Salesforce CPQ Architect

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In our Salesforce business, we help our clients bring the most impactful customer experiences to life and we do that in a way that makes our clients the hero of their transformation story. We are passionate about and dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive team, recognizing that diverse team members are celebrated for bringing their authentic selves to work and are empowered to build solutions that reach more diverse populations in innovative and impactful ways. Our team is comprised of customer strategy experts, Salesforce-certified experts across all Salesforce capabilities, industry experts, organizational and cultural change consultants, and project delivery leaders. As the 5th largest global Salesforce partner, we are committed to growing and developing our Salesforce talent, offering continued growth opportunities, and exposing our people to meaningful work that aligns to their personal and professional goals.

Job Title: CPQ - Solution Architect - Global Salesforce

Compensation: $135-175k Base + Bonus

The Solution Architect serves as subject matter expert on Salesforce Configure, Price, Quote projects responsible for client delivery, proposals, new business opportunities, and knowledge management. The Solution Architect works closely with the Product Owner and Technical Architect to understand requirements and enable the authoring/development of quality solutions that meet the requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the technical leader for Salesforce CPQ projects onsite at client locations
• Translates business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce CPQ platform
• 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 developers
• Follow and understand new Salesforce product and technical capabilities resulting from product releases and acquisitions
• Provide expertise during sales efforts to estimate the technical level of effort
• Present to potential clients during sales efforts and be able to pull together quick proof of concepts as needed
• Participate in marketing events (e.g. sales meetings, Dreamforce events)
• Demonstrate thought leadership through publishing, public speaking and client presentations
• Coach and mentor junior technical and functional team members
• Ability to lead or participate in technical integration discussions and design workshops
• Ability to create high level architecture diagrams that you can relate to both technical and business minded individuals
• Ability to optimize product configurations and guided selling paths
• Act as the solution owner during the project, ensuring the projects scope and outcomes are on track

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of CRM industry experience and/or CPQ implementation experience
• 2+ years of hands on experience with Salesforce CPQ (preferred), Apttus, Oracle CPQ Cloud, Oracle Fusion CRM, or other similar enterprise-level applications
• Understanding of complementary CPQ applications such as DocuSign, Adobe Sign, and Avalara Tax
• Minimum 3 years of Salesforce platform experience (4+ years preferred)
• Complete understanding of data models and product/pricing master data management
• Experience in B2B or B2C E-Commerce is highly desired
• Excellent client-facing written and oral communications skills
• Prior experience as a Solution Architect or similar role on 3+ projects that were at least 6 months in duration
• Active Salesforce certifications or ability to achieve relevant certifications upon hire with in first several months

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.