PWC

Salesforce Functional Manager

PWC$112K — $162K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Salesforce functional consulting experience, including 3+ years in lead roles.
  • Strong experience in business process design and requirements elicitation.
  • Proven ability to lead discovery workshops and stakeholder demonstrations.
  • Strong understanding of Salesforce data models and automation capabilities.
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum and full SDLC delivery practices.
  • Salesforce certification(s) required, with relevant recognitions preferred.
  • Familiar with modern delivery practices like Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

  • Lead discovery workshops to identify client business needs.
  • Design functional solutions in Salesforce across various Clouds.
  • Facilitate client workshops to align on solutions and delivery priorities.
  • Translate business requirements into user stories and functional specs.
  • Guide configuration-led delivery and ensure quality standards are met.
  • Support testing and training to prepare clients for go-live.
  • Coach and mentor functional consultants on best practices and delivery.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards package that includes variable incentive pay.
  • Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
  • Collaborative and supportive team environment at PwC.
  • Access to cutting-edge Salesforce technologies and tools.
  • Impactful work driving client business transformations.
Full Job Description

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Salesforce

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

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.

The Opportunity: 

AsaSalesforce Functional Manager, unlock your potential and embrace the chance to drive meaningful outcomes that’ll elevate your career. PwC's Salesforce practice is seeking a functional leader to help clients define, design, and deliver Salesforce-enabled business transformation. This role will focus on leading discovery, translating business needs into practical Salesforce solutions, guiding configuration-led delivery, and supporting adoption—while coaching functional consultants and working collaboratively with technical and client teams. You’ll work across Salesforce Clouds, Agentforce, Data Cloud, Flow, and the Lightning Platform to help enterprise clients deliver sustained outcomes Your role will include, but isn’t limited to:

  • Business processes, user journeys, and Salesforce-enabled operating models that improve service delivery and support measurable client outcomes

  • Functional solution designs across Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, Industry Clouds, Flow, Data Cloud,Agentforce, Einstein, and reporting capabilities

  • Discovery workshops, process maps, personas, user stories, acceptance criteria, configuration workbooks, backlog structures, and functional specifications

  • Testing, training, adoption, and knowledge transfer approaches that help clients build confidence and sustain value after go-live

  • Functional Environment & Tools:Public Sector Solutions,Reports & Dashboards,Jira,Confluence,Lucidchart/Miro,User stories,Process mapping,Trainingand enablement materials

  • Facilitate client workshops, design sessions, playbacks, and stakeholder demonstrations to build alignment on business needs, solution options, and delivery priorities

  • Translate client business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and configuration guidance for delivery teams

  • Define functional delivery standards, configuration documentation practices, testing traceability, and acceptance criteria that support quality, scalability, and adoption

  • Support sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, defect triage, user acceptance testing, training preparation, and business readiness activities

  • Contribute to Salesforce solution designs across Service Cloud, Sales Cloud, Experience Cloud, Public Sector Solutions,andIndustryClouds

What You'll Bring:
Your skills, knowledge, and experiences are what set you apart. Here's what we look for: 

  • 5+ years hands-on Salesforce functional consulting experience with 3+ years in functional lead roles, with the ability to lead requirements, solution design, configuration, testing, and client-facing delivery activities

  • Strong experience in business process design, requirements elicitation, user story development, acceptance criteria, functional documentation, and Salesforce configuration-led delivery

  • Proven ability to lead discovery workshops, design sessions, stakeholder demonstrations, UAT cycles, training support, and adoption activities for complex Salesforce programs

  • Strong understanding of Salesforce data models, security models, automation capabilities, reporting, dashboards, and the functional impacts of integrations and data migration

  • Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery and full SDLC—user stories, sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, testing, release readiness, and post-go-live support

  • One or more Salesforce certifications: Administrator, Advanced Administrator, Platform App Builder, Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, Experience Cloud Consultant, Business Analyst, Public Sector Solutions Accredited Professional, or relevant Industry Cloud certifications

  • Familiarity with modern delivery practices: Jira, Confluence, process mapping, solution design documentation, configuration workbooks, traceability matrices, test scripts, and knowledge transfer materials

  • Ability to lead functional delivery teams of 5-10 consultants on complex Salesforce implementations, guiding end-to-end functional design from discovery and process design through configuration, testing, adoption, and release readiness

  • Work with solution architects, technical leads, developers, experience designers, testers, and change teams to align functional design with Salesforce leading practices and client outcomes

  • Coach functional consultants on requirements elicitation, Salesforce configuration patterns, backlog management, UAT support, stakeholder engagement, and quality documentation

  • Experience with the following is an asset:Agentforce,Prompt Builder,Data Cloud,Industries CPQ,Salesforce Flows,CRM Analytics, Human-centred design,Change enablement, Training development, Process improvement

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders.

The salary range for this position is $112,400 - $162,400. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres. Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Application Software, Business Model Development, Business Process Modeling, Business Systems, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Developing Training Materials, Embracing Change, Emerging Technologies, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Enterprise Integration, Enterprise Software, Implementation Research, Implementation Support, Implementing Technology, Inclusion, Innovative Design, Intellectual Curiosity, IT Infrastructure {+ 23 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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Founded
1998

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