Lead Salesforce Admin (CPQ - Sales & Service Cloud)

First Advantage; India; Remote; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Impact Groups

FA Cares volunteer opportunities

Mentorship Advantage Program

SOAR, manager development program

Job summary

First Advantage is seeking a Lead Salesforce Administrator to align the current Salesforce setup with business objectives and drive governance, change management, and stakeholder communications. The role emphasizes release management across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Apttus CPQ/CLM.

The ideal candidate will own data quality, user training, documentation, and cross‑functional collaboration while working remotely from India.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Salesforce administration and deployment across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Apttus CPQ/CLM.
• Experience supporting release processes in a multi-org or multi-cloud Salesforce environment.
• Proficiency in Apex, LWC, Flow, SOQL, triggers and Salesforce design patterns & testing frameworks.
• Strong communication and collaboration in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• All aspects of user and license management including new user setup and deactivation.
• Salesforce configuration changes: Flow, assignment rules, approval processes, fields, page layouts, record types, dynamic layouts, apps, actions, custom settings, mobile administration, dashboards and reports.
• Sandbox environment management and DevOps/release management.
• Gather requirements and translate into best practice, scalable solutions with focus on user experience.
• Identify unused or underutilized platform features and create a platform roadmap with priorities.
• Own the communication of platform changes to end users and stakeholders.
• Data management to improve Salesforce data quality and implement automation as needed.
• Proactive system maintenance, including security reviews, release updates, health checks, and Optimizer.
• User support tickets and monitoring user adoption.
• New user and ongoing user training; Technical documentation.
• Management of integrated applications and third-party suppliers.

Skills

Salesforce administration

Stakeholder communication

Release management

Apttus CPQ/CLM

Apex/LWC/Flow

Change governance

User training

Data quality & governance

Agile collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or Computer Science

Salesforce Administrator certification

Platform App Builder certification

Platform Developer I certification

Tools

Salesforce multi-cloud environment

Apex & SOQL

LWC

DevOps tooling

Job description

What You'll Do

We are looking for someone with a deep understanding of the Salesforce platform who can understand both our current setup and our business objectives in order to quickly identify areas of improvement. The Lead Salesforce Administrator should be comfortable with change management and governance, as well as communicating, prioritizing, and managing all aspects of a Salesforce project. The ideal candidate will be happy liaising with stakeholders at all levels, with the ability to translate technical information into laymans terms and clearly explain design options and their potential impact.

This role is responsible for ensuring smooth, compliant and efficient release management across multiple clouds, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Marketing Cloud and Salesforce CPQ/CLM.

This position will work remote from home office located in India. Hours will be 3.00 pm – 12.00 pm IST Essential Duties.

Responsibilities:

This is a varied, business-facing role with the following responsibilities:

• All aspects of user and license management, including new user setup/deactivation, roles, profiles, permissions, public groups, OWD, sharing rules
• Salesforce configuration changes, including (but not limited to) Flow, assignment rules, approval processes, fields, page layouts, record types, dynamic layouts, apps, actions, custom settings, mobile administration, dashboards, and reports
• Understanding of basic triggers/Apex code knowledge
• Sandbox environment management
• DevOps/release management experience
• Identify and gather requirements, translating into best practice, scalable solutions with a focus on exceptional user experience
• Identify unused or underutilized platform features
• Create a platform roadmap and define priorities, liaising with stakeholders
• Own the communication of any platform changes to end users and stakeholders
• Data management to improve Salesforce data quality, implementing rules and automation as needed
• Proactive system maintenance, including security reviews, release updates, health check, and Optimizer
• User support tickets
• Monitor and improve user adoption
• New user and ongoing user training
• Technical documentation
• Management of integrated applications and third-party suppliers including

What You Will Need to be Successful:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in IT or Computer Science is preferred
• Experience: 10 to 11 years of hands-on Salesforce administration and deployment experience across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Apttus CPQ/CLM.
• Technical Expertise: Strong experience supporting release processes in a multi-org or multi-cloud Salesforce environment and Proven experience with Apttus CPQ/CLM configurations and troubleshooting.
• Certifications: Salesforce Administrator, Platform App Builder and Platform Developer I (preferred)
• Development & Troubleshooting: Proficiency in Apex, LWC, Flow, SOQL, triggers and Salesforce design patterns & testing frameworks, with strong problem‑solving and debugging skills.
• Agile & Collaboration: Experience in Agile environments with excellent communication, teamwork and business acumen to develop effective solutions.

What You May Need to be Successful:

• A proactive attitude to platform enhancements
• Designing scalable, best‑practice solutions
• Excellent relationship‑building skills
• Ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels
• Translating requirements into technical solutions
• Experience in change management and governance
• Training end users and key stakeholders
• Technical documentation
• Available and responsive to questions
• Experience implementing Salesforce configuration changes
• DevOps/release management experience
• Understands basic triggers/Apex code knowledge
• Demonstrates continued personal/professional development
• Is active in the Salesforce community

Why Join Us at First Advantage?

At First Advantage, team members are united around a noble purpose: helping organizations to safeguard their workplaces and manage risk. The company’s culture is shaped by its core values — Authenticity, Curiosity, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer‑Inspired — empowering team members to bring their best ideas forward, collaborate across departments, and make a real impact.

First Advantage offers a variety of culture programs and benefits designed to enhance employee experience and development.

• Employee Impact Groups
• FA Cares volunteer opportunities
• Mentorship Advantage Program
• SOAR, award‑winning manager development program

We have great people here and are looking for more. Come join us!

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Equal Employment Opportunities at First Advantage
First Advantage is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a workplace and recruitment process that is free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Employment decisions at First Advantage are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.