[Hiring] Senior Salesforce Solution Architect @Catalyst Consulting Group

Role Description

We’re looking for a talented and driven Senior Salesforce Solution Architect to own the design, integrity and strength of the Salesforce platform based on clients’ business needs. You will use your deep understanding of the Salesforce platform and products along with your first-rate people skills to:

• Map business requirements to system/technical requirements
• Write design and technical specifications
• Communicate your solution vision to stakeholders
• Delegate work to business analysts, consultants, and developers
• Provide mentorship and thought leadership to other Salesforce professionals

Responsibilities include:

• 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 recommend improvements
• Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with stakeholders on the project
• 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
• 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
• Supervise the configuration, quality assurance, testing, and deployment of Salesforce
• Collaborative project and workstream planning
• Experienced in driving conversations at all levels of the client from project team to C-suite
• Occasional travel to client sites (typically quarterly or less) for requirements workshops, stakeholder meetings, or training sessions

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience leading Salesforce implementation projects
• 3+ years experience working for a consulting company
• 3+ Salesforce certifications (Admin, Advanced Admin and Service Cloud at minimum)
• Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and interactive during in-person and virtual meetings
• A pro-active, entrepreneurial attitude
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to observe trends and actively make suggestions based on results
• Available and responsive to questions, clarifications, and instructions
• 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-disciplinary team of Salesforce professionals
• Technical Architect certification a plus
• Public sector experience a plus

Benefits

• Salary range of $140,000 to $170,000 a year*
• Ample time off (starting at 16 days)
• Company-provided computer (Mac or PC, depending on preference)
• Home office set-up assistance
• Flexible, autonomic work schedule
• Virtual and in-person social events
• Training & certification reimbursement
• Professional opportunities at fast-growing company with a sky-is-the-limit mindset

Location

Remote

Department

Salesforce Solutions

Employment Type

Full-Time

Minimum Experience

Experienced

Compensation

$140,000-$170,000