Salesforce Architect

Title: Salesforce Architect

Location: Saint Paul MN (Remote)

Duration: 24 Months

Sample Tasks

• Conduct research into clients use of Salesforce producing a report of findings with recommended steps and a roadmap for Salesforce solutions
• Collaborate with colleagues and customers to create prototypes and proofs of concept as a means of eliciting and defining requirements
• Review solutions and recommending improvements
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog in liaison with stakeholders on the project
• Lead the design of system architecture and governance including integration with external systems and data migration
• Develop technical documentation and architectural diagrams to support decision-making and guide project teams
• Own the design of Salesforce and (optionally) other affiliated solutions for Sales Service and platform solutions
• Act as a release manager approving configuration and coded items to be deployed between environments. Where appropriate this could include deploying changes
• Provide guidance on user story writing style
• Ensure success and acceptance criteria are defined for each story
• Describe and illustrate designs with appropriate justifications
• Ensure documentation of the steps for testing
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog in liaison with Salesforce SMEs
• Supervise the configuration quality assurance testing and deployment of Salesforce
• Collaborative project and workstream planning.
• Provide knowledge transfer

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in a leading role in delivering Salesforce projects
• Excellent communication skills written verbal and interactive when online
• Salesforce certified in:
  • Administrator
  • Sales Cloud Consultant
  • Service Cloud Consultant
  • Platform App Builder
• A pro-active personality with a can-do attitude
• Excellent relationship-building skills
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to observe trends. Able to actively make suggestions based on the results
• Available and responsive to question clarifications and instructions
• Ability to tailor communication to multiple audiences at all levels
• A self-starter experienced in leading projects or delivery work streams
• Outstanding written communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate concepts visually and in writing in a way that enables stakeholders to decide with confidence
• A strategic approach to solution design with proven ability to develop and execute tactical plans to support the strategy
• Excellent ability to coach motivate and direct work tasks to a multi-discplinary team of Salesforce professionals