EVP, Chief Architect

Merge Storytelling and Technology

We MERGE storytelling and technology to promote health, wealth and happiness in the world. We help marketing and technology executives engage hearts and connect parts by offering full-service capabilities including strategy, creative communications, experience engineering, performance marketing, media, digital platform development and more.

Promote Health, Wealth & Happiness

We are committed to promoting health, wealth and happiness in the world by partnering with purpose-driven clients in purpose-driven industries such as healthcare, financial services and consumer products. Our health clients are literally on the front lines saving lives. Our wealth clients are changing the financial potential in people's lives. And our consumer clients make lives...a little bit happier every day.

Partner with Clients of Iconic Brands

MERGE has enduring client partnerships with American Express, T-Mobile, LG, Facebook, Adobe, Kate Spade NY, Coach, The North Face, Fidelity, Eaton Vance, BlueCross BlueShield, Abbott, Astellas, Seqirus, Supernus, Boston Scientific, Advocate Aurora Health, Indiana University Health and Marco’s Pizza to name a few.

Work with Poets and PHD’s

With 750+ employees across offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Montreal and New York City, MERGE uses a talent-to-task process that connects our poets and PHD’s which enables clients to think higher and feel deeper about their customers.

Emerge to the Top of Your Career

At MERGE, we strive to create a superior work experience where people with ability, agility and humility can grow and do the best work of their careers.

As our EVP, Chief Architect, you will…

Oversee all stages of the platform implementation lifecycle, from business development to technical requirements, technical specifications, and test plans through design, development, deployment, and optimization. You are ultimately accountable for the quality, design integrity, and scalability of all MERGE technical solutions. 

Be Accountable and Responsible

• Help MERGE clients achieve their Marketing, Brand, and Business goals through the enablement of technical and digital omnichannel solutions
• Lead, build, and grow a team of innovative engineers, developers, and QA specialists across multiple platforms and technologies
• Stay abreast of new technologies, including platform updates and releases, emerging tech, market influences, and industry trends
• Be ultimately accountable for complex technical solutions, including quality, design integrity, and the ability to scale
• Understand how to integrate with legacy systems and third parties to address functional and technical requirements
• Increase operational efficiencies through design standards, code libraries, optimized ways of working, and the implementation of best practices
• Ensure quality delivery and technical integrity across client engagements and solutions
• Ability to work in agile or waterfall methodologies
• Provide estimates, assumptions, and staffing models for projects
• Experience working with offshore models and methodologies

These are the qualifications we’re looking for

• BA/BS or graduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• Expert-level skills with 20+ years of agency and/or consulting experience across a range of languages and platforms, with specific emphasis on technologies, including Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Sitecore, Adobe AEM, Drupal/Acquia, and Contentful.
• Mastery of data privacy and security, brand safety, and ADA Compliance
• Serve as the lead technologist in large-scale business development efforts, including pre-sales technical support and expertise in analyzing client requirements, infrastructure, architecture, system capabilities, and business challenges
• Experience building scalable, distributed systems in enterprise environments
• Demonstrated ability in technical architecture, developing technical design, documentation standards, technology selection frameworks, code libraries, and operational efficiencies for improving ways of working overtime
• Experience working with cross-channel, multi-functional teams across Strategy, Digital Transformation, User Experience, Creative, Data and Analytics, AI, Front End Development, and QA
• Ability to mentor and educate engineers and operational teams, as well as oversee platform certifications and training
• Strong opinions on building scalable, testable web applications with a focus on repeatability and code quality
• Excellent communication skills with experience working directly with clie