Applications and Integrations Lead

Braze Braze · Enterprise · Chicago, IL · Growth

This role is for a senior, highly technical Applications & Integrations Lead responsible for the architecture, governance, strategic roadmap, and support of the GTM, CX, and platform technology ecosystem. The lead will manage a team, focusing on Salesforce, application management, and integrations, ensuring systems are stable, secure, compliant, and audit-ready. Key responsibilities include establishing governance frameworks, owning integration lifecycles, ensuring data integrity, administering middleware platforms like Tray.io, partnering with stakeholders, and managing documentation and change control. The role requires deep knowledge of API integrations, middleware platforms, and compliance standards like SOX and ITGC.

What you'd actually do

  1. Establish and execute the governance framework and Application Lifecycle for the Salesforce ecosystem and GTM/CX applications, maintaining compliance with SOX and ITGC standards and optimal operational health
  2. Own the project lifecycle for all net-new integrations, designing, developing, and deploying system integrations using consistent, scalable patterns
  3. Serve as a key stakeholder for sign-off on proposed data models and data flows, ensuring alignment with DAGE, Salesforce Architecture and Delivery
  4. Own administration of the Tray.io iPaaS platform and lead delivery of scalable automations across the ecosystem
  5. Proactively lead stakeholder engagement by translating requirements from GTM, CX, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and other teams into strategic, scalable, and well-documented solutions

Skills

Required

  • At least 5 years of application administration within mid-to-large scale environments (supporting over 500 users), focusing on the oversight of interconnected tool networks
  • Deep knowledge of connecting various platforms with Salesforce through common integration methods like Connected Apps, OAuth, and REST/SOAP APIs
  • Strong background in implementing change management, data governance frameworks, and ensuring compliance with audit expectations and SOX/ITGC guidelines
  • Practical experience configuring and using integration middleware such as Workato, Mulesoft, or Tray.io
  • Skilled at guiding complex technical projects with multi-directional, cross-functional dependencies and fluid priorities
  • Familiarity managing SaaS tools including Gong,Outreach, Marketo,Clari etc.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills with a strong capacity to clearly convey technical intricacies to non-technical business partners

Nice to have

  • Experience in establishing new business functions, operating procedures, or architectural infrastructure from the ground up without relying on existing processes or documentation
  • Proven capability to balance long-term enterprise engineering and platform governance alongside daily support requests
  • Possession of certifications like Salesforce Platform App Builder, Advanced Administrator, or Salesforce Architect is highly valued

What the JD emphasized

  • SOX and ITGC standards
  • SOX/ITGC guidelines