Salesforce Solution Architect

Slalom Build; Greater London, Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Slalom is looking for a Salesforce Solution Architect to join our UK team, based in London or Manchester, onsite with clients. You will own the functional solution, guide delivery through all stages, and partner with cross-functional teams to unlock business value.

You will lead agile delivery, define scoping, manage stakeholders, and drive QA/UAT across projects, ensuring Salesforce capabilities align with client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Delivery lead with Agile experience in Salesforce projects.
• Experience in guiding multi-disciplinary teams through delivery lifecycles.
• Ability to document business and functional requirements for Salesforce solutions.
• Experience leading pre-sales activities and technical scoping.
• Familiarity with Salesforce product suite and related tech.

Responsibilities

• Own the functional solution and guide the team through delivery stages from initiation to handoff.
• Define and manage delivery rituals: planning, grooming, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives.
• Translate business requirements into Salesforce-based roadmaps and technical execution.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams (analysts, developers, UX, etc.) and ensure alignment with business outcomes.
• Collaborate with QA/UAT teams to validate releases and defects triage.

Skills

Agile delivery leadership

Pre-sales solutioning

Business-IT liaison

Requirements gathering

Salesforce knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Salesforce CRM

BRDs

Job description

Location: UK - London or Manchester - with client onsite

Slalom is a global, human-centric business and technology consulting firm. We specialise in partnering with organisations that aspire to excellence, helping them tackle complex challenges and achieve transformative results through strategy, technology, and business transformation services. By prioritising people, Slalom creates a unique consulting experience, with a team of strategists and engineers delivering practical, end-to-end solutions that drive impactful outcomes for our clients. We empower people and organisations to dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all.

About our role: As a Platinum Salesforce partner, we help our clients transform the way they connect with their customers. Our team is made up of Salesforce-certified experts with experience across the Salesforce Customer Success Platform and multiple industries. As the 3rd largest global Salesforce partner, we are committed to growing and developing our Salesforce talent, offering continued growth opportunities and exposing our people to interesting and diverse projects.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Salesforce Solution Architect to join our UK team.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the functional solution and guide the team through each stage of delivery from project initiation through project completion, including solution definition, design, implementation, and transition/handoff
• Define and work within all aspects of project delivery such as planning, grooming, stand‑ups, retrospectives, and demos
• Drive complex business requirements from targeted business outcomes, synthesizing requirements into development roadmaps and guiding the team in technical execution utilizing the full capabilities of the Salesforce platform
• Guide multi‑discipline technical and non‑technical teams (e.g., business analysts, configurators, developers, user experience designers, etc.)
• Work with Slalom or client Quality Assurance teams in the definition and execution of QA and UAT test plans, verification of sprint feature releases, while assisting in defect triage with the delivery team

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability in Agile software development as a delivery lead, functional lead, program lead, or similar
• Experience leading pre‑sales solutioning
• Able to serve as a liaison between both business and technical teams to drive effective, timely Salesforce solutions that fulfill strategic and operational needs
• Skilled at defining and documenting business and functional requirements for ongoing system improvement initiatives in iterative software development environments
• Experience leading multi‑discipline teams in all phases of product and software development, in addition to testing lifecycles within the Salesforce ecosystem
• Experience leading Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, review, demo, and stand‑up sessions
• Familiarity with process maps, BRDs, system diagrams, user experience, application maps, test plans, and user stories
• Understanding of multi‑cloud Salesforce solutions using the Salesforce product suite including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Communities, AppExchange, and complementary technologies

Slalom prides itself on helping our team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in our team members with competitive and innovative benefit programs and services that meet the unique needs of our diverse workforce. If you require any assistance with regards to reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact us – we will always be happy to help.