Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects - Toronto, ON

WHO WE ARE WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. Are you an experienced manager with a strong background in Salesforce marketing cloud development? As Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer Manager, you’ll lead a team of developers, ensuring high-quality solutions, mentoring your team, and contributing directly to coding and troubleshooting. Join us at VML MAP to inspire innovation and deliver impactful results! WHAT WILL YOUR DAY LOOK LIKE? As the Salesforce Developer Manager, you will play a key leadership role within the technical team; leading a team of SFMC developers, while maintaining hands-on involvement in the development and delivery of Salesforce Marketing Cloud solutions. Your day will involve managing your team’s performance, helping them grow, and overseeing complex technical projects while contributing directly to coding, implementation, and troubleshooting. It is essential for this role to actively engage in face-to-face interactions to build camaraderie, trust, and a strong community. Share knowledge, collaborate, and spark innovation through in-person teamwork at our Toronto office. More specifically your tasks will include: Team Leadership and Management * Lead a team of Salesforce developers, setting clear performance targets and providing mentorship and guidance to elevate technical skills and ensure the delivery of exceptional solutions. * Oversee the technical development process from concept to delivery, ensuring high-quality implementations and adhering to project deadlines. * Develop strategies to improve team productivity, encourage continuous learning, and streamline development processes. * Manage team utilization, approve time off, track expenses, and ensure the team’s efforts align with client requirements and expectations. * Provide regular feedback to team members, helping them break down complex problems into manageable tasks and ensuring professional growth. * Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture where diverse perspectives and continuous knowledge-sharing are encouraged. Individual Contributor Responsibilities * Serve as a hands-on technical lead, designing and developing automations, coding solutions, and writing technical specifications for Salesforce Marketing Cloud projects. * Collaborate with architects and project managers to define project requirements and deliver solutions that meet client business goals. * Contribute to product implementation and customisation using Salesforce Marketing Cloud, AMPscript, JavaScript, SQL, HTML, CSS, and related technologies. * Provide technical expertise during the testing phase, ensuring quality and troubleshooting any issues related to client applications and platforms. * Apply agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) to provide feedback, track progress, and update stakeholders on the status of ongoing projects. * Continuously improve your skills and stay up-to-date with the latest Salesforce Marketing Cloud tools, ensuring your technical knowledge is current. WHO ARE YOU GOING TO WORK WITH? You will work closely with a diverse and skilled team of over 150 colleagues, including Salesforce Architects, Developers, Technical Project Managers, Data Specialists, and Designers. You’ll play a key role in both leading your team and contributing directly to the successful delivery of high-impact projects for clients. Our work environment is dynamic, multicultural, and collaborative. We value diverse perspectives and encourage both personal and professional development while maintaining a balance between hard work and enjoying the process. WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE TABLE? You are an experienced leader with strong technical expertise in Salesforce Marketing Cloud, and you’re passionate about fostering a supportive and high-performing team. You are comfortable balancing team management and technical contributions while ensuring the delivery of top-tier marketing solutions. You also have experience turning business requirements into efficient, scalable technical solutions. In addition, you have: * 5+ years of experience as a Salesforce developer or consultant, with a focus on Salesforce Marketing Cloud. * Extensive knowledge of SQL, AMPscript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and other related technologies. * Strong experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud tools like Adstudio, Social Studio, and Einstein is a plus. * A proven track record of mentoring and leading technical teams, with the ability to communicate complex technical solutions clearly to clients and stakeholders and delegating tasks where necessary * Experience in developing custom solutions, implementing workflows, and troubleshooting technical issues. * An ability to make complex technical concepts understandable and manageable for all stakeholders. * Growth Mindset: Curiosity to learn, knowledge sharing, customer-centricity, taking ownership of growth A LEADER IN PERSONALIZED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES VML MAP is a world-leading Centre of Excellence that helps businesses humanize the relationship between the brand and the customer through hyper personalization at scale, marketing automation and CRM. With the brain of a consultancy, the heart of an agency and the power of technology and data, we work with some of the world's most admired brands to help them on their transformation journey to becoming truly customer-centric. Together, we are 1000 + technology specialists, data scientists, strategic thinkers, consultants, operations experts, and creative minds from 55+ nationalities. A GLOBAL NETWORK We are part of the global VML network that encompasses more than 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 60+ markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.  #LI-EMEA About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com. WPP (MAP/VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. 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P-225 Location: Toronto Only As a Solutions Architect at Databricks within the Field Engineering org you will partner with our customers to design scalable data architectures using Databricks technology and services. You have technical depth and business knowledge and can drive complex technology discussions which express the value of the Databricks platform throughout the sales lifecycle. In partnership with our Account Executives, you will engage with our customers' technical leads, including architects, engineers, and operations teams with the goal of establishing yourself as a trusted advisor to achieve tangible outcomes. You will work with teams across Databricks and our executive leadership to represent your customer's needs and build valuable customer engagements and report to the Field Engineering Manager. The impact you will have: * You will work with Sales and other essential partners to develop account strategies for your assigned accounts to grow their usage of the platform. * Establish the Databricks Lakehouse architecture as the standard data architecture for customers through excellent technical account planning. * You will build and present reference architectures and demo applications for prospects to help them understand how Databricks can be used to achieve their goals to land new users and use cases. * Capture the technical win by consulting on big data architectures, data engineering pipelines, and data science/machine learning projects; prove out the Databricks technology for strategic customer projects; and validate integrations with cloud services and other 3rd party applications. * Become an expert in, and promote Databricks inspired open-source projects (Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Koalas) across developer communities through meetups, conferences, and webinars. What we look for: * 5+ years in a customer-facing pre-sales, technical architecture, or consulting role with expertise in at least one of the following technologies: * Big data engineering (Ex: Spark, Hadoop, Kafka) * Data Warehousing & ETL (Ex: SQL, OLTP/OLAP/DSS) * Data Science and Machine Learning (Ex: pandas, scikit-learn, HPO) * Data Applications (Ex: Logs Analysis, Threat Detection, Real-time Systems Monitoring, Risk Analysis and more) * Experience translating a customer's business needs to technology solutions, including establishing buy-in with essential customer stakeholders at all levels of the business. * Experienced at designing, architecting, and presenting data systems for customers and managing the delivery of production solutions of those data architectures. * Fluent in SQL and database technology. * Debug and development experience in at least one of the following languages: Python, Scala, Java, or R. * [Desired] Built solutions with public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP * [Desired] Degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research) * Travel to customers in your region up to 30% of the time.   Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticpates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.    Canada Pay Range $164,500—$224,000 CAD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.