Salesforce Technical Architect- Private

Job Description

Companies stand or fall by their technology and youll work with clients in all industries, from finance and retail to manufacturing and energy who share this belief. What they all have in common is an understanding that future success comes from embracingthe most advanced technology - and building their organisations around it.By joining PwCs Technology Consulting team, your clients will be looking to you to help them define their journey - generating insights to illuminate innovative ideas, creating amazingexperiences for customers, achieving huge cost savings or embracing new collaborative mindsets.And youll be doing it as part of one of the most awarded, innovative and ambitious teams in the industry. Were recognised as leaders and have alliance relationshipswith major technology providers - including AWS, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft and SAP - as well as for our expertise in cloud, cyber security, data and analytics, and RPA.SalesforceYoull be joining our Salesforce Consulting services team. At PwC, We believeSalesforce is a key platform for driving large transformations for our clients. This commitment means were a Salesforce Global Strategic Partner and the fastest-growing Salesforce Consulting Partner, with a track record of delivering projects from start-upsto large transformation projects. Weve won more than 35 Salesforce awards for our innovative work, as well as being rated by analysts as a Market Maker for Salesforce Globally.A career within Salesforce Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunityto help our clients leverage Salesforce technology to enhance their customer experiences, enable sustainable change, and drive results. We focus on understanding our clients challenges and developing custom solutions powered by Salesforce to transform theirsales, service and marketing capabilities by exploring data and identifying trends, managing customer life cycles, strategically building and leveraging online communities, driving employee engagement and collaboration, and connecting directly with channelpartners to share goals, objectives, and activities in a secure, branded location.ResponsibilitiesAs a Manager, youll work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex businessissues from strategy to execution. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:Proactively assist in the management of a portfolio of clients, while reporting to Senior Managers and aboveBe involved in the financial management of clientsBe activelyinvolved in business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clientsContribute to the development of your own and teams technical acumenDevelop strategies to solve complex technical challengesAssist in the managementand delivering of large projectsTrain, coach, and supervise staffKeep up to date with local and national business and economic issuesContinue to develop internal relationships and your PwC brandThe role Our Salesforce Technical Architects understand the fullextent of the solution, integration components and how they fit into the enterprise architecture. They collaborate effectively with colleagues from other disciplines to define technology objectives, assess technical options and provide sound advice to achieveboth strategic business goals and meet operational requirements.Working with our clients and technology colleagues, our Salesforce Technical Architects, prepare the technical blueprints for cost effective and efficient Salesforce solutions across the platform,taking a leadership role throughout design and delivery, to help ensure that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements and follow the organisations strategic vision. Our Salesforce Technical Architects also act as technology leaders withinour wider digital and technology practices, providing thought leadership, guidance and coaching to more junior members of our team.The successful candidates would be joining a new Salesforce.com team which would work across industries on strategy, transactionservices, CIO advisory and delivery types of engagements. These candidates are likely to have a technical architecture background in Salesforce.com and any other CRM platform from the following: Oracle/Siebel/Fusion CRM; MS Dynamics CRM and SAP CRM, but nowwish to build further on their Salesforce skills and expertise.You will not only receive the opportunity to work with top-class clients, but also the chance to receive high quality training related to the role. There is a requirement for the individual tobe mobile in terms of travel as business needs require (up to 80%). We are seeking to fill this Manager level role as soon as possible.The essentials:Ideally educated to Degree level or equivalent, we are open to strong candidates from all relevant educationalbackgrounds but ideally from a technology, science, engineering or business background;Consulting experience, gained with a leading professional services or systems integration firm;Good knowledge and understanding of digital trends and challenges across industries,gained through project experience, contribution to thought leadership, articles, client recommendation, etc.Proven experience in providing technical support on digital and front-office transformation initiatives;Some experience in architecting digital technologysolutions, covering all layers of the technology stack;Demonstrable track record of helping to shape successful business development of digital and other front office business transformation initiatives.Have a minimum of Salesforce Platform App Builder andSalesforce Platform Developer I certifications.ConsultingIn Consulting we deliver practical, far-sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reducecosts, manage risks, leverage talent or fundamentally change the way they do business, the work you do will be all about helping organisations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You could find yourself working with household names in a diverserange of industries - everyone from big-name broadcasters and high-street banks to multinational telecoms operators and energy companies.The skills we look for in future employeesAll our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support usin delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, The PwC Professional and are made up of five core attributes; whole leadership,technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships.Learn more here: uk/careers/experienced/applyThe DealWe want all of our people to feel empowered to be the best that they can be, which is why we have The