Principal Consultant – Functional or Technical Sales / Client Engagement Consultant (Anywhere in US)

Avance Consulting Services; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Principal Consultant for Functional or Technical Sales. This full-time opportunity requires extensive experience in Salesforce, technology consulting, and client engagement. Significant travel is expected. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience along with Salesforce certifications. Excellent communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 11+ years of experience in Information Technologies.
• 5+ years in technology consulting with enterprise or solutions architecture.
• 3+ years in Sales Support/Client Engagement Role.

Responsibilities

• Develop technology solutions based on customer requirements.
• Manage Salesforce implementations and training.
• Engage with stakeholders in a diverse environment.

Skills

Salesforce development

Technology consulting

Enterprise architecture

Customer engagement

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Data Loader

Eclipse

SoapUI

APEX Explorer

Job description

Principal Consultant – Functional or Technical Sales / Client Engagement Consultant (Anywhere in US)

This is a full-time opportunity.

Role: Principal Consultant – Functional or Technical Sales / Client Engagement Consultant
Duration: Full Time
Location: Anywhere in the US

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
• At least 11 years of experience in Information Technologies.

TECHNICAL:
• At least 5 years of experience in technology consulting, enterprise or solutions architecture and architectural frameworks.
• At least 3 years in a Sale Support / Client Engagement Role for new or existing deployments, RFP, SOW, Sales Presentation Creation experience
• At least 3 years of experience in Salesforce development and implementations Skills with good command on Apex, Visual force, controllers, triggers, batch processes, APIs and web services.
• At least 3 years of experience in implementing CRM solutions with a minimum of 3 years Salesforce Force.com platform/Sales Cloud/Service Cloud implementations
• Thorough understanding on the Life Cycle of Development including Salesforce Deployment/Packaging effectively using Metadata API, ChangeSet and Ant.
• Best Practices understanding on Coding Standards, Deployment, Apex, VF, Salesforce Integration, Security implementations
• Experience on Force.com Integration Technologies (WebServices, 3rd Party tool like CastIron/Boomi) to Integrate with On-Premise systems like Siebel, OMS and Java Based Systems
• Complete understanding of governor limits
• Implement SOAP ./ REST based web services
• Develop Web Services classes on Force.com platform and WSDL Generation
• Writing Apex Classes, Visual Force Pages, Apex Triggers, Controllers, JQueries to implement complex business requirements
• Fluent with SOSL and SOQL , Workflows
• Hands on experience with Tools like Data Loader, Eclipse, SoapUI, APEX Explorer, Ant Scripts, AJAX tool kit
• Migration of all the Customizations including Custom Configurations, packages, and other objects from Sandbox to Production environment
• Customizations of Reports, Dashboards, Workflows, Approval Processes
• Certified Salesforce Advanced Administrator.
• Salesforce configuration activities like workflow rules, setting up profiles, permissions sets, sharing rules, approval process, process builder.
• Experience with custom reporting, modifying pages, views and dashboards
• Able to understand user requirements and convert them into of Salesforce.com technical requirements, system configuration
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to be flexible with change
• Good written and verbal communication skills a must
• Ability to work closely within a team environment
• Platform Dev1/2 or DEV 501 Certification
• SOAP implementation of the APIs both Enterprise and Partner WSDL
• Single Sign On
• Java experience is a big plus

FUNCTIONAL:
• At least 5 years’ experience in translate functional requirements and business rules into technology solutions and develop a technical strategy, and be able to create and effectively demonstrate solutions that address customer requirements.
• At least 3 years in a Sale Support / Client Engagement Role for new or existing deployments, RFP, SOW, Sales Presentation Creation experience
• Familiarity with Salesforce latest product launches including Wave Analytics, Lightning.
• Ability to work in team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment
• Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment
• Well versed with Configuration and customizations of objects
• Understanding of market and technology trends.
• Analytical skills
• Experience and desire to work in a management consulting environment that requires regular travel

The job entails an extensive amount of travel. The job also entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face.

Experience in at least one of the following:
• Certified Salesforce Advanced Administrator (Highly Desired)
• Salesforce configuration activities like workflow rules, setting up profiles, permissions sets, sharing rules, approval process, process builder.
• Experience with custom reporting, modifying pages, views and dashboards
• Able to understand user requirements and convert them into of Salesforce.com technical requirements, system configuration
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work closely within a team environment

Platform Dev1/2 or DEV 501 Certification (Highly Desired)
• SOAP implementation of the APIs both Enterprise and Partner WSDL
• Single Sign On
• Java experience is a big plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.