Managing Consultant - Public Services - Senior Salesforce Architect; Education

Managing Consultant - Public Services - Senior Salesforce Architect (Higher Education)

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Why consider joining our Public Services community as a Managing Consultant?

• Join a team where you're trusted to shape your own path, manage your time, and influence real change for our clients and communities.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based,inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity.
• Be part of a team actively shaping the Public Services sector and tackling issues that impact our everyday lives
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative community through knowledge-sharing and peer-level support, coaching and mentoring

What You’ll Do

• Be a visionary technology lead for our Higher Education digital transformations. You will be architecting the digital backbone of modern universities leveraging the Salesforce Education Cloud to design scalable, high-performance solutions that enable institutions to provide a seamless, 360-degree student experience.
• Own the end-to-end technical architecture and delivery for Salesforce implementations.
• Act as a trusted advisor to university executives and IT leads, translating academic business needs (e.g., student success, admissions, advancement) into robust technical blueprints.
• Establish coding standards and best practices for the development team. You will mentor and guide more junior developers.
• Stay at the forefront of Salesforce releases to propose innovative ways for universities to use AI and data.

What You’ll Need

• 8+ years of Salesforce experience, with at least 3 years in an Architect capacity and experience.
• Understanding of the Higher Education sector and the specific nuances of the Education Cloud.
• An established network of senior stakeholders in the Higher Education sector, with a proven ability to build and grow long-term client partnerships.
• Commercial acumen with a track record of developing and selling consulting propositions.
• Salesforce Certified Application or System Architect;
  Education Cloud Consultant.
• Experience with cross-cloud Salesforce implementations integrated with other cloud and on-premise systems.
• A solid understanding of the architectural principles of cloud-based platforms, including SaaS, PaaS, multitenancy, multitiered infrastructure, integration patterns, and application servers.
• Experience with release management, source control, and deployment technologies such as CI/CD pipelines, Metadata API, and integration services.
• Exceptional ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical academic stakeholders.

Assessment process

Please note that the interview stages may be subject to change based on the specific requirements of the role.

• Introductory Call with one of our senior Talent Acquisition partners to explore your background, the opportunity and PA.
• Round 1: 3x competency interviews, allowing you to meet different members of PA.
• Final Round
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  Business plan presentation with PA leaders – you will be given guidance and time to prepare in advance.

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