Salesforce Lead Enterprise Architect

At NTT DATA we are exceptional together and we believe in growing by helping others grow, whether that be our clients, partners or employees.

To achieve our goals our diverse and talented team leads by example. As a Leader you will uphold the essence of the company, be a focal point for your team, colleagues and clients and be involved in decisions to ensure the long-term sustainability of the organisation.

We support each other to be who they want to be, work how they work best. This is how we bring innovation, and we build a better future for our people, our business and our society.

We provide a safe environment in which all of us can be ourselves and reach our full potential. Our success comes from our people, regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, or anything else that can be used to differentiate people because we are exceptional together.

We understand you may not tick all the boxes of the requirements lists but if you are interested in this or other opportunities within NTT DATA, do not think twice and apply!

As part of our continuous growth, we are looking for a Salesforce Platform Enterprise Architect to join our Enterprise & Cloud Solutions department in London working with a client within different Industry sector.

Salesforce Platform Enterprise Architects serve as strategic advisors and Salesforce product and platform guides to the company’s largest enterprise customers. They typically engage at Executive-level and drive conversations with our customer’s enterprise architects and business users equipped with standard methodologies for enterprise architecture functions such as security, performance, development process, and application governance.

What you'll be doing:

• Be a trusted advisor to key stakeholders in our most strategic enterprise customers
• Ensure scalable and standard methodology solutions to meet and exceed customer needs
• Guide the evaluation of business and technical requirements. Translates business requirements into well designed solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platforms and products.
• Identify and confirm Solution and Business design risks, and develop mitigating approaches
• Build relationships with key collaborators and team members
• Act as lead architect for the overall engagement by coordinating and aligning work of multiple architects on the team
• Align with project and engagement managers to support planning and implementation in close collaboration with the customer
• Review and guide project vision and direction, implementation approach and key artefacts
• Direct early solution evaluation, including proactive management of issues and effective engagement with executives, the account team, engineering, and product management
• Direct and mentor diverse teams, such as customers, partners, and colleagues in technical delivery aspects, as well as non-technical topics such as communication strategies or executive influence
• Fuel our internal growth by identifying, leading or contributing to internal initiatives, such as innovations, building up a strategic brand, and nurturing teammates' skills by sharing knowledge.
• Work with Pre-Sales team to create a proposal covering Target and transition architecture, Security, Compliance, integration, data migration and implementation plan.

What experience you'll bring:

• 10+ years of experience as a consulting and Architect with demonstrated leadership driving a digital transformation in a matrixed organization
• Experience with key areas of enterprise architecture including Salesforce Cloud, Integration Technologies, Master Data Management, and other Clouds like AWS.
• Ability to analyse, design, and optimize business processes via technology and integration
• Experience in guiding customers and project members in rationalizing and deploying emerging technology for business use cases
• Experience working on Salesforce implementation projects with end-to-end implementation experience with the Salesforce platform from a solution perspective. Direct salesforce development experience preferred.
• Ability to define the system design to identify gaps between current and desired end-states
• Proven ability to design and optimise business processes and define solutions that support this by leveraging the Salesforce platforms and products in the best way
• Rapidly learn new technologies as well as strong presentation, communication and facilitation skills
• Preferred to good knowledge of Salesforce app exchange products and their implementation
• Knowledge of options and how to handle security requirements such as single sign on and data security
• Ability to lead design sessions and communicate design options to clients
• Extensive experience in Agile, Scrum and Waterfall methods

Preferred Requirements

• Experience as a Senior Architect and/or CIO/CTO in a mid to large sized organization with leadership driving an organizational transformation in a matrixed organization - A very big plus
• Experience of defining and delivering enterprise applications on the Salesforce Platform including coded solutions - A very big plus
• Salesforce Industries and Salesforce Certifications - A very big plus
• A detailed understanding of Web Services, Data Modeling, and Enterprise application integration concepts, including experience with enterprise integration tools (ESBs and/or ETL tools), and common integration design patterns with enterprise systems (e.g. CMS, ERP, HRIS, DWH/DM)
• Agile Methodology certification such as Scaled Agile Framework.

What we'll offer you:

Our employees' safety is priority, so currently you will be working from the comfort of your own home most of the time. In the future when we can spend some more time in our offices, either Oxford Circus, Bank or Epworth House, you will be able to enjoy London’s vibrant dynamics!

.... And another thing, you will be joining a close-knit team that is supportive and approachable. Which means that as a new joiner, you will always have someone available to offer help and guidance.