Salesforce Solution / Technical Architect – Consumer Goods

The Accenture Technology – Salesforce team is growing rapidly and is looking to add experienced Salesforce.com Enterprise Architects to join our team of Technology Executives.

Using technical expertise, business acumen and fluid communication skills to translate the possible into reality, the successful candidate should have deep technical, depth of experience in architecting complex multi-cloud SF solutions (CG Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Einstein etc.) These skills combined potentially with other platforms as well such as SAP/ Adobe etc.

This role is pivotal for the success of the complex programs and business transformations that we are shaping for our clients.

Ability to manage the architecture solution implementation and build trusted relationship with clients.

For now, all Accenture business travel, international and domestic, is currently restricted to client-essential sales/delivery activity only.

Please note: The safety and well-being of our people continues to be the top priority, and our decisions around travel are informed by government COVID-19 response directives, recommendations from leading health authorities and guidance from several infectious disease experts. 

Typical Day Snapshot 

While wed love to say that theres a “typical” day in the life of a consultant, we all know that every day will be different!

Some of the daily challenges of this role will include:

• Develop upfront CRM strategy & design for clients during planning phase that lead to large scale Salesforce implementation
• Responsible for delivering E2E solution architecture and blueprint working with senior client IT executives enabling business outcomes and driving value
• Drive roadmap conversations with client, providing recommendations on implementation timeline and sequencing of capabilities
• Lead technical discussions with client architects on complex topics like Integration Architecture, Data Architecture, Single Sign-on, Security, Encryption, Mobility etc.
• Identify solutions for complex requirements across topics like integration, data, and non-standard Salesforce capabilities.
• Document technical architecture & designs for development teams to execute.
• Ensure successful delivery of Salesforce.com engagements.
• Support business and functional requirements definition and prioritization/scoping of requirements.
• Maintain and coordinate communication with the customer throughout each project.
• Disseminate best practices on solution positioning and delivery.
• Support pre-sales activities inclusive of participating in sales calls and proposal development
• Mentor junior team members in requirement analysis, fit/gap assessment, design standards, and Salesforce.com best practices.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in solution architecture and delivery of technology implementation in full life-cycle CRM engagements.
• Minimum of 3 year of experience with Salesforce.com is required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

  (If Associates Degree, must have minimum 6 years’ work experience)

Preferred Skills: 

• Experience in Consumer Goods Cloud
• Experience with Salesforce Sales, Service, Field Service Lightning, and Communities Cloud preferred.
• Salesforce System or Application Architect certifications preferred.

Professional Skill Requirements: 

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Customer oriented and great at building client relationships.
• Desire to work in a dynamic work environment and be creative within a team.
• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Desire to work in an information systems environment.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent leadership and management skills.

As required by Colorado law under the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, Accenture provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado.

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.

For the state of Colorado only, the range of starting pay for this role is 132,700 – 263,400.

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COVID-19 update: 

The safety and well-being of our candidates, our people and their families continues to be a top priority.

Until travel restrictions change, interviews will continue to be conducted virtually. 

Please be aware that Accenture requires all employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.

Accenture will consider requests for medical or religious accommodation to this vaccination requirement during the recruiting process.