Solutions Architect - Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C

The Sirius Salesforce Solutions Architect - Digital is client facing, pre-sales technologist that works with designated accounts and acts as a value- added technical advocate for Sirius clients. A Solutions Architect is responsible for understanding clients' business requirements as they pertain to Salesforce qualifying opportunities and creating designs that match the requirements with appropriate products, managed and professional services.

This role builds the required presales collateral to represent the solution including, but not limited to, LOUs (Letters of Understanding), documents, HLDs (High Level Design), BOMs (Bill of Materials), Product Quotes (with pricing), LOEs (Level of Efforts), Client Proposals and SOWs (Statement of Work). This role entails the following responsibilities: collaborating with other Line of Business (LOB) experts as required to address client needs, presenting the proposed solution to the client, ensuring the sale is made and overseeing the delivery of these solutions all while maximizing profit to Sirius/CDW. Lastly, the solution architect role requires the person builds and maintains a healthy relationship with key business partners (OEMs, subcontractors, service providers) in the assigned districts and regions they support.

The Solutions Architect has subject matter expertise of solutions in a single LOB (Digital) and has a basic awareness of technology solutions in adjacent LOBs (e.g., Data, Managed Services). In addition, a Solutions Architect is competent at positioning implementation services within their LOB.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Client Facing Sales Support - Works with sales account team, interfacing directly with Sirius clients. Builds trusted advisor relationships, understanding client's business challenges and proposing solutions. Client facing work will include:
  
  
  
  • Adaptability to and understanding a client's culture
  • Advising clients on how leverage best practices and best platforms to achieve company marketing, branding and content related objectives.
  • Advising clients on how digital solutions can drive a client's internal process efficiencies, brand awareness and top line revenue
  
  
  
  
• Develops High Level Designs and Architectures - Creates and documents architectures that address client business problems which can be used to ensure a smooth transition from presales to delivery
• Create Proposals - Develop BOMs (Bill of Materials), Product Quotes, SOWs (Statements of Work), LOUs (Letters of Understanding), business cases and RFP responses
• Sales Planning - Work with management and sales teams to develop account prioritization and support strategies that will ensure a long-term trusted relationship status
• Partner Relationship Management - Develop healthy and trusted relationships with key partners in the geography
• Billable Consulting - Provide services as part of client projects that are billable. Usually in a project oversight mode
• Intellectual Property Development - Contribute to the development of Sirius intellectual property and industry recognition (white papers, speaking engagements etc.
• Administrative Overhead - Respond to email, phone calls, complete timecards in a timely manner, expense reports and status reports as required Administrative Overhead - Respond to email, phone calls, complete timecards in a timely manner, expense reports and status reports as require
• Training - Develop and execute a professional plan that will enhance skills

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field
• At least five (5) years of related work experience in a Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2B solutions-focused role, including at least two (2) years of experience in technical presales and/or sales in a Systems Integrator, agency, OEM, or similar environment.

Other Position Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to apply digital strategies by leveraging a technical background and knowledge to define business direction by developing service offerings, go-to-market strategies, business planning and other activities important to building business
• Demonstrated ability to drive sales, sequencing activities and deliverables to the client to value sell, earn trust and enhance margin
• Proven experience articulating technical viewpoints to diverse audiences, including technical and business decision makers
• Proven ability to evaluate information and make sound technical risk judgements
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and to prioritize workload under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to develop longer-range project plans and schedules to complete complex projects or new solution/product development
• Demonstrated ability to perform technical skills/knowledge transfer to client
• Demonstrated attention to detail and follow-up skills
• Demonstrated leadership, delegation, and personnel management skills
• Demonstrated communication and presentation skills, including formal and informal presentations to large and small audiences
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Technical writing experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications in one or more Salesforce Clouds
• Experience with technical delivery of additional Salesforce Clouds (i.e., other than SFCC)
• Experience with one or more of Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C competitor solutions (e.g., SAP Hybris, Magento, HCL, Shopify)

Data Privacy and Security:

• All Sirius employees are responsible to safeguard the information and information systems that they use or handle in the execution of their duties. Employees are obligated to know and perform their duties in accordance with Sirius policies, standards, and procedures related to security and report security violations to the appropriate Sirius authority.
• Participate at hire and annually in the Information Security Awareness training as well as other required training identified by the Human Resources department. Other data privacy and data security related regulatory training may be required based on your role or assignment

Essential Functions

The position exists to provide presales technical consulting solutions to customers and as such requires the ability to travel to and from customer sites and interact with customers on an ongoing and regular basis

COVID-19 Update:

CDW is committed to maintaining a workplace that is free of known hazards and to ensuring the safety, health, and well-being of coworkers and candidates for employment and their families, as well as the community.

CDW requires all coworkers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the only exceptions being a documented, legally required medical or religious accommodation. Prior to starting with CDW, successful candidates will be required to: (i) be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide CDW with proof of full vaccination; or (ii) apply for and receive a medical or religious-based accommodation to be exempt from the mandatory vaccination policy.