Senior Director, Solution Architecture

Director of Solutions Architecture is a senior technology and commercial leader responsible for shaping Optimizely's pre sales technical strategy and customer engagement model. Sitting at the intersection of Sales, Product, and Engineering, this role ensures Optimizely's platform is positioned as a differentiated, value driven solution across eCommerce, CMS, and digital experience.

The Director leads and scales the Solution Architecture function, partners closely with Sales on complex enterprise opportunities, and acts as a trusted advisor to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and scale a high performing Solution Architecture team
• Own pre sales technical strategy and execution across enterprise and strategic accounts
• Serve as senior technical authority on the Optimizely platform
• Partner with Sales leadership on complex, high value deals
• Establish best practices for discovery, demos, and POCs
• Ensure customer evaluations clearly articulate business value and ROI
• Influence product direction through structured customer and market feedback
• Enable partners and support go to market strategy and messaging
• Represent Optimizely as a technical and industry thought leader

Knowledge and Experience

• Strong background in digital experience platforms (CMS, eCommerce, digital marketing)
• Experience leading pre sales, solution architecture, or technical consulting teams
• Solid understanding of modern web architectures and enterprise solution design
• Prior hands on technical background (Microsoft/.NET preferred)
• Proven ability to engage senior technical and business stakeholders
• Excellent communication, leadership, and commercial awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree preferably in Computer Science or Information Technology/Systems with equivalent work experience