Ansys - Canonsburg, PA
posted 5 months ago
The Salesforce Solution Architect will partner with product owners and business owners to translate requirements into a design or blueprint that can be utilized by technical and integration architects, as well as developers. This role is crucial in balancing various aspects of a project or a continuous improvement backlog, from the initial idea to the final design. The Solution Architect will also be responsible for researching advanced technologies and approaches, ensuring best practices are followed in the field. A significant part of this role involves supporting the implementation of a new Salesforce CPQ and redesigning existing Sales Cloud capabilities. Leveraging your expertise in Salesforce Sales Cloud, CPQ/Revenue Cloud, and its integrated systems, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance processes and design solutions that prioritize simplicity and scalability. In this position, you will serve as a Salesforce Sales/CPQ subject matter expert, collaborating with stakeholders to architect platform designs, present options, and assist in building comprehensive solutions that meet business needs. You will drive design choices ahead of product builds, provide overall guidance to propose solutions, and advocate for native, out-of-the-box capabilities while ensuring consistency with Enterprise Architecture guidelines. Your responsibilities will also include documenting design decisions, participating in sprint planning sessions, writing and maintaining user stories, and providing expertise to application development teams to resolve technical challenges. Additionally, you will analyze current technologies used within the company and identify ways to improve them, document and monitor requirements for updates and upgrades, and work closely with infrastructure and cybersecurity professionals to account for dependencies in projects. The role requires close collaboration with product owners to guide backlog prioritization and slotting, as well as project management teams to monitor the progress of initiatives. You will be responsible for providing detailed specifications for proposed solutions, defining clear goals for all project aspects, and managing their execution effectively.