Senior Salesforce Business Analyst

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Salesforce Business Analyst will play a critical role in leading the analysis, definition, and documentation of customer requirements to translate them into detailed, tangible and measurable user stories and acceptance criteria. A Salesforce enthusiast, willing to drive change and advocate for their clients to drive value by leveraging the Salesforce platform. This role will partner with the Solutions team to translate business requirements into architectural specs that map to our Product roadmap focused on delivering value to our clients against their Strategic priorities. We are looking for a trusted advisor for all things Salesforce. They are a vital bridge between business and technology.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The ideal candidate is a change agent with consulting experience who will collaborate with key stakeholders at our university clients and our Platform teams to understand business processes and help document requirements, enhancements, capabilities, process automation, and customer's insights that are aligned with the strategic priorities
• Leads discovery workshops with key stakeholders to understand business objectives, problem statement and targeted goals and outcomes, current use of the platform, and any other customer-centric data and processes
• Design business processes by analyzing stakeholder requirements; constructing business process models, workflow charts, and diagrams; evaluating system capabilities; writing specifications/user stories
• Demonstrates Salesforce and extended AppExchange apps that can fit our needs
• Drives communications with all key stakeholders for operational enhancements, defects, and project deliverables, including facilitating business review demos and capturing feedback for the product backlog
• Stay current on Salesforce releases, new features, product roadmaps, and applications available from 3rd parties on the Salesforce AppExchange
• Map Salesforce capabilities, features, and best practices against business and technical requirements
• Provide business and engineering expertise throughout each phase of the project, from planning to closeout identifying project milestones, phases, and elements, leading project teams
• Will be responsible for assessing overall business needs and providing solutions as well as documenting and defining business requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Education & Experience

• 7+ years of experience in leading discovery workshops, soliciting and documenting business requirements
• 5+ years of experience as a Salesforce Business Analyst or System Administrator

• Salesforce Admin (ADM-201) certified required
• Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant, Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant or Salesforce Education Cloud Consultant desired

• Areas of focus; Service Cloud, Omni-Channel, Communities, Case Management, Knowledge, CTI, SMS, Chat integration. Added plus: Education Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Einstein Analytics
• Candidate must demonstrate in-depth technical knowledge of Salesforce and its capabilities, track record of major solution design architecture contributions in a large enterprise, analytical and problem-solving way of thought, project management skills, and enthusiastic personality
• Strong understanding of key SFDC architectural concepts and how they influence business process designs
• Experience with eliciting, refining, and decomposition of requirements to provide a comprehensive set of requirements that meet the business customer needs

• Experience working in an Agile environment and with Agile tooling like Jira / Azure DevOps

• Experience in creating documentation such as business process maps, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and functional specifications
• Experience maintaining system protocols, architecture, requirements, and associated design documents through traceability, updating procedures, analyzing system and program changes
• Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships in team environments and with other business organizations

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, translate high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
• Deep understanding of general CRM architecture as well as Salesforce process defaults and data structures
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle and prioritize simultaneous requests, and manage laterally and upwards

• Excellent analytical, technology, communication, decision making and problem-solving skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent project management skills and a positive attitude
• Strong understanding of Salesforce best practices and functionality
• Self-motivated and able to work both with the team and independently while remote

• Strong data management abilities
• Strong relationship management skills

• Strong understanding of and detailed experience with the Salesforce architecture

• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
• Knowledge of JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar project management tool
• Knowledge of Agile methodology, working in 3-week sprints, daily scrums, etc.

REPORTING:

This position will report to the Salesforce Principal Product Owner

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This job can be a fully remote position or work in our local offices in Adelphi, MD. This position operates in a professional office environment. The employee may be exposed to various components of an office environment such as florescent lighting, pollen, dust, recycled air, cooling fans, semi-enclosed areas, central heating, seasonal warmer temperatures, and office noise. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ability to work varying hours on Monday through Friday given the schedules.
• Ability to work additional hours as project and job demands arise (including evenings and weekends as necessary).
• Occasionally required to move 5 - 40 pounds.
• Ability to remain in a stationary computer position for extended periods of time.
• Ability to use hands and fingers to type.
• Ability to reach with hands and arms to use a computer.