Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud Senior Solution Architect

Company DescriptionPublicis 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.OverviewYour ImpactSalesforce 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 re-usable assetsQualificationsYour Skills & Experiences· Extensive experience working as a Salesforce Solution Architect with large size customers on at least one significant Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud implementation, working closely with the technical architect and team to build of the solution· Experience as a lead architect, owning solution design on a complex project in the Consumer Goods or B2B 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 problemsSet 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 visionAdditional InformationOur hybrid work policy requires employees to be present in the office or at client sites for a minimum of 3 days per week (4 days for VP+). We trust our employees to determine what a reasonable commute is for their individual circumstances. Whilst we embrace flexibility, it's essential that this commute allows you to comfortably fulfil the in-office/client site expectations of the policy. We encourage you to consider your personal circumstances and commute when evaluating if this work arrangement is a good fit for you.As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.Publicis Sapient UK is a disability confident employer and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment. We encourage individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions to apply for this position and we will provide adjustments where possible throughout the recruitment process. If you require any adjustments at any point on the process, please get in touch as soon as possible by emailinghiringuk@publicissapient.com. Publicis Sapient UK will then work with you explore and implement adjustments as and where these are possible. If you have any questions regarding adjustments, please email us:hiringuk@publicissapient.comPublicis Sapient fosters an inclusive environment through our inspirational business resource groups, to learn more please visithttps://careers.publicissapient.com/life-at-ps/diversity-inclusion #J-18808-Ljbffr