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Salesforce Professional Services is hiring a Senior Solution Consultant to join our Missionforce Delivery team. This role supports complex workstreams for strategic customers in the Defense and National Security space, partnering closely with stakeholders to translate mission priorities into scalable, secure Salesforce solutions.
The Solution Consultant / Senior Solution Consultant serves as a key point of contact for solution design and delivery execution — shaping and maintaining the final-state vision across process design, platform configuration, requirements prioritization, and sprint delivery. They navigate ambiguity, identify risks, and drive alignment across customer and internal delivery teams.
In this role, they lead platform configuration activities, facilitate process mapping, validate requirements, analyze business needs, and partner with customer product owners, business process owners, technical resources, and internal delivery teams to craft comprehensive, mission-aligned solutions. You will apply sound judgment to assess data quality, validate sources, and responsibly evaluate AI-generated outputs to mitigate bias, improve accuracy, and ensure reliable delivery outcomes.
This role requires a strong learning mindset, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to adapt in a dynamic, mission-focused environment. Solution Consultants and Senior Solution Consultants proactively adopt new ways of working — including the responsible use of AI where applicable — while maintaining accountability and ethical judgement for outcomes.
YOUR IMPACT:
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Defense and National Security clients, translating complex mission requirements into actionable Salesforce solutions
- Participate as an active contributor to internal initiatives, growing the consulting practice and advancing the community's knowledge base and expertise
- Guide customers and colleagues in rationalizing and deploying emerging technologies — including Agentforce and AI-powered capabilities — that drive measurable business and mission value
- Work collaboratively across delivery teams with strong communication skills; bring creative, prescriptive thinking across all levels of a client organization
- Identify and proactively handle risk areas and commit to seeing an issue through to complete resolution
- Manage customer expectations and negotiate solutions to complex problems with both customer stakeholders and third-party partners
- Review and correct key artifacts to keep projects on track, and ensure solutions are extendable and maintainable going forward
- Work closely with Delivery Managers, Solution Architects, and Technical Architects — and directly with clients — to design technology solutions that meet mission needs
- Contribute to program vision and case creation; monitor and deliver program elements across the lifecycle while articulating strategies for enabling technologies including the Salesforce Platform
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- 3+ years of relevant experience, including enterprise consulting experience in a mid- to large-sized organization in positions of growing responsibility
- Security clearance: Active Secret, TS or TS/SCI (a must)
- This candidate must be a U.S. citizen (U.S. born or naturalized) who does not hold dual citizenship and agrees to complete a U.S. federal government Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) for a Moderate Public Trust position.
- Demonstrated experience with Salesforce platform implementation across the full delivery lifecycle
- Strong presentation skills; able to clearly articulate a point of view to diverse stakeholders including government clients
- Meticulous with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to effectively develop materials that are appropriate for the audience
- A skilled listener with the ability to connect with people across diverse roles
- Proven ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
- Resourceful and innovative problem-solver who can work through complexity and ambiguity
- Travel is an integral part of this role; approximately 25%, based on individual customer requirements
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
- Metro DC located
- Relevant Salesforce certifications strongly recommended (e.g., Administrator, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Platform App Builder)
- Degree or equivalent relevant experience; experience will be evaluated based on core competencies (extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
- Demonstrated results translating business user stories into technical requirements documents
- Confirmed results leading customer and/or partner success
- Knowledge of Agile methodology and experience in Agile delivery environments
- Hands-on knowledge of AI tools and the ability to apply them for strategic impact across planning, delivery, and customer engagements
- Agentblazer Legend status/Agentforce Specialist certification or demonstrated experience designing and delivering Agentforce solutions