Salesforce Administrator

Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire a Salesforce Administrator for the Salesforce team in Corporate IT. This individual will be joining a group of high-performing Salesforce admins and engineers with a primary focus on front line production support triage. Secondary responsibilities will include user access management data maintenance and enhancements and solution delivery. This role will work with teams across the organization to ensure our Salesforce platform is configured managed and running efficiently. You will be a dedicated partner for our Sales and Success teams with a focus on scalability and collaboration with the larger Corporate IT team.

Why join Sprouts IT team

Sprouts Corporate IT team is a combination of adjacent squads working on projects under one umbrella. This unique structure is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in technology with exposure to projects across multiple disciplinessomething you dont often see in other organizations. It allows us to move quickly and collaborate with minimal friction or red tape. As a part of this team youre also given the space and expected to stretch beyond your core function and make a deeper impact on the broader short the work you do here matters and you feel that day in and day out.

What youll do

• Provide front line production support for our partners in Sales and Success teams with a focus on resolving problems and answering questions. Work closely with the Salesforce Team to refine and escalate incoming requests that require engineering support.
• Provide User Access and Permission management and maintain data and reporting
• Build custom solutions using Salesforces declarative tools including CPQ Salesforce Billing and other integrated systems
• Act as a liaison with stakeholders at all levels with the ability to translate technical information into laymans terms clearly explaining system behavior design options and the potential impact of both
• Be comfortable with change management and governance and become familiar with our company specific projects and tools.

What youll bring

We are looking for a highly capable Salesforce administrator to ensure that our corporation capitalizes on the benefits offered by the Salesforce CRM this role you should feel comfortable communicating with external teams especially Sales and Success. Youll ramp up quickly on the technology stack and how the business uses it. Youll be supported by a team of Salesforce experts. If youre a self-starter who enjoys tackling complex problems while working on a small fast-paced team wed love to talk to you!

These are the minimum qualifications that our hiring team is looking for in this role:

• 2-3 years of experience as a Salesforce administrator in a similar environment with user-facing responsibilities.
• 1-2 years of CPQ specific experience.
• Proficiency with all aspects of Salesforce User Management including roles profiles sharing rules workflows and groups.
• Proficiency with data management tools in the Salesforce ecosystem (Dataloader Salesforce Inspector Reloaded etc)

Additionally these are the preferred qualifications that would indicate a particularly strong candidate:

• Salesforce CPQ Certification
• Salesforce certified administrator or Salesforce advanced administrator certification.
• Experience configuring and maintaining Salesforce Integrations with external tools used by Revenue Operations

Within 1 month you will have:

• Completed Sprout Socials two-week new hire training and onboarding program alongside other new Sprout team these sessions you will gain a broad understanding of our products and how your role directly impacts the product overall organization and our customers.
• Established a plan with your manager to set initial priorities align on expectations for your role plant goalposts for your career and learn about Sprouts Salesforce and adjacent environments.
• Met and began building working relationships with stakeholders throughout our Sales and Success teams as well as your teammates.
• Developed an understanding of the cadence at which the team operates and the various means of communicating both within and external to the team
• Established a regular cadence with your manager to discuss your approach to current projects and tasks.

Within 3 months you will have:

• Begun taking front-line responsibility for some incoming production support requests by answering incoming questions or effectively triaging escalations
• Become the subject matter expert for all aspects of user and license management including new user setup/deactivation roles profiles permissions public groups OWD sharing rules
• Developed a deep understanding of the Salesforce team Agile processes and actively participated in all scrum ceremonies
• Established familiarity with Sprout Socials implementation of Salesforce CPQ demonstrated through shared contribution of CPQ-related tickets
• Established a relationship with stakeholders and end users and produced detailed and effective change requests.

Within 6 months you will have:

• Groomed designed and implemented team initiatives including bug fixes feature development and CPQ customizations
• Become established as an expert on our intake processes and taken steps to refine the process to make it as effective as possible
• Owned expanded and refined the documentation/wiki of our support processes with an eye towards self-service of repeatable solutions and a user-facing way to research issues
• Worked and effectively communicated with other groups across the organization to ensure big-picture alignment and cross-team collaboration.
• Refined the User access and management process with an eye towards making this an automated or self service process

Of course what is outlined above is the ideal timeline but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

Our Benefits Program

Were proud to regularly be recognized for our team product and culture. We invest in our team with a comprehensive competitive benefits program:

• Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Premium BCBSIL medical dental (high/low plans) and vision (Eyemed) insurance for you and your eligible dependents.
• Premium Mental Health Support: Full free access to Modern Health for you and your dependents including coaching therapy sessions and digital wellness resources.
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on your first 6% of contributions (a 3% total match).
• Financial Security: 100% employer-paid Life and Disability insurance for your peace of mind.
• Flexible Paid Time Off: A flexible PTO policy supplemented with additional company-wide Rest & Recharge days throughout the year.
• Paid Parental Leave: Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents to support you in expanding your family.
• Annual Lifestyle Stipend: A $1000 USD annual Lifestyle Spending Account to spend on your physical mental and financial well-being.
• Work From Home Support: A one-time $550 USD stipend to set up your home office plus a monthly $50 USD stipend for internet.
• Giving Back: 16 hours of paid volunteer time annually plus a $100 annual match for your charitable donations.
• Additional Financial Perks: Access to pre-tax commuter benefits subsidized child/eldercare () discounted pet insurance (Figo) and no-cost personalized financial wellness support through Your Money Line.

*This list is for informational purposes only. Benefit offerings are discretionary and subject to change and do not constitute a contract or guarantee of benefits.

Whenever possible Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However we are not set up in all states so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter.

Individual base pay is based on various factors including whether youre located in Zone 1 or Zone 2 as well as relevant experience and the United States we have two geographic pay zones. For this role the expected base pay ranges for new hires are:

• Zone 1 (New York California Washington): $93300 - $128260 USD annually
• Zone 2 (All other US states): $84800 - $116600 USD annually

The listed ranges represent earning potential in this position. These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable consistent and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed.

Base pay is only one element of an employees total compensation at Sprout. Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprouts equity plan. Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical dental vision basic life accidental death and dismemberment insurance and Modern Health (a wellness benefit). Employees are able to enroll in Sprouts companys 401k plan in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution. Sprout offers Flexible Paid Time Off and ten paid holidays. We have outlined the various components to an employees full compensation package here to help you to understand our total rewards package.

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity- race color religion national origin or ancestry sex (including sexual identity) age physical or mental disability pregnancy veteran or military status unfavorable discharge from military service genetic information sexual orientation marital status order of protection status citizenship status arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal state or local law. Because Sprout Social is a federal contractor we affirmatively recruit individuals with a disability and protected veterans. Learn more about our commitment to diversity equity and inclusion in our latest DEI Report.

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