Hybrid Principal IT Architect – Americas, Salesforce Solution & Platform Architecture

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About the role

  • Principal Salesforce Solution & Platform Architect driving Salesforce solutions for global commercial excellence. Lead and optimize Salesforce capabilities to enhance business opportunities with a strong focus on collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Be a thought leader on the Global Salesforce Commercial Platforms IT team and beyond
  • Responsible for owning the business requirement gathering/documentation as well as overall design and configuration of the solutions
  • Work independently or as part of a delivery team to implement new experience solutions and set them on journey for success and scalability with Salesforce products
  • Provide thought leadership and architectural guidance on implementation with our key partners, particularly focusing on optimization of Salesforce solutions
  • Translates business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platforms and products
  • Provide detailed level of effort estimates for proposed solutions
  • Articulate the benefits and risks to a solution’s feasibility and functionality
  • Provide hands-on, expert-level technical assistance to Salesforce admins and developers
  • Coach and mentor junior technical and functional team members
  • Assist internal Commercial Business and IT partners with enhancing or expanding their current implementation of Salesforce
  • Lead business and technical design workshops our internal partners’ Commercial processes and create scalable, sustainable solutions following Salesforce best practices
  • Conduct Discovery sessions to interpret and deeply understand business requirements while documenting those details in a through and interpretable fashion
  • Lead Design sessions by evaluating and translating business needs to advise a best practice design of the Salesforce platform/features which will satisfy the internal partners’ requirements
  • Document Design recommendations into a requirement design workbook which can include workflow diagrams, data mapping/models, business process details, etc.
  • Maintain a deep understanding of Salesforce products to be a trusted thought leader and advisor with your partners
  • Configure the Salesforce platform per design specifications and conduct enablement sessions to the Commercial Enablement teams
  • Support creation of user acceptance test scripts and execution UAT activities to ensure business requirements are fully met
  • Proactively identify and escalate potential issues/risks and partner with stakeholders for mitigation/resolution
  • Participate in establishing best practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature capabilities of the internal teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 7+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree
  • Previous Medtronic experience (strongly preferred)
  • 5+ years of Salesforce experience
  • Experience working as an architect, solution engineer, IT consultant or developer in a customer facing role that provided differentiated software technology solutions
  • Ability to understand and document business requirements as well provide predictive recommendations by actively listening and asking probing questions
  • In-depth knowledge and experience with successfully managing enterprise software application implementations with waterfall and agile methodologies
  • Experience with spearheading initiatives with cross-functional teams on several concurrent projects
  • Record of professional achievements with a track record of delighted, successful, and satisfied customers
  • Ability to create structure in ambiguous situations, and design effective processes
  • Experience in working with complex, multi-divisional, multi-geographical partners
  • Passion to be an expert on the Salesforce ecosystem and for being part of a fast-growing Global IT organization
  • Ability to work and stay connected with various internal and external cross-functional teams
  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment with ability to prioritize and multi-task
  • Self-motivated and director; Fast learner
  • Ability to work in a dynamic environment in which the requirements are not always well defined and priorities change frequently
  • Strong communication, presentation, consultative and leadership skills
  • Strong interpersonal and presentation skills with strong verbal and written communication
  • Comfortable in supporting and working with global partners across many time zones
  • Deep understanding of CRM (Salesforce, Siebel, Dynamics 365) architecture and administration
  • Functional understanding of data analysis and database architecture (SQL and NoSQL structures)
  • Experience leading complex technology deployments, including with a diverse non-technical audience
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects at once and deliver for internal and external stakeholders
  • Proven ability to learn new skills and technology quickly and independently
  • Experience defining the system architecture landscape, identifying gaps between current and designed end-states, and delivering a comprehensive solution that will enable achievement of the designed business outcomes
  • Strong understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including Health Cloud, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Community, as well as Agentforce
  • Hands-on configuration experience with Salesforce
  • Understanding of when to apply Apex, Visual Force, and other customization options within the Force.com platform
  • Experience in enterprise-level Salesforce projects using both waterfall and agile software development methodologies
  • Strong knowledge of Data management and Analytics
  • Experience with integrations, data models, and data structures
  • Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and integrate business processes across disparate system
  • Solid understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies
  • Hands-on at least 2 years of Consulting or related experience
  • Work with enterprise and technical architect(s) to provide a consensus-based enterprise solution that is scalable, adaptable and in synchronization with ever changing client needs
  • Experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems, as well as working with integration tools (ETL, CPQ, marketing automation, analytics, etc.)
  • Strong Salesforce to external system integration (using APOs and IPaaS tools like MuleSoft, Informatica Cloud, WebMethods, Kafka, etc.)
  • Experience managing offshore development resources in a particular technical area (those being configuration, customization, data migration, integration)
  • Experience with Salesforce single-org deployments and multi-org consolidations
  • Coding experience and a willingness to work with or demo code-centric solutions (APEX, Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, or other modern languages)
  • Web based and mobile application development and architecture
  • Active Salesforce certifications or ability to achieve relevant certifications upon hire (Administrator, Platform App Builder, Sales/Service/Marketing/Health Cloud Consultant, Application Architect, Integration Architecture Designer, Sharing and Visibility Designer, Integration Architecture Designer, Agentforce Specialist, etc.)

Benefits

  • Health, Dental and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
  • Life insurance
  • Long-term disability leave
  • Dependent daycare spending account
  • Tuition assistance/reimbursement
  • Simple Steps (global well-being program)
  • Incentive plans
  • 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
  • Short-term disability
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
  • Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

Job title

Principal IT Architect – Americas, Salesforce Solution & Platform Architecture

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$129,600 - $194,400 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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