The ideal candidate will be a hands-on Salesforce technical architect who owns the design of all facets of the application(s) and domain architecture in support of Veeva’s sales, marketing & services operations, from concept to implementation. He/she will conceptualize, implement and evangelize solutions which are scalable, efficient, practical, cost-effective and meet or exceed both current and future business demands.
The Salesforce Solutions Architect will develop a deep understanding of operational flows and touchpoints across a multitude of business workstreams; support the development of product roadmaps; and define, maintain and improve architectural documentation.
This is a key and highly visible role which will serve in a leadership capacity in strategic and transformative technology initiatives across Veeva.
What You’ll Do
Lead the design, planning, implementation, and governance of sales, marketing and service solutions which support business enablement and impact numerous integrated platforms and services across Veeva’s application landscape.
Accountable for the application architecture for all Salesforce.com and related solutions throughout the organization.
Responsible for partnering with Technology leaders, Business Analysts, development teams, business SMEs & stakeholders to share awareness of current and future design opportunities and to formulate mitigation plans for potential design issues.
Undertake analysis of technology solution options, considering current & future technology capabilities, application roadmaps and architectural standards. Be able to clearly quantify, justify and articulate buy vs. build decisions.
Collaborate effectively with internal and 3rd-party teams to govern solution construction and guide overall technical implementation.
Create architectural documentation(s) – detailing solutions as reference for other platform team members and partners.
Translate functional business needs into efficient, well-architected and scalable solutions which leverage appropriate technology toolsets. Solicit and obtain agreement from IT and Business Leadership on architectural design recommendations put forth.
Work with Development teams to perform design reviews of in-progress builds, ensuring development work aligns with agreed functional requirements, approved technical designs and applicable coding standards.
Document current and future state process models and develop and present L1/L2 technical specifications.
Partner with IT Enterprise Architecture team to ensure understanding of, and adherence to, corporate policies and accepted architectural standards in areas of security, integration, data, privacy, and compliance.
Contribute to the Veeva Architectural discipline by working with peer teams to continuously develop and refine standards, patterns, models and policies.
Be continuously abreast of new trends within Salesforce.com and associated technologies. Leverage this insight to envision new opportunities for business enablement and construct prototypes to demonstrate proposed solutions.
Maintain strong understanding and experience with product offerings available through Salesforce.com AppExchange along with solid practical views of how these can be applied to provide business benefit within the Veeva ecosystem.
Possess excellent analytical and presentation skills and be able to communicate findings in a clear and concise manner to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Be comfortable with rapidly changing and sometimes ambiguous work assignments.
Be a results-driven self-starter who takes initiative, solicits and listens to feedback from a variety of sources, and can work independently in a fast-paced, global environment.
Requirements
Engineering Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or a Master’s degree in Computer Applications or Mathematics
10+ years of experience in Salesforce.com design and development.
Prior experience in successfully designing and implementing enterprise solutions across Salesforce.com Sales, Marketing, Service and Community Clouds, including integration to/from a variety of external data sources and cloud-based applications.
Experience orchestrating technical change within a globally shared Salesforce.com org possessing a high user volume (> 3,000 users) and an intricate level of customization.
Strong knowledge and expert level understanding of Salesforce application architecture, Lightning framework, governor limits, and development components such as Visualforce, LWC, SOQL, Apex Classes and Triggers, jQuery, APIs, Process Builder, Workflow Approvals, Flow etc.
Knowledge and experience working with the Salesforce.com platform as a Technical Architect. Active Salesforce certifications such as Salesforce Certified Application Architect, or Certified Technical Architect are preferred.
Practical experience with SaaS architectures and design patterns including SOAP and REST API integrations. Experience with one or more iPaaS integration platforms is desirable.
Experience utilizing source control platforms and implementing efficient CI/CD frameworks supporting effective DevOps procedures.
Strong analytical skills: Ability to collect, organize, and analyze data; summarize findings, derive conclusions, and present recommendations.
Proficiency in facilitation, influencing, and negotiation in a diverse global organization with competing stakeholder requirements.
Broad technical knowledge of industry and technology trends and a strong external perspective of current and upcoming developments in the technology space.
Sustain in-depth knowledge of Veeva’s current application landscape along with a clear understanding of future business & technology vision.
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify and clearly communicate complex concepts and information to diverse audiences with varying degrees of technical understanding. Ability to inspire stakeholder confidence in solutions being put forth.
Must be able to organize & prioritize a high volume of tasks with potentially conflicting demands and competing timelines.
Full SDLC experience (requirements gathering through production deployment) utilizing JIRA or similar ALM tools.
Nice to Have
Knowledge of the cloud software development industry and corresponding business practices.
Experience in implementing Pardot and integrating it with Salesforce.com.
Understanding of integration platforms like Boomi
Experience working effectively in a multi-regional organization spread across several time zones with numerous autonomous business divisions.
Experience defining data governance models/processes and implementing proper management frameworks.
Exposure to data warehousing, ETL/ELT, AI & designing advanced analytics.
Ability to execute effectively across multiple project delivery methodologies, such as Agile, Iterative, Waterfall, etc.
Perks & Benefits
Flexible PTO
Allocations for continuous learning & development
Gym membership
#LI-Remote
Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.
Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.
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