Solution Owner, Sales and Marketing IT Applications
PowerSchool
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $168,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Act as the primary IT liaison for Sales organizations regarding new business initiatives and lead discovery sessions to deeply understand business needs, pain points, goals, and success metrics
- Develop solution vision statements for new initiatives and partner closely with Technical Architects to evaluate solution options, define architecture, and test hypotheses with prototypes or proof-of-concepts
- Articulate solution choices including risks and tradeoffs and ensure alignment with IT standards, data security, and business priorities
- Retain ownership through full initiative delivery: participate in requirements definition, solution validation, user acceptance testing, and change management
- Monitor project execution to ensure solution integrity during build, configuration, and rollout and partner with PMs, QA, Admins, Developers, Architects and Sales champions to resolve blockers
- Act as the voice of Sales within IT, driving stakeholder alignment, communications, and transparency on status, risks, and business impact
- Make key decisions such as recommending new Salesforce solutions versus extending legacy tools, defining success metrics, approving critical user stories, and deciding when deep prototyping is required
Requirements
- At least 5 years in IT business analysis, product ownership, or solution management supporting Sales or CRM initiatives (Salesforce experience highly preferred)
- Proven ability to translate complex business problems into structured technology solutions
- Strong understanding of Salesforce ecosystem, plus awareness of ancillary sales tech (CPQ, marketing automation, data enrichment, forecasting, etc.)
- Collaborative approach to solutioning, with experience working with Technical Architects and cross-functional project teams
- Superior communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills
- Salesforce Admin certification
Benefits
- Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy benefits, Life Insurance and AD&D)
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
- Comprehensive 401(k) plan
- Generous Parental Leave
- Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
- Wellness Program, including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
IT business analysisproduct ownershipsolution managementSalesforceCPQmarketing automationdata enrichmentforecastingsolution validationuser acceptance testing
Soft skills
collaborative approachcommunicationstakeholder managementchange leadershipproblem translationproject execution monitoringalignment facilitationtransparencydecision makingrisk assessment
Certifications
Salesforce Admin certification