Salesforce + Pardot architect to audit and re-architect our marketing automation

The Boston Foundation, one of the nation's oldest and largest community foundations, is looking for a senior, independent Salesforce / Pardot (Marketing Cloud Account Engagement) Architect for a focused, fractional engagement.

We're at an inflection point on our marketing operations and communications strategy. The work here will inform our Pardot configuration but also our 2-3 year roadmap, including an honest recommendation on whether Pardot remains the right long-term tool for us.

THE ROLE

We're looking for an architect and mentor, not a hands-on configurator. Our internal team will own the build and the environment after you exit. Your role is to architect, produce documented blueprints, and coach the team through implementation.

SCOPE

Three phases over 8-12 weeks, roughly 50-70 total hours.

Phase 1, Discovery & Audit (15-20 hours): Salesforce/Pardot connector audit, automation rule mapping, data discrepancies, and a written platform fit recommendation.

Phase 2, Architecture & Blueprinting (15-20 hours): A simplified attribute data model and a documented endpoint specification for subscription and preference management that an external website front end will consume.

Phase 3, Implementation Oversight (20-30 hours): Weekly working sessions coaching the internal team through configuration changes.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Consultant (the legacy Pardot Consultant credential is fine).

- Strong written deliverables: blueprints, API specs, data models. Not just verbal guidance.

- A mentor disposition. The team you're coaching will own the system long after you're gone.

- Enough breadth across the marketing automation landscape to give us an honest comparative read on platform fit, not just a Pardot defense.

- Comfortable using AI tools in your own workflow and transparent about how you use them. We assume good practitioners are using AI to work faster and better, and we'd rather hear how you're doing it (and coach us on it where relevant).

- Nonprofit Salesforce experience preferred.

DETAILS

Target start: June 2026.

Working sessions: Remote, US business hours.

Rate is open to discussion within the posted range based on experience.

This is an invite-only posting.

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