Local to Houston preferred (on-site may be required a few days per month)
Additional travel to Chicago may be required (occasional)
We are looking for a dynamic Salesforce Architect to join our team.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the company's business processes and how Salesforce can support them in delivering business value faster.
Develop strong client relationships by building trust, rapport and positive working relationships with key sponsors, stakeholders, and team members.
Lead requirement gathering workshops, business process design and sessions around long term roadmap planning, business value articulation etc.
Lead architectural discussions and influence key decision-makers on the best practices for Salesforce integration with other systems and platforms
Work with internal and customer stakeholders to create prototypes, proof of concepts and wireframes to define and articulate business requirements
Deliver design blue prints, detailed solution design and help the development team build the solution in alignment with the business requirements
Validate solution components, lead customer walkthroughs / demos and provide guidance to the project manager for key issues / risks to the project
Manage discussions with various levels of customer’s business stakeholders highlighting trade-offs among multiple solution approaches
Identify and help build services offerings to support rapid time to value for Salesforce implementations
Where required, support deep-dive pre-sales activity to position successful delivery of customer solutions
Maintain a target billable utilization aligned to the role
Stay current with Salesforce developments and trends, applying best practices to enhance solutions.
Ensure all Salesforce implementations comply with organizational standards, security protocols, and data privacy regulations.
Requirements
12+ years CRM experience with a minimum of 7 years in Salesforce architecture and solution design.
Proven experience with large-scale Salesforce implementations, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and other Salesforce products.
Expert level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including any two of the following : Sales, Service, Experience and Marketing Clouds
Expertise in evaluating various Salesforce components and technologies, performing a proof of concept in each, and defining the recommended solution.
Experience working with internal IT partners and business stakeholders, develop and maintain enterprise application architecture strategies, designs and roadmaps.
Experience in leading workshops to define and prioritize client requirements and required Capabilities. Ability to ask difficult / courageous questions during workshops and suggest best practices and efficient ways of implementing business processes
Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems.
Ability to demonstrate concepts visually and in writing as the situation demands to guide stakeholders in thinking through all aspects of the ask
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies.
Strong knowledge and hands on experience in integration, Lightning, LWC and other clouds like SFMC and Service Cloud.
Experience in Agile methodologies, JIRA and deployment tools.
Preferred with Salesforce certifications / domain badges (Declarative App Designer and / or Sharing & Visibility)
Desired Certifications / Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business or a related field
SFDC Application Architect / System Architect / Integration Architect