Salesforce Technical Architect - Senior Manager

Huron Consulting Group Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k) plan with match

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group seeks a Salesforce Technical Architect to design multi-cloud Salesforce solutions for industries including Education, Healthcare, Construction and Manufacturing. The role requires strong hands-on architecture, requirements gathering, and cross-team leadership across on-site and offshore development efforts.

The position offers competitive base salary, incentive pay, and a comprehensive benefits program with healthcare, 401(k) and wellness initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of consulting experience.
• 5–7 years’ experience with Salesforce.com.
• 5–7 years' experience in analyzing requirements, writing functional specifications, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues and interfacing with business users.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience.
• Prior team management experience, mentoring, delegating, reviewing work and coaching staff.
• Experience in pre-sales activities, proposal development, presentations, and demos.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Salesforce solutions across Sales, Service, Marketing, and App Cloud segments.
• Lead technical architecture workshops with client teams and enterprise architects.
• Manage integration tasks and delivery of technical solutions to meet business needs.
• Gather and document requirements, write technical design documents, and supervise deployments.
• Collaborate with Project Managers, Developers (US and offshore), and Account Managers.

Skills

Salesforce.com

Requirements gathering

Technical architecture

Pre-sales

Team leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Bachelor’s degree MIS/CS/IT

Tools

Salesforce APIs

Apex

Lightning

AppExchange

Job description

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

The Salesforce Technical Architect will be responsible for designing project solutions with different clouds on the Salesforce platform (e.g. Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, App Cloud, Agentforce) in relevant Industries: Education, Healthcare, Construction or Manufacturing and Industrials. In this capacity the Technical Solution Architect will have an expert understanding of Salesforce.com standard applications, web application development, Salesforce integration, and tools such as the Salesforce APIs, Apex, Lightning, the AppExchange and relevant Industry AI solutions that are used to extend the standard product set. Candidate must be able to lead technical requirements gathering sessions, write requirements, technical architecture documents and manage integration tasks. They also must have a solid business understanding and be able to translate business process flows into technical use cases.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5- 7 years of consulting experience
• 5-7 years’ experience with Salesforce.com
• 5-7 years' experience in analyzing requirements, writing functional specifications, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues and interfacing with business users
• Huron requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience
• Prior team management experience, experience managing people (mentoring, delegating, reviewing work, and coaching staff)
• Experience in pre-sales activities, proposal development, presentations, and Demo's
• Willingness to attend and present at orals 5 or more years of experience managing external client projects in positions
• Design and document an end-to-end Salesforce solution to include: leading technical architecture workshops with Enterprise Architects, Information Security Architects, Integration Architects, Data Architects from client teams, and leading technical requirements gathering sessions and writing technical requirements documents.
• Leading technical design sessions and writing technical design documents
• Managing the technical delivery of integrations and custom extensions
• Managing technical scope and client expectation
• Designing and managing the execution of test plans and ensuring a quality solution is delivered.
• Ability to work with developers US-Based and Offshore
• Effectively work with Project Managers, Customers, Development Leads and the Account Managers
• Educate Customer as a Salesforce.com Evangelist
• Familiarity with Force.com platform technical limitations and common technical design patterns, integration patterns and business application development patterns
• Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems
• Experience with Enterprise Integration tools.
• Demonstrated deployments of enterprise software systems using industry standard environments including XML, HTTP/HTTPS, Java, C++, and ASP.
• Willingness to travel

PREFERRED:

• Salesforce.com Application Architect, Certified Systems Architect or Technical Architect
• Sales Cloud or Service Cloud certifications are a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related IT discipline

The estimated base salary for this job is $165,000 - $190,000. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $198,000 - $228,000. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

Position Level Senior Manager Country United States of America

At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together. Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron. Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.