PS|Architect|Salesforce Commerce Cloud|Delivery|Engineering|Salesforce|Technology Architect

Publicis Groupe; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation partner in London seeks a Salesforce Senior Solution Architect to design comprehensive solutions for clients using the Salesforce platform. The role requires extensive experience in Salesforce Data Cloud implementations, strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to collaborate with diverse teams. Benefits include generous annual leave, healthcare coverage, and learning opportunities.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Private healthcare

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Solution Architect on major Salesforce implementations.
• Leadership experience in application design and change management.
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions based on client business requirements using Salesforce.
• Collaborate with project managers and technical teams.
• Guide senior stakeholders on solution capabilities.

Skills

Salesforce Data Cloud implementation

C Level stakeholder management

Application Design

Interpersonal communication

Problem solving

Education

Salesforce Certified Application Architect

Salesforce Certified System Architect

Job description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organisations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Overview

Your Impact

Salesforce Senior Solution Architects are Salesforce platform experts who can take the puzzle-pieces that are a client’s business requirements, and design masterpiece solutions. Creativity in problem solving as well as being an excellent listener are probably the most emphasised facets of a Salesforce Senior Solution Architect. Identifying how a client can realise business value from the Salesforce platform.

• Understanding business and technical requirements and translating these into Salesforce platform capabilities and solutions
• Analysing business processes and identifying solutions that drive business value, assessing feasibility and recommending new approaches
• Modelling processes, architecture, data structures and information required to support Publicis Sapient and their clients’ projects
• Developing enterprise-grade architecture and processes which truly utilise and realise the value of the Salesforce.com platform
• Ensuring both business strategy and technological direction is aligned
• Taking a collaborative role in developing and enforcing Publicis Sapient architectural standards
• Supporting project managers in all stages of the software development process
• Assigning work through the correct communication channels to functional consultants and monitor performance providing advice, guidance and assistance
• Contributing to the growth of the Salesforce Practice for example: Pre Sales and producing reusable assets

Qualifications

• Extensive experience working as a Solution Architect with large size customers on at least one significant Salesforce Data Cloud implementation, working closely with the technical architect and team to build of the solution
• Experience as a lead architect, owning solution design on complex projects using Data Cloud/SF Core/SF Marketing Cloud preferably in the Consumer Products space
• Comfortable advising, mentoring, educating and influencing diverse teams on topics including Application Design, Solution Capabilities, System Landscape, Adoption and Change Management, Centre of Excellence and Governance as they relate to the Salesforce Platform
• Demonstrable senior stakeholder (C Level) management skills and experience
• Proven aptitude to rapidly learn new industries
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Solid presentation and facilitation skills
• Proven leadership and consulting skills to build trust relationship with customers
• Ability to lead a range of workshops e.g. Discovery, Solution Design and Delivery
• Hands-on delivery skills
• Able to mentor talented individuals as part of a defined career framework
• Eagerness to co-define and deliver advisory sessions for strategic initiatives
• Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team and a willingness to take ownership of problems

Additional information

• Set yourself apart with

  • Experience of working with Enterprise Architecture concepts
  • Salesforce Certified Application Architect and/or Certified System Architect
  • Examples of helping clients to build and shape their strategic vision

• Benefits

  • We have got you and your family covered with 25 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), life assurance, dental insurance, income protection, critical illness cover, private healthcare for you AND your family (pre-existing conditions included), and a pension
  • We know the importance of health and wellbeing so offer you extensive retail discount offers and further reimbursement towards activities that contribute to a healthier lifestyle
  • Our Turnmill office isn’t currently open to meet over complimentary barista-made coffee, but teams have been busy replicating face-to-face social activities virtually (language learning, yoga sessions, online summer fairs, and more)
  • We are proud to actively invest in your learning through various learning platforms
  • Diversity and inclusion aren’t just buzzwords. We offer an inclusive environment through our inspirational business resource groups and work with you to give back to the local community through CSR effort