Salesforce Director [Pharma & Life Science]

Company: PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS
Location: Chicago
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives. As a Salesforce consulting generalist at PwC, you will possess a broad range of consulting skills and experience across various Salesforce applications. You will provide consulting services to clients, analysing their needs, implementing software solutions, and offering training and support for effective utilisation of Salesforce applications. Your versatile knowledge will allow you to assist clients in optimising operational efficiency and achieving their strategic objectives.Translating the vision, you set the tone, and inspire others to follow. Your role is crucial in driving business growth, shaping the direction of client engagements, and mentoring the next generation of leaders. You are expected to be a guardian of PwC's reputation, understanding that quality, integrity, inclusion and a commercial mindset are all foundational to our success. You create a healthy working environment while maximising client satisfaction. You cultivate the potential in others and actively team across the PwC Network, understanding tradeoffs, and leveraging our collective strength.Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Lead in line with our values and brand.
• Develop new ideas, solutions, and structures; drive thought leadership.
• Solve problems by exploring multiple angles and using creativity, encouraging others to do the same.
• Balance long-term, short-term, detail-oriented, and big picture thinking.
• Make strategic choices and drive change by addressing system-level enablers.
• Promote technological advances, creating an environment where people and technology thrive together.
• Identify gaps in the market and convert opportunities to success for the Firm.
• Adhere to and enforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance) the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's DegreeMinimum Year(s) of Experience: 12 year(s)Preferred QualificationsCertification(s) Preferred: One or more of the following Salesforce.com certifications: Certified Administrator, Certified Developer, or Certified Sales/Service Consultant.Preferred Knowledge/Skills: Demonstrates thought leader-level knowledge and acumen specific to understanding underlying client business problems and developing Salesforce technology-enabled solutions that addresses the needs of large organizations, including:
  • Implementing technology solutions to help streamline organizational needs and meet legal-related and industry-specific compliance standards and regulations.Demonstrates thought leader-level knowledge and success in roles assisting large organizations with improving the performance of their Sales, Service, Marketing, R&D, IT, and Operations business units including:
    • Understanding and solving business and technology challenges related to the implementation of CRM technologies, delivering Social & Mobile Enterprise platforms, and designing and developing platform-based applications that meet client business needs.Demonstrates thought leader-level knowledge and success as a team leader, including:
      • Supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust and seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation.
      • Answering questions and providing direction to less-experienced staff; coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.For roles within Financial Services, prior experience in Financial Services preferred; for roles within Pharma & Life Science Industry Advisory, prior experience in Pharma & Life Science industry preferred.Demonstrates proven success and thought leader-level abilities to learn and perform in functional and technical capacities, which includes the following areas:
        • Leading and/or facilitating teams to develop client proposals, leveraging business development and relationship management know-how.
        • Developing and sustaining client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting comprehensive written and verbal materials; and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection.
        • Writing, communicating, facilitating, and presenting cogently to and/or for all levels of industry audiences, clients and internal staff and management.
        • Software configuration, Mobile solutions, Apex coding, or Visualforce coding experience in Salesforce.com and/or Veeva.
        • System application implementations, software configurations, or other related coding in the following technological product suites; Salesforce.com, SAP, Oracle, Marketo and related cloud and/or on premise ERP business applications.
        • Third-party integrations and functionality and impact of these integrations.
        • Utilizing PC applications (i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project) and business levels of fluency in multiple languages to write, communicate, facilitate, and present cogently, emphasizing the ability to capture effectively clients' needs and understand their systems enough to be able to translate those needs into system functionality.
        • Producing deliverables within a diverse, fast paced environment, collaborate effectively across global teams and juggle multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
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