Salesforce

Onboarding Specialist (Slack)

Salesforce$80K — $122K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in customer-facing technology roles
  • Proven ability to engage effectively with diverse audiences, from admin teams to executives
  • Ability to work independently and manage time effectively under pressure
  • Consultative mindset with strong question-asking and objective-uncovering skills
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and relationship-building ability
  • Technical fluency with software solutions and quick adaptability to new tools
  • Strong grounding in at least one object-oriented programming language (Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, or SQL)
  • Experience with Slack and Salesforce products.

Responsibilities

  • Welcome and onboard new customers post-sale, managing seamless transitions
  • Accelerate customer adoption by identifying gaps and tailoring success plans
  • Support enterprise plan migrations and troubleshoot technical blockers
  • Champion best practices and relay customer insights to product teams
  • Run virtual sessions to educate customers on key Slack features
  • Build personalized success paths that align with customer objectives
  • Contribute to the knowledge base of the Customer Success community

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with Slack Premier and Signature customers
  • Professional growth within the Salesforce ecosystem
  • Be a part of a fast-paced, innovative environment
  • Engage with cutting-edge technology and solutions
Full Job Description

To get the best candidate experience, please consider applying for a maximum of 3 roles within 12 months to ensure you are not duplicating efforts.

Job Category

Customer Success

Job Details

Onboarding Specialists are the first technical partners for our newest Slack Premier and Signature customers. We help them hit the ground running by building a strong product foundation, achieving early wins, and setting the stage for long term success on Slack and the broader Salesforce platforms.

We act as trusted advisors during the onboarding phase, guiding customers through pre-implementation readiness and collaborating with internal teams to make the process smooth and straightforward. Your work will directly influence customer experience, setting the stage for long-term engagement and success. By delivering outstanding value in the initial stages of the customer’s journey, you will contribute to our customers’ success and reinforce Salesforce's reputation as an industry leader.

Your Impact

Welcome and Onboard New Customers: Be the friendly, knowledgeable first point of contact after the sale. You’ll run initial discovery sessions, build personalized onboarding plans, and ensure a seamless handoff from sales to implementation.

Accelerate Adoption: Help customers get to value faster by spotting adoption gaps, showcasing high impact features, and creating tailored success plans. You’ll track meaningful outcomes like time to production, feature adoption, and integration reliability.

Support Migrations: Guide customers through enterprise plan migrations including SSO and any Grid/Enterprise+ plan prerequisites and help troubleshoot blockers like complex integrations or API challenges. You’ll be their technical lifeline during this phase and help to keep things moving without sacrificing thoroughness.

Champion Best Practices: Share guidance, translate business goals into practical recommendations, and surface recurring friction points back to Product and Engineering. You’re the voice of the customer internally, and a trusted guide externally.

Your Impact
  • Become a Slack subject matter expert, with a focus on fast time to value for new customers.

  • Serve as the customer's first point of contact post-sale and welcome them into the ecosystem.

  • Run virtual 1:1 sessions to educate customers about the product and walk them through key features such as Slackbot, Slack Connect, Workflows, Salesforce connectors, and more.

  • Use consulting skills to uncover business objectives and set customers up for long term success.

  • Build customized Success paths that map out the steps to meet each customer's goals.

  • Build positive relationships with both internal and external business partners, contributing to broader goals and growth.

  • Actively leverage and contribute to the overall knowledge base and expertise of the Customer Success community.

  • Turn satisfied customers into enthusiastic Slack advocates.

Minimum Requirements
  • 4+ years of experience helping customers get real business value from technology

  • A track record of strong customer-facing engagement. You can hold a room, whether it's a small admin team or a C-suite audience.

  • Comfort navigating conversations at all levels, from administrators to executives.

  • The ability to work independently, manage your own time, and stay focused under pressure

  • A consultative mindset. You ask good questions, uncover business objectives, and tailor your approach accordingly.

  • Strong relationship-building skills. You are personable, energetic, and able to make customers feel genuinely welcomed.

  • Technical fluency with software solutions and the ability to pick up new tools quickly/

  • Solid understanding of at least one object-oriented language (Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, or SQL).

  • Experience with Slack or Salesforce products.

Desired Skills
  • Prior experience in a hands-on technical customer role ex. Technical Support, Solutions Engineering, Professional Services, or Customer Success Engineering.

  • Experience building conversational AI solutions, especially in regulated industries.

  • Familiarity with project management principles and software implementation best practices.

  • Slack or Salesforce Admin/Consultant certifications.

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