Salesforce Solutions Architect

Steadman Brown; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Steadman Brown is seeking a Solution Architect to bridge the gap between the Platform lead and delivery teams for a major Salesforce digital transformation. The role will design Salesforce solutions across core clouds, Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Slack, Tableau, MuleSoft, and more.

You will own the architectural roadmap, lead workshops, present demos, and push best practices while guiding junior members and collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements to technical Salesforce solutions.
• Able to work with the technical teams to design technical solutions, including integrations.
• Have a solid understanding of Salesforce's capabilities.
• Ability show guidance to more junior members of the team.
• Be able to identify when Salesforce needs to move to custom solutions.
• Have designed Salesforce solutions within a complex environment previously.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders, Head of Departments and developers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Own the Salesforce architectural roadmap.
• Collaborate with leadership and the Salesforce delivery team.
• Stay up to date with new Salesforce features, and industry trends.
• Present Salesforce demos / POCs to the business.
• Provide Salesforce guidance to the functional team members whilst pushing Salesforce best practice.
• Lead and hold workshops with key stakeholders and other key members of the team.
• Push back on requirements when needed.
• Prepare the Architectural blueprints for Salesforce solutions across the platform.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Salesforce integrations

Architectural design

Team guidance

Stakeholder management

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

We are partnered with a new Salesforce customer who are embarking on a complete digital transformation and will be implementing Salesforce across the business. They are a UK founded organisation that has built a great reputation and now have offices up and down the UK with almost two thousand professionals.

As the Solution Architect you will bridge the gap between the Platform lead and the Senior Developer and delivery team. You will be designing Salesforce solutions based on the business requirements and working with the Lead Developer to design technical Solutions also. This will be a multi year programme implementing core clouds as well as Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Slack, Tableau, MuleSoft, Agentforce and Data360.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders, Head of Departments and developers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Own the Salesforce architectural roadmap.
• Collaborate with leadership and the Salesforce delivery team.
• Stay up to date with new Salesforce features, and industry trends.
• Present Salesforce demos / POCs to the business.
• Provide Salesforce guidance to the functional team members whilst pushing Salesforce best practice.
• Lead and hold workshops with key stakeholders and other key members of the team.
• Push back on requirements when needed.
• Prepare the Architectural blueprints for Salesforce solutions across the platform.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate Business requirements to technical Salesforce solutions.
• Able to work with the technical teams to design technical solutions, including integrations.
• Have a solid understanding of Salesforce's capabilities.
• Ability show guidance to more junior members of the team.
• Be able to identify when Salesforce needs to move to custom solutions.
• Have designed Salesforce solutions within a complex environment previously.