Job Description:
Salesforce Architect
As an architect, the person would be acting as a trusted advisor to our team and clients, and an effective mentor for other Salesforce professionals working together. Lead the team in building a product that can solve real business issues effectively. Own the integrity and strength of the solutions recommended. Should have deep understanding of the Salesforce platform but just as importantly to get ideas and solutions across to stakeholders and gain integrity to get our vision built into successful solutions.
This is a varied leadership role, with the following responsibilities:
- Conduct research into clients’ use of Salesforce, producing a report of findings with recommended steps and a roadmap for Salesforce solutions, license strategy, org consolidation, AI Agentforce solutions, etc.
- Collaborate with colleagues and customers to create proofs of concept as a means of eliciting and defining requirements,
- Review solutions and recommending improvements,
- Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with stakeholders on the project,
- Own the design of Salesforce and (optionally) other affiliated solutions for Sales, Service, and platform solutions,
- Act as a release manager, approving configuration and coded items to be deployed between environments. Where appropriate, this could include deploying changes,
- Describe and illustrate designs with appropriate justifications,
- Groom and refine the Salesforce product backlog, in liaison with Salesforce Functional Consultants
- Collaborative project and workstream planning