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Salesforce Solution Architect (Salesforce Experience Mandatory)

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Salesforce Solution Architect (Salesforce Experience Mandatory)

Gurgaon, India

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Customer Success

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The Solution Architect will have responsibility for supporting our largest and most strategic Solution Delivery opportunities, lending his/her expertise to the delivery of world class Salesforce implementations and building the necessary and valuable relationships both internally and externally in order to become recognised as a world class Business Transformation Expert.

A successful Architect has strong experience and enjoys designing transformational solutions and working directly with customers to meet their business needs. An individual filling this role will provide thought leadership and consultation throughout the life cycle of this transformation. This key member of our team will help with building a roadmap by running Business Process Reviews. This resource will also participate in Plan, Architect and Design activities and guide the subsequent implementation of Salesforce.

Responsibilities

  • Leads business process redesign, roadmap planning, and identifying touch points in multi-cloud implementations.
  • Develops strong client relationships by building trust, rapport and positive working relationships with key sponsors, stakeholders, and team members.
  • Remain current with leading edge industry and technology drivers and innovations including the Salesforce product set
  • Manage discussions with various levels of customer's business stakeholders
  • Identify and help build services offerings to support rapid time to value for Salesforce implementations
  • Where required, support deep-dive pre-sales activity to position successful delivery of customer solutions
  • Liaise with Salesforce product teams to support client implementations
  • Maintain a target billable utilisation aligned to the role
  • Validates solution components, leads customer walkthroughs and provides guidance to the project manager for key issues/risks to the project
  • Work with internal and customer stakeholders to create prototypes, proof of concepts and sample mockups as a means of eliciting and defining business requirements
  • Create and own user stories/business requirements document as an outcome of the requirements gathering sessions

Requirements

  • 8+ years CRM experience with a minimum of 5 years on the Salesforce platform
  • Expert level understanding of the Salesforce product suite, including any two of the following: Sales, Service, Community and Marketing Clouds
  • Experience in leading workshops to define and prioritise client requirements and required Capabilities. Ability to ask hard questions during workshops and suggest best practices and efficient ways of implementing business processes
  • Proven ability to design and optimise business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems.
  • Ability to demonstrate concepts visually and in writing as the situation demands to guide stakeholders in thinking through all aspects of the ask
  • Excellent analytical skills and the ability to develop processes and methodologies.
  • Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies.
  • Strong background in leading large web-based systems, or complete software product lifecycle exposure
  • Active Salesforce certifications or ability to achieve relevant certifications upon hire

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Client-provided location(s): Gurugram, Haryana, India; Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Pune, Maharashtra, India; Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Job ID: Salesforce-JR270724
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Return-to-Work Program
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Sabbatical
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Professional Coaching
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Unconscious Bias Training
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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