Deputy Director - Salesforce Architect

Overview

The purpose of the Salesforce Solution Architect is to provide Architecture and Design thought leadership and guidance to complex Salesforce implementations. The candidate will collaborate with a variety of stakeholders (business partners, delivery leads, scrum masters and technical peers) to ensure that maximum value is delivered to the business and the platform is robust. The candidate must demonstrate progressive technical leadership in the full life cycle of the software development environment. Additionally, the role will be critical to build internal knowledge of the technical solution being built and maintain continuity as SI resources roll off.

Responsibilities

• Work with Sector Delivery leads, Product Managers to transform new requirements into best practice led Salesforce architecture and design.
• Work directly with stakeholders to design / govern highly usable, scalable, extensible, and maintainable Salesforce solutions.
• Create high level architecture / design documents which leverage Salesforce best practices and PepsiCo standards.
• Deal with ambiguous problems, take responsibility for finding solutions, and drive towards simple solutions to complex problems.
• Troubleshoot key implementation issues and demonstrate ability to drive to successful resolution.
• Use deep business knowledge of Salesforce products to help assist with estimation for major new initiatives.
• Contribute to CoE building activities by creating reference architectures, common patterns, data models and re-usable assets that empower our stake holders to maximize business value using the breadth of the Salesforce solutions available, also harvesting knowledge from existing implementations.
• Evangelize and educate internal stakeholders about Salesforce technology ( CoPs, Workshops, or Conferences).

Qualifications

Preferred