to evolve, optimise and scale those capabilities.

As a Lead Salesforce Solution Architect, you'll design and deliver scalable, robust and innovative Salesforce solutions that meet current and future business needs. You'll bridge business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, ensuring solutions align with architectural standards, regulatory expectations and organisational goals.

There's More to the Story

Vanquis is evolving. 

We're investing in our people, modernising how we work, strengthening customer experiences, and building new capabilities across the business. 

How you’ll make an impact:  

✅ Design major, cross-domain Salesforce solutions that meet present and future business needs

✅ Translate complex requirements into scalable architecture, integrations and high-level designs

✅ Guide delivery from requirements through deployment, post-launch support and continuous improvement

✅ Act as a trusted Salesforce technical adviser to senior stakeholders, developers and delivery teams

✅ Manage technical debt and champion secure, sustainable solutions that improve customer and business outcomes







Why this role matters:

Technology & Change is a strategic priority for Vanquis. This role sits at the heart of that journey, shaping the Salesforce architecture that supports business services, customer experiences and future innovation.

You'll work closely with Enterprise and Domain Architects, Product Owners, Technical Leads, Engineering Leads, Business Analysts and delivery teams, seeing how your work contributes to meaningful outcomes.

The Engineering Principles we build around:

⚙️ Automation First - Focus on innovation, not manual effort.

🔒 Secure by Design - Build trust into every solution.

🤝 Shared Ownership - Success is a team sport.

🚀 Continuous Improvement - Challenge. Improve. Evolve.

📚 Continuous Learning - Grow your skills while helping shape ours.

The tools helping us shape what’s next:

☁️ Salesforce Clouds - Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Experience Cloud and Data Cloud.

🚀 Platform Capabilities - Agentforce / Agent360, automation, Apex and Lightning Web Components.

🔗 Integration - REST and SOAP APIs, Salesforce integration patterns, MuleSoft and mobile application connectivity.

🔒 Architecture & Identity - Security, sharing, identity solutions, data models and architectural governance.



Essential experience

• Direct experience as a Salesforce Solution Architect or in a similar senior-level role.
• Expert knowledge of Salesforce Sales Cloud and Service Cloud, with practical Marketing Cloud experience.
• Strong Salesforce solution design capability, including security, sharing, automation, Apex and Lightning Web Components.
• Experience translating complex requirements into scalable solutions and communicating with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Salesforce Certified Application Architect.
  
  

Useful, but not essential

• Understanding of Financial Services Cloud and its core data model and account management features.
• Experience with Experience Cloud, Data Cloud, MuleSoft, mobile connectivity or identity solutions.
• Knowledge of Agile delivery and financial services compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Salesforce Certified Technical Architect or relevant Salesforce cloud consultant certifications.
  
  

Career development:

As Vanquis continues to strengthen its Salesforce capability, you'll have opportunities to deepen your expertise, influence architectural standards, lead improvement initiatives and develop through specialist or leadership pathways.

Why Vanquis?

🏆 Great Place to Work Certified

🏆 Financial Times Best Employers 2025 & 2026

🏆 Armed Forces Friendly Employer (Bronze)

🏠 Flexible Hybrid Working

💜 Inclusive Culture

💰 Up to 10% Pension Contribution

🌴 25-30 Days Annual Leave

🎓 LinkedIn Learning

🙌 Two Volunteering Days

👨 👩 👧 Enhanced Family Leave

🎂 Paid Birthday Leave

🚀 Career Development Opportunities

Ready to shape what’s next?

If you're looking for an opportunity to shape scalable Salesforce solutions, influence architectural decisions and help define the future of Technology & Change at Vanquis, we'd love to hear from you.

The Next Chapter Starts With You.

Recruitment agency information

Our Talent Acquisition team manages all recruitment activity directly. We work with approved recruitment partners where additional support is required.

Unsolicited CVs submitted without prior agreement from Vanquis Talent Acquisition will be considered direct applications and no agency fees will be payable.