Senior Salesforce Functional Consultant

Planit
Brisbane, QLDFull time

Listed 1 Oct 2026

Description

What You'll Be Doing:

Client Engagement & Advisory:

  • Lead discovery workshops and requirements gathering sessions with business and technology stakeholders.
  • Translate business objectives into scalable Salesforce solutions and roadmaps.
  • Provide strategic advice on platform capabilities, adoption, governance, and optimisation.
  • Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and executive sponsors.
  • Present solution recommendations, demonstrations, and project updates to clients.


Solution Design & Delivery:

  • Lead functional design across Salesforce implementations and enhancement programs.
  • Develop user stories, business requirements, process maps, and functional specifications.
  • Facilitate future-state process design and business transformation initiatives.
  • Ensure solution designs align with Salesforce best practice and minimise unnecessary customisation.
  • Support solution demonstrations, proof of concepts, prototypes, and user acceptance activities.
  • Collaborate with architects, developers, and project managers to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
  • Provide expertise across core Salesforce platform capabilities including CRM, automation, analytics, customer engagement, integration, and platform governance.
  • Maintain current knowledge of Salesforce product innovations, releases, and ecosystem trends.
  • Advocate for scalable, maintainable, and customer-centric platform solutions.
  • Support platform adoption, change management, and continuous improvement initiatives.


Leadership:

  • Mentor and support consultants across projects.
  • Contribute to pre-sales activities including proposals, solution shaping, and client presentations.
  • Participate in recruitment, capability development, and practice growth initiatives.


What We're Looking For:

  • 5+ years' experience delivering Salesforce consulting services in a client-facing environment.
  • Experience delivering multiple end-to-end Salesforce implementation projects.
  • Strong business analysis, process improvement, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
  • Proven ability to lead workshops, gather requirements, and design business solutions.
  • Deep understanding of Salesforce platform capabilities and implementation best practices.
  • Salesforce certifications relevant to consulting, business analysis, administration, or solution design.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.
  • Consulting mindset with strong commercial awareness and a focus on client outcomes.
  • Ability to lead workstreams and mentor junior consultants.