Salesforce - Principal

Who You'll Work With

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 who are celebrated for bringing their authentic selves to their work 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 3rd 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.

The Salesforce Senior Consultant is self-driven individual with a passion for helping organizations solve complex business and technology problems. This person will build and deliver intelligent and robust solutions for Slalom's Portland area clients. The individual in this role will lead technical requirements sessions, act as a liaison between clients and Slalom's internal development staff, architect and document solutions, and develop interfaces between Salesforce.com and other systems. The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years of relevant work experience and be adept at managing client expectations, leading development teams, and maintaining scope according to defined requirements.

What You'll Do
• Translate business requirements into well-architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platform
• Lead design sessions; architect and document solutions that are aligned with client business objectives
• Oversee the delivery of custom development, integrations, and data migration elements of a Salesforce implementation
• Coordinate custom solutions and interfaces leveraging the Salesforce platform
• Manage technical scopes and client expectations
• Manage the execution of test plans to ensure a quality solution is delivered
• Demonstrate platform thought leadership
• Be a credible subject matter expert to clients and partners on sales cycles and marketing events
• Provide detailed estimates
• Coach and mentor junior resources; own ongoing configuration and development of resources on Salesforce projects

What You'll Bring
• 5+ years of CRM experience
• Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and integrate business processes across disparate systems
• Expert understanding of the Salesforce product suite including Salesforce, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Platform and AppExchange products
• Configuration experience using the Salesforce point-and-click developer interface
• Conversational about programmatic solutions on the Salesforce platform including Apex and VisualForce
• Experienced with Salesforce data loader for data migration activities
• Strong background in design and development of enterprise systems as part of a complete software product lifecycle
• Familiarity with agile software delivery methodologies such as Scrum
• Functional and technical understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and other Cloud Computing Services is preferred
• Knowledge of integration architecture as well as third-party integration tools and ETL (Such as Informatica, Jitterbit etc.) with Salesforce
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent

About Us

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include: meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veterans status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.