Salesforce Technical Architect

Job Responsibility

• Lead the successful implementation of large scale, transformative IT programs.

• Charter large scale IT investments by facilitating the definition of program objectives, success criteria, scope, governance multi-year schedule, and budget.

• Define effective program management processes, structure, roles, and responsibilities to the successful execution and delivery of business objectives.

• Lead business and IT executives in scope alignment and definition sessions, identify program critical success factors, and drive mitigation of significant issues and risks.

• Manage multiple technical teams providing technology and methodology leadership, ensuring the delivery of elegant and innovative IT solutions to high impact business opportunities.

• Effectively remove blockers and mitigate project risks maximizing team productivity and ensuring delivery.

Job Requirement

• Bachelor of Science in CS, MIS, related technical degree, or equivalent work experience, with minimum of 10 years of technical work experience.

• 5+ years of experience in managing Salesforce Implementation projects

• 6+ years of project and agile management or related experience that overlaps Salesforce experience

• Successfully led at least 3+ enterprise-level cross-functional transformational programs using Salesforce.

• Certified Salesforce Administrator

• Ability to drive work independently, identifying solutions, moving them to implementation, and developing long-range strategies.

• Develops, maintains, and strengthens partnerships with others inside and outside the project team who provide decision making, information, or support.

• Achieves positive outcomes by identifying common interests, clarifying differences, and achieving consensus or compromise.

• Communicates a clear, vivid, inspiring, and relevant description or picture of project benefits/value to the customer.

• Works to improve and reinforce performance in others; facilitates their skill development by providing clear, specific performance feedback and making or eliciting suggestions for solutions/performance improvement.

• Calculates team velocity, ensures visibility by graphically charting iteration progress, and applies strong facilitation skills, ensuring team is continuously adapting and improving their productivity.

• Demonstrates mastery in all aspects of Project Management plan-driven methodology, including:

o Scope Management

o Schedule Management

o Financial Management

o Issue & Risk Management

o Vendor, Contract, & Resources Management

o Execution Governance / Steering Committees, Monitoring, and Control

• Well versed with SW development and SAFE Agile practices

• Strong business acumen and familiarity with broad range of business processes beyond those impacted project

Preferred Qualification

• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) or SAFE certification

• Salesforce Certification could be a plus.

o Salesforce Advanced Administrator

o Salesforce CPQ or any other product certification.