Senior Salesforce Technical Architect (Lifesciences) (f/m/x)

Introduction
In this role you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers) where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.​ Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities

As a Salesforce Consultant you will serve as a client-facing practitioner who sells leads and implements expert services utilizing the breadth of IBM’s offerings and technologies. A successful Consultant is regarded by clients as a trusted business advisor who collaborates to provide innovative solutions used to solve the most challenging business problems.

You will work on projects that help clients integrate strategy process technology and information to increase effectiveness reduce costs and improve profit and shareholder value. You can take advantage of opportunities to master new skills work across different disciplines move into new challenges and develop a robust understanding of different industries.

In this role you will be responsible for designing and implementing robust scalable Salesforce solutions that align with our business objectives. You will lead technical discussions with clients in the Life Sciences and Health Care industry guide teams on best practices and ensure seamless integration of Salesforce with other systems.

• Design and develop end-to-end Salesforce solutions ensuring they are scalable secure and aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams ensuring adherence to Salesforce best practices and standards.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Extensive experience in Salesforce architecture and solutioning in the Lifesciences industry including Veeva Sales Cloud Service Cloud and Marketing Cloud.
• Proficiency in Apex Visualforce Lightning Web Components and Salesforce APIs.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns including REST/SOAP APIs and middleware platforms.
• Salesforce certifications (e.g. Certified Technical Architect Application Architect or System Architect).
• Experience with data modeling security configurations and performance optimization in Salesforce.
• Swiss nationality or valid Swiss work permit / EU passport

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Deep experience in solutioning and delivering large scale international Lifesciences projects
• Deep knowledge of Lifescience CRM processes and requirements
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and DevOps processes for Salesforce deployments.
• Experience with third-party app integrations from Salesforce AppExchange.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies for project management.
• Background in developing solutions involving advanced Salesforce technologies such as Data Cloud and Veeva
• Working knowledge of other CRM systems or cloud platforms like AWS Azure or GCP.