Technical Architect - Private Equity Practice
Description For Technical Architect - Private Equity Practice
Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM, is seeking a Technical Architect for their Global Private Equity & VC Practice. This role is crucial in transforming how private equity firms create value for investors and portfolio companies. As a Technical Architect, you'll be a strategic advisor and Salesforce product expert, collaborating with customers and partners to deliver optimal solutions. You'll architect systems, provide implementation guidance, and interact effectively with both technical and business resources. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and strong communication skills. You'll be responsible for ensuring scalable solutions, guiding evaluations, building key relationships, and mentoring diverse teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on technical consulting experience, proficiency in object-oriented languages, and a deep understanding of enterprise application integration. This challenging role offers the opportunity to drive innovation and growth in a dynamic, fast-paced environment at the forefront of CRM technology.
Responsibilities For Technical Architect - Private Equity Practice
- Ensure scalable and standard methodology solutions to meet and exceed customer needs
- Guide the evaluation of business and technical requirements
- Build relationships with key collaborators and team members
- Act as lead architect for the overall engagement by coordinating and aligning work of multiple architects on the team
- Align with project and engagement managers to support planning and implementation in close collaboration with the customer
- Review and guide project vision and direction, implementation approach and key artifacts
- Direct early solution evaluation, including proactive management of issues and effective engagement with executives, the account team, engineering, and product management
- Where required, hands-on application configuration to meet customer needs
- Direct and mentor diverse teams, such as customers, partners, and colleagues in technical delivery aspects, as well as non-technical topics such as communication strategies or executive influence
- Fuel our internal growth by identifying, leading or contributing to internal pivotal initiatives, such as innovations, building up a strategic brand, and nurture teammates' skills by sharing knowledge
Requirements For Technical Architect - Private Equity Practice
- Hands-on technical consulting and solution implementation experience for a major software domain (e.g. CRM, ERP, HR) as well as coding experience in object oriented languages
- Ability to analyze, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
- Experience in guiding customers and project members in rationalising and deploying emerging technology for business use cases
- Work independently and as part of a distributed team and a willingness to take ownership of problems
- Rapidly learn new technologies as well as strong presentation, communication and facilitation skills
- Available to travel regionally and occasionally internationally depending on customer needs
