Team Lead - Salesforce

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
 
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. 
 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. 
 
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. 

Key Responsibilities: Lead, coach, and manage a team of Salesforce Administrators, including regular one-on-one meetings, goal setting, performance feedback, career development, and support for day-to-day execution. Set team priorities, assign work, balance capacity, remove blockers, and ensure commitments are delivered with appropriate quality and timeliness. Provide technical and functional guidance to the team, review proposed solutions and configurations, and promote consistent standards, documentation, and Salesforce best practices. Serve as the first point of escalation for team members and operational issues, coordinating resolution and communicating risks, dependencies, and status to SaaS Applications leadership and business stakeholders. Administer and maintain Salesforce environments, including user setup, roles, profiles, permission sets, and security settings. Configure and customize Salesforce objects, fields, page layouts, record types, validation rules, and automation tools (Flows, Process Builder). Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements, translate needs into actionable work for the team, and implement scalable Salesforce solutions. Support CPQ and Billing configurations, ensuring accurate quote-to-cash processes. Lead or support integrations between Salesforce and other enterprise systems using middleware tools (e.g., MuleSoft). Monitor system performance, conduct regular audits, and implement optimizations for usability and security. Create and maintain reports and dashboards to support business decision-making and team visibility. Ensure system configurations, operating processes, decisions, and best practices are documented and maintained by the team. Conduct training and knowledge-sharing sessions for end users, internal teams, and Salesforce Administrators. Stay current with Salesforce releases, assess their impact, and recommend platform enhancements. Configure and customize Salesforce objects, fields, page layouts, record types, validation rules, and automation tools (Flows, Process Builder). Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and implement scalable Salesforce solutions. Support CPQ and Billing configurations, ensuring accurate quote-to-cash processes. Assist in integrating Salesforce with other enterprise systems using middleware tools (e.g., MuleSoft). Monitor system performance, conduct regular audits, and implement optimizations for usability and security. Create and maintain reports and dashboards to support business decision-making. Document system configurations, processes, and best practices. Conduct training and knowledge-sharing sessions for end users and internal teams. Stay current with Salesforce releases and recommend platform enhancements.

Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. 8+ years of hands-on Salesforce administration experience, including senior-level responsibility for Sales Cloud, CPQ, and Billing. Demonstrated experience leading, managing, or formally mentoring Salesforce Administrators; experience supervising a small