Salesforce Solution Architect – Germany (German Speaker)
They can be based in or around Germany but will have to travel to the customer site at Friedrichshafen and Frankfurt once in a month or once in 2 months.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with minimum 10 years of professional experience.
· 10+ years of experience in the Salesforce ecosystem with proven expertise in Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
· Strong background in integration design, data migration strategies, and end-to-end solution architecture.
· Domain experience in manufacturing industry, with ability to translate complex business processes into scalable Salesforce solutions.
· Fluent in German (spoken and written) and able to work directly with local stakeholders in Germany.
Responsibilities
· Act as the Solution Architect for Salesforce implementations, ensuring alignment of business requirements with platform capabilities.
· Present architecture options and recommendations, balancing configuration vs. customization.
· Lead requirements grooming sessions with clients and translate business needs into solution designs and functional specifications.
· Design and oversee end-to-end solutioning across Sales, Service, and Experience Cloud, including integrations with external systems.
· Define and execute data migration plans from legacy systems into Salesforce, ensuring data quality and compliance.
· Support design creation leveraging best practices and conduct architecture reviews with technical teams.
· Design scalable solutions that can grow with business needs, ensuring performance, maintainability, and adaptability across complex processes.
· Develop quick starts, POCs, and accelerators to validate solution approaches.
· Provide hands-on guidance in Salesforce configuration, flows, process automation, and AppExchange product adoption.
· Contribute to pre-sales activities, estimations, and articulate benefits and risks of proposed solutions.
· Stay current with Salesforce product releases and acquisitions, advising on new capabilities.
· Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure successful delivery in Agile project environments.
Preferred Certifications
· Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, and Experience Cloud Consultant certifications.
Key Skills
· Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
· Strong stakeholder management and ability to work across business and IT teams.
· Deep understanding of Salesforce platform constraints and capabilities.
· Experience in designing scalable solutions for complex business processes in manufacturing and related industries.