Salesforce Integration and CPQ Team Lead

Advanced is seeking a highly skilled and enthusiastic Salesforce Integration and CPQ Team Lead. In this dynamic role, you’ll be responsible for designing and constructing technical solutions that align with business objectives during a transformative phase.

• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work closely with stakeholders to define requirements, deliverables, and expectations.
• Architect Technical Solutions: Lead technical design sessions, documenting solutions that bridge the gap between current and desired states.
• Coding Standards and Quality Assurance: Define coding standards and conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality solutions and adherence to design patterns.
• Technical Delivery Management: Oversee custom development, integrations, and data migration within Salesforce implementations.
• Team Leadership: Guide cross-functional teams, including business analysts, configurators, and developers.
• Stakeholder Management: Cultivate strong relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the go-to expert for Salesforce CPQ and Billing, providing comprehensive knowledge and guidance.
• Technical Leadership: Lead the Salesforce team, ensuring efficient project execution.
• Collaboration with Consultants: Coordinate with third-party consultants for successful project outcomes.
• Data Governance: Maintain a structured and efficient Salesforce environment.
• Best Practices: Establish and enforce best practices for Salesforce technical solutions, data management, and integrations.
• Salesforce Org Implementation: Advise on seamless integration and functionality for new Salesforce orgs.
• Enhance Existing Integrations: Assist in enhancing and optimizing existing integrations.

• Hands-On Experience: A minimum of 3 years of hands-on Salesforce CPQ and Billing experience, coupled with an additional 3 years as a Salesforce Developer. Your track record should include successfully delivering end-to-end, lead-to-cash solutions at an enterprise level, leveraging customized Salesforce Billing and CPQ processes.
• Certifications: You’ll hold relevant Salesforce certifications, including:
  o CPQ Specialist
  o Industries CPQ Developer
  o Integration Architect
  o Data Architect
  
• Interpersonal Skills: Exhibit excellent interpersonal and team-building skills, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Salesforce Org Implementation: Proven experience in implementing new Salesforce orgs, with a strong grasp of Revenue Cloud. Your adaptability and innovative mindset will be key, along with an in-depth understanding of Salesforce data structures to optimize system performance and efficiency.
• Multi-Cloud Solutions: Understand multi-cloud Salesforce solutions, encompassing the Salesforce product suite, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Communities, AppExchange, and complementary technologies.
• Data Integration Expertise: You’ll have knowledge of data integration tools, with a preference for Boomi. Your experience integrating Salesforce with various business systems (ETL, CPQ, marketing automation, reporting, Kantata, and NetSuite) will be invaluable.
• SOQL Proficiency: Competence in SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) for effective data retrieval and manipulation.
• Best Practices and Deployment: Strong understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning best practices, and deployment methodologies. Familiarity with Gearset is preferred.
• Apex Development: Extensive experience in developing Apex VF Controllers and Apex Triggers.
• Front-End Skills: Proficiency in VisualForce, XML, Javascript, Aura Components, Salesforce CLI, and HTML design and development.
• Additional Knowledge: Familiarity with Service Contracts, Docusign, CPQ, and Conga.
• Advanced Flows: Skilled at creating, designing, and implementing advanced Flows within Salesforce.
• End-to-End Processes: Possess end-to-end knowledge of lead-to-billing processes.
• Agile and Kanban: Familiarity with Agile and Kanban methodologies for project management, including tools like JIRA.

Wellbeing focused – Our people are our greatest assets, and ensuring everyone feels their best self to come to work is integral

• Annual Leave – 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays and the ability to buy additional days
• Employee Assistance Programme – Free advice, support, and confidential counselling available 24/7 through Care First
• Endometriosis Friendly Employer - We are proud to confirm our commitment to developing an environment and culture that allows those with endometriosis to thrive in the workplace

Personal Growth - Regardless of where you are at in your career, we’re committed to enabling your growth personally and professionally

• Development Programmes – From Future Managers to Leadership Training, our development programmes help you get where you need to go
• Performance Bonus – Our Group-wide bonus scheme enables you to reap the rewards of your success

Financial wellbeing - We understand as well as your mental wellbeing, your financial wellbeing is really important

• Pension Scheme – Our plan with Scottish Widows offers 5% matched contribution by the company
• Income protection insurance – Providing you with support and assistance when you need it most

Recognition – Highlighting and rewarding the great work our people do

• Values Awards – Our quarterly employee-driven initiative to highlight and reward the people in the organisation who embody our values the most
• Clear Review – Our own technology platform that allows you to get real-time feedback, conversations and goals to help you become your best self

Making a Difference – we provide opportunities to help our people make a difference to the causes they care about

• MatchIt! – Fundraise for a cause close to your heart and Advanced will match part of the funding
• Volunteering Time – Our volunteering leave scheme allows you to use your time to help those who need it
• Pennies from Heaven – donate the pennies from your pay check to help make a difference without lifting a finger

Advanced is one UK's largest providers of business software and services serving 20,000+ global customers with an annual turnover of £330M+. We manage 1.5 million 111 calls per month, support over 2 million Further Education learners across the UK, handle over 10 million wills, and so much more. Our mission is to power the world of work and, as you can see, our software underpins some of the UK's most critical sectors.

We invest in our brilliant people. They are at the heart of our success as we strive to be a diverse, inclusive and engaging place to work that not only powers the world of work, but empowers the growth, ambitions and talent of our people.

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