Technical Lead Salesforce Specialist

Overview

On Site
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 month(s)
100% Travel

Skills

CRM
Salesforce lead

Job Details

Technical Lead Salesforce Specialist

Location: Local to Sac, CA. Hybrid

Degree: Bachelor's degree

Certs: Salesforce

Higher Education Experience required

Technical Lead (Salesforce)

Role Summary

The Technical Lead (Salesforce) provides strategic and hands-on technical leadership for the design, implementation, and evolution of Salesforce solutions, with a strong focus on higher education use cases and Education Cloud. This role balances deep platform expertise with product-oriented decision-making, vendor oversight, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure scalable, secure, and integration-aware CRM solutions aligned with institutional goals.

Core Skills

Salesforce architecture, configuration, development, and customization

Technical leadership and vendor management

Strategic thinking and product-oriented decision support

Integration-aware solution design

Key Responsibilities

Salesforce Platform Architecture & Development

Design, configure, and customize Salesforce solutions using flows, validation rules, and complex automation.

Develop scalable, secure data models and permission structures aligned with governance standards.

Guide Salesforce release management, environment strategy, and DevOps practices.

Review and validate vendor-delivered technical designs and code.

Education Cloud & Higher Education Solutions

Lead Salesforce implementations in higher education environments.

Architect solutions using Education Cloud (formerly EDA) for recruitment, admissions, advising, and student services.

Ensure compliance with FERPA, data privacy, and institutional data governance requirements.

Collaborate with academic and administrative stakeholders.

Technical Leadership & Governance

Lead and mentor Salesforce system administrators and business analysts.

Establish technical standards, best practices, and architectural guardrails.

Perform code reviews, solution validation, and quality assurance.

Translate business requirements into technical direction.

Implementation Vendor Oversight

Partner with Salesforce implementation vendors.

Validate vendor solution designs against strategic goals and user needs.

Ensure deliverables align with internal standards and long-term maintainability.

Identify technical risks and recommend mitigation strategies.

Confidently challenge vendor recommendations when misaligned with institutional priorities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication

Collaborate with Project Managers on scope, timelines, and dependencies.

Coordinate with Organizational Change Management teams on adoption and training.

Partner with service delivery leadership on prioritization and roadmap alignment.

Evaluate enhancement requests against strategic objectives and technical sustainability.

Clearly communicate tradeoffs and recommendations.

Integrations & Enterprise Systems

Apply systems thinking to balance immediate needs with long-term platform health.

Collaborate with enterprise integration teams.

Assess integration impacts on CRM design and performance.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

7 10 years of Salesforce experience, including large-scale implementations.

Salesforce certifications demonstrating platform expertise.





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