Leads solution architecture workstreams across cloud, data, analytics, and digital integration initiatives. Guides architecture planning, design reviews, technical direction, and delivery of scalable applications and integrations. Translates business needs into technical designs and implementation roadmaps, oversees API management, microservices, CI/CD, and troubleshooting, and validates software quality. Manages client-facing workstreams, mentors junior professionals, and improves digital tooling, automation, and engineering delivery methods.
The Opportunity
As a Solution Architect Manager you will lead design efforts for software and product innovation initiatives, shaping solution approaches that connect business needs with cloud engineering, data and analytics, and digital integration priorities within our Cloud Engineering, Data & Analytics practice. As a Manager you will lead teams, coach junior professionals, and manage workstreams with an eye toward sound judgment, accountability, and thoughtful decision-making. In this role at PwC, you will guide solution architecture discussions, help define technical direction, and support delivery of client-facing work that spans product innovation and architecture design across complex environments.
Responsibilities
- Leading solution architecture workstreams across cloud engineering, data and analytics, and digital integration initiatives
- Guiding teams through architecture planning, design reviews, and delivery of scalable application and integration solutions
- Translating business requirements into technical architecture, functional design, and implementation roadmaps
- Managing API management, microservices, CI/CD, and application lifecycle activities across client engagements
- Reviewing software design, code, and test approaches to validate alignment with architecture and engineering standards
- Coordinating troubleshooting efforts for application, integration, and platform issues across complex environments
- Developing and mentoring junior team members on solution architecture, software development methods, and quality practices
- Identifying opportunities to improve digital tooling, automation, and delivery methods across software engineering programs
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Leading solution architecture across complex client engagements
- Managing cross-functional teams through planning and delivery
- Demonstrating cloud, data, and integration architecture knowledge
- Applying API management, microservices, and CI/CD practices
- Translating business requirements into scalable technical designs
- Mentoring junior staff through reviews and coaching
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
#LI-Hybrid
#BI-Hybrid
As a Solution Architect Manager you will lead design efforts for software and product innovation initiatives, shaping solution approaches that connect business needs with cloud engineering, data and analytics, and digital integration priorities within our Cloud Engineering, Data & Analytics practice. As a Manager you will lead teams, coach junior professionals, and manage workstreams with an eye toward sound judgment, accountability, and thoughtful decision-making. In this role at PwC, you will guide solution architecture discussions, help define technical direction, and support delivery of client-facing work that spans product innovation and architecture design across complex environments.
Responsibilities
- Leading solution architecture workstreams across cloud engineering, data and analytics, and digital integration initiatives
- Guiding teams through architecture planning, design reviews, and delivery of scalable application and integration solutions
- Translating business requirements into technical architecture, functional design, and implementation roadmaps
- Managing API management, microservices, CI/CD, and application lifecycle activities across client engagements
- Reviewing software design, code, and test approaches to validate alignment with architecture and engineering standards
- Coordinating troubleshooting efforts for application, integration, and platform issues across complex environments
- Developing and mentoring junior team members on solution architecture, software development methods, and quality practices
- Identifying opportunities to improve digital tooling, automation, and delivery methods across software engineering programs
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Leading solution architecture across complex client engagements
- Managing cross-functional teams through planning and delivery
- Demonstrating cloud, data, and integration architecture knowledge
- Applying API management, microservices, and CI/CD practices
- Translating business requirements into scalable technical designs
- Mentoring junior staff through reviews and coaching
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
#LI-Hybrid
#BI-Hybrid
PwC San Francisco, California, USA Office


405 Howard Street Suite 600, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94105
PwC San Jose, California, USA Office


488 Amaden Boulevard, San Jose, CA, United States, 95110
Similar Jobs at PwC
Artificial Intelligence • Professional Services • Business Intelligence • Consulting • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
Lead client-facing Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP and AI/Copilot solution architecture programs. Translate business requirements into functional designs, implementation plans, configurations, testing, training, and deployment activities. Direct complex workstreams, improve processes and controls, resolve risks, communicate recommendations to stakeholders, build client relationships, and coach consulting teams through ambiguity and change.
Top Skills:
Artificial IntelligenceMicrosoft CopilotMicrosoft Dynamics 365 ErpMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations
Artificial Intelligence • Professional Services • Business Intelligence • Consulting • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
Lead implementation of Zuora Quote-to-Revenue solutions, analyze client needs, design/configure Zuora Billing and CPQ solutions, manage projects and budgets, coach teams, deliver client training, and identify growth opportunities to improve finance operations and revenue automation.
Top Skills:
Revenue Recognition AutomationZuora BillingZuora Cpq XZuora Quote-To-Revenue
Artificial Intelligence • Professional Services • Business Intelligence • Consulting • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
Lead client engagements to optimize manufacturing and product development lifecycles using lean and Six Sigma methods, supply chain integration, PLM, and digital technologies. Manage project planning, budgeting, team coaching, feasibility and cost analyses, and drive adoption of emerging technologies to improve speed to market, reduce cost, and enhance quality.
Top Skills:
Artificial IntelligenceData AnalyticsDigital TechnologiesLean ManufacturingManufacturing StrategyProduct Lifecycle Management (Plm)RoboticsSix SigmaSupply Chain Integration
What you need to know about the San Francisco Tech Scene
San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area attracts more startup funding than any other region in the world. Home to Stanford University and UC Berkeley, leading VC firms and several of the world’s most valuable companies, the Bay Area is the place to go for anyone looking to make it big in the tech industry. That said, San Francisco has a lot to offer beyond technology thanks to a thriving art and music scene, excellent food and a short drive to several of the country’s most beautiful recreational areas.
Key Facts About San Francisco Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 365,500; 13.9% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Google, Apple, Salesforce, Meta
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, fintech, consumer technology, software
- Funding Landscape: $50.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins
- Research Centers and Universities: Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of San Francisco; Santa Clara University; Ames Research Center; Center for AI Safety; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine





