What are the responsibilities and job description for the Salesforce Architect position at Affirma?
Salesforce Architect
At Affirma, the Salesforce Practice is responsible for designing and implementing world-class Salesforce solutions for our clients. We are devoted to exceeding client expectations through innovative design, business process improvement, and excellence in technology. We promote a company culture that thrives on collaboration, encourages creativity and empowers our employees to drive change. Affirma is looking for a Salesforce Consultant with in-depth experience. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the design, implementation and support of mission-critical Salesforce solutions for enterprise clients.
You will have the opportunity to join a fast-growing team, leverage your consulting experience to design strategy for our clients, and educate them on best practices and platform capabilities. You will work with Affirma's Salesforce Architects, Developers and Administrators to design scalable, innovative solutions following Salesforce best practices.
Responsibilities
- Working on Salesforce projects with direct involvement and oversight for developing business requirements, specifications, process flows, application design, application configuration, and testing processes
- Owning the overall design of the technical application by mapping business requirements to system/technical requirements
- Work with clients to develop strategy, gather requirements, and define business processes
- Effectively developing Business Process, Process Flow Analysis, Requirements Definition, Data Models, Detailed Functional Design, Executive Summaries and Project Plans
- Develop user stories and future-state process flows to support the design and development of Salesforce solutions
- Working collaboratively with Technical Leads and Developers in writing articulate technical specifications documentation.
- Lead the implementation of scalable, innovative Salesforce solutions using best practices in Salesforce configuration and development.
- Designing creative solutions that exceed client expectations using configuration tools, and minimal development of custom code.
- Analyzing and identifying areas of risk and developing plans to mitigate
- Effectively facilitate key client meetings including discovery sessions, presentations, system demos, user acceptance testing, and end user training
- Providing ongoing systems administration, data management, documentation, reporting, end-user training, and business process innovation.
- Experience with Salesforce alternatives to make technology agnostic recommendations.
Qualifications
- 4-year degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or equivalent
- 5 years' Salesforce experience
- Experience implementing Salesforce Marketing, Sales, Experience and Service are plus
- Experience with Salesforce Data and Extensions is required
- Consulting experience preferred
- Salesforce Certification(s) preferred
- Able to work onsite in Dallas, TX 3-5 days out of the month
- Experience with financial services clients
The Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health, Dental, Vision, Life, as well as, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Monetary assistance with training and certifications
Affirma is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not make employment decisions or otherwise discriminates based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, military status, sexual orientation, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by law.
