Lead Consultant, Salesforce

NCS Hong Kong and Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology services firm in Singapore is seeking a Salesforce Competency Lead to oversee delivery leadership and competency development in Salesforce solutions. This role demands strong experience in Salesforce implementation, architectural guidance, and stakeholder engagement. Ideal candidates will possess the technical expertise and leadership skills to drive Salesforce capabilities across various sectors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of Salesforce CRM implementation experience with 3 full-cycle projects.
• Proven experience as Delivery Lead or Solution Architect in Salesforce programs.
• Salesforce certifications such as Application Architect or Cloud Consultant required.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of Salesforce projects ensuring client satisfaction and scope management.
• Engage with business stakeholders to align requirements with Salesforce architecture.
• Provide technical leadership to Salesforce developers and maintain reusable delivery templates.

Skills

Salesforce core platform

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

CRM Data Models

Integration patterns

DevOps for Salesforce

Education

Salesforce Certified Application Architect

Sales Cloud Consultant

Service Cloud Consultant

Job description

Company Description

NCSis a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

Job Description

About the Role

As the Salesforce Competency Lead / Delivery Lead, you will play a pivotal role in both strategic delivery leadership and practice competency development. This role is ideal for someone with deep Salesforce technical expertise, strong delivery experience, and a desire to influence the growth of our Salesforce capabilities across sectors such as public service, telco, financial services, and healthcare.

You will:

• Drive successful end-to-end delivery of Salesforce programs across CRM, Sales Cloud, and Service Cloud.
• Be the technical and delivery authority, guiding architectural decisions, implementation best practices, and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop the internal Salesforce competency, including mentoring, knowledge-sharing, asset creation, and pre-sales support.

Key Responsibilities

1. Delivery Leadership

• Serve as the overall delivery owner for Salesforce projects, ensuring successful scope management, timeline, quality, and client satisfaction.
• Lead the technical design and implementation of Salesforce solutions, including integrations, data models, automation (flows, Apex), and configurations.
• Engage directly with business and IT stakeholders to align requirements to scalable Salesforce architecture.
• Own the delivery of Sales Cloud and Service Cloud solutions, including customer service transformation initiatives (e.g., case management, omni-channel, Agent Workspace).
• Monitor project health through regular status reviews, retrospectives, risk assessments, and proactive escalation handling.

2. Technical Competency Development

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for Salesforce developers, consultants, and architects within the practice.
• Develop and maintain reusable templates, accelerators, and best practices that improve consistency and speed of delivery.
• Lead internal capability uplift, including skills development plans, training sessions, and certification roadmaps.
• Champion the evaluation and adoption of emerging Salesforce innovations such as Einstein AI, Flow Orchestration, Slack integration, and Agentforce.

3. Pre-Sales and Advisory Support

• Collaborate with sales and bid teams to provide technical advisory and solution shaping for Salesforce opportunities.
• Prepare and review technical proposals, solution architectures, estimation models, and RFP responses.
• Present value propositions and technical strategies to clients during pre-sales engagements.
• Participate in client workshops and discovery sessions to define solution blueprints and transformation roadmaps.

4. Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with internal business leaders, external clients, and technology partners (Salesforce, ISVs).
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients by translating business needs into technology-enabled solutions.
• Lead client governance meetings and provide progress visibility to key stakeholders across business and technology functions.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in Salesforce CRM implementation with at least 3 full-cycle projects involving Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or Experience Cloud.
• Proven experience as a Delivery Lead, Solution Architect, or Technical Lead in complex Salesforce programs.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Salesforce core platform (Lightning, Flow, Apex, LWC)
  • CRM Data Models and Security
  • Integration patterns (REST/SOAP APIs, middleware like Mulesoft or Boomi)
  • DevOps for Salesforce (CI/CD tools, Sandbox management)
• Hands-on experience with Agentforce or similar Salesforce contact center solutions is highly desirable.
• Salesforce certifications such as:
  • Salesforce Certified Application Architect
  • Sales Cloud Consultant
  • Service Cloud Consultant
  • System/Technical Architect (bonus)
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in both agile and waterfall delivery models.
• Comfortable leading cross-functional, including offshore development models.