Marketing Solutions Architect - World Vision USA

The Intersection ofCalling & Career

World Vision is now hiring for a Marketing Solutions Architect.

At a Glance 

Role:Marketing Solutions Architect

Level: Senior (individual contributor, requires at least 7 years of experience)

Location:Prefer Seattle area (our USHQ is located in Federal Way, WA). Pacific Northwest region possible.

Office Culture: We call it “flexible remote.” Translation: This team has required onsite days 1-2 days per month, but outside of that we’re not requiring staff to come into the office a prescribed number of days or a percentage of time each week. Working closely with managers, employees may work virtually, work onsite following our safety protocols, or a blend of the two.

Industry: Enterprise, non-profit charity

Salary: $90,187.62 - $145,905.62 (typically $115,000 - $130,000). DOE.

Company size: 1,000+

Who We Are

You’ve never met an organization quite like World Vision.

Welcome to World Vision, where passion meets purpose! As one of the largest faith-based nonprofits globally, we raise over $1B annually to combat poverty and injustice in nearly 100 countries. We tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice and are working in the places that are the most difficult for children, women and families to thrive. We're a dynamic team of marketing and tech pros who take our craft seriously—and our faith even more so.

Join us, and you'll bring your whole self to work—spiritually and professionally. You'll grow, you'll be challenged, and yes, you'll work hard harder than you ever have in a for-profit career. But the reward? Transforming lives around the world with your unique gifts.

What is the Role?

Are you a tech-savvy, customer-focused solution designer with a passion for creating amazing donor experiences? Do you thrive at the intersection of marketing tech and meaningful impact? If so, this might be your next big move.

At World Vision, we're transforming our supporter experiences to be digital, personalized, and transformative. In this role, you'll lead the design for a new marketing automation/orchestration platform, help shape a child sponsorship repository project, and stay hands-on by developing code for campaigns and mentoring a team of marketing campaign specialists & technologists. You’ll bring high energy, expert facilitation, and deep tech know-how to partner with senior leaders and marketing teams, driving solutions that truly make a difference.

Are you up for this challenge? If so, read-on and apply below.

Responsibilities

• Step into a soon to start 18-24 month project that will transform the way we market and communicate with donors digital-first, donor-centric, and modern in design!
• Lead the thinking on how to solution design the implementation of a new marketing automation/orchestration solution so that the best technical answer is coupled with the best business answer coupled with the best long-term management answer.
• Step into the emerging changes in the way we conduct work across the organization as we blend waterfall preferences for Agile methodologies with a dose of Scaled Agile added in!
• Keep your hands close to the technology by creating/writing code to support the development of campaigns in platforms such as Iterable, Braze, Adobe Journey Optimzer, etc…
• Participate with program teams on an emerging methodology to support independent, yet interdependent, workstreams to align to programmatic objectives and outcomes while also operating independently to achieve workstream-specific objectives. Think about Scaled Agile Release Trains & Program Increments.

TheTeam

As a Business Solution Architect, you report to theSenior Director of Strategy, Product, and Marketing Operations and serve on a highly motivated matrixed team of individuals focused on delivering great experiences to donors. You will be directly part of a small but mighty team who take marketing campaigns and transform them into experiences realized in-market. To complete your projects, you must partner across the larger Digital & Marketing teams which includes: digital development, program management, data warehouse, ERP, AND product experience/marketing teams. You get to be a true cross-divisional player, using advanced skills in influence and motivation, touching the breadth of our ministry.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or other related field (Or equivalent work experience).
• At least 7 years of relevant technical and business work experience with at least 2 years managing projects in a marketing organization.
• Certifications in SAFe, Scrum, and/or related.
• Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (e.g. Christian conduct, chapel, prayer, worship, devotions, and leadership of devotions). Incorporate World Vision Core Values into decisions within scope of role).
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

• Familiar with agile development methodology.
• Adept at breaking big problems into smaller pieces of work.
• Comfortable writing user stories.
• Experience using work-tracking tools such as Jira.
• Experience with designing technical architecture solutions to meet business needs.
• Experience with marketing technology platforms, e.g., CDPs, CRMs, marketing automation tools.
• Exposure to large-scale projects that drive change in how people think and approach work.
• Capable of juggling and driving several areas of work at once. You thrive under pressure and are able to see the forest through the trees to work with minimal oversight.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience working with senior leadership.
• Experience in marketing or working with marketing teams is highly desired.

Salary Range & Benefits 

Your compensation and benefits are important to you so they’re important to us. The full salary range for this role is $90,187.62 - $145,905.62. The typical hiring range is $115,000 - $130,000. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as The Vine. Please indicate the range you're targeting when asked during the application process. In addition, we have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package. Click here to learn more (this position is a grade 227). Additionally, merit, auto allowance, and relocation are available to eligible employees based on existing plans. 

What happens next?

Glad you asked. We owe you that and strive to not leave you wondering. We review applications nearly every day assessing candidates’ strength of fit for the role. Sometimes questions arise on our end so we message you to learn more. Short-listed candidates are contacted for an initial conversation with our recruiting staff. Moving deeper into our selection process you can expect to interview 1:1 with a hiring manager. Finalists normally participate in a panel interview where the opportunity to meet additional members of our staff lends itself to more of a 360-degree view of the role. You may be asked to share an artifact or work out an exercise with our teams. Our most valuable resource is our talented staff. Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time, so we have all hands on deck to move this important work forward.