Salesforce Administrator

Contract to hire (6-12 months).5 days a week in office in downtown Cincinnati Ohio.Qualifications:Organizationally savvy - comfortable, experienced, and accomplished at working with business executives, and able to push back in a professional and diplomatic mannerAbility to communicate, influence, and persuade both business and IT leaders, as well as peersUses the language of business leaders and joins the conversation that's taking placeKnowledge of existing, new, and emerging Salesforce technologies and ability to practically apply them to new business designs and business models to achieve targeted business outcomesStrong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts and theories for a variety of projectsStrong anticipatory, statistical, and information analysis skills (a plus)Ability to adapt to rapidly changing technologies and see how they can support business needsAbility to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidenceAbility to analyze Salesforce project and product needs and determine resources needed to meet objectives and solve problemsUnderstand business process management, workflow, and integration methods and toolsTrusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leadersHighly collaborative and supportive of business and of its ideals and strategiesRemains unbiased specific technology-and vendor-neutral more interested in results than personal preferencesDisplays intellectual curiosity and integrity, while respecting freedom and responsibilityMotivated by long-term results and achieving targeted business outcomesHighly innovative with an aptitude for foresight, design, and systems thinkingAbility to challenge conventional wisdom regarding Salesforce technology refreshes and hypeAbility to drive business culture and technology change in a dynamic environmentStrong leadership and negotiation skills with business and technical groupsExcellent verbal and written communication skillsStrong consultative skills at a cross-functional levelKnowledgeable of project management and organization skillsDemonstrated ability to build consensus among many stakeholdersComfortable with ambiguity and willing to take principled bets on new technologyKnowledge of architectural design frameworks, integration frameworks, and patternsDirect responsibility in one or more of the following areas: business transformation and optimization, strategic planning, and business relationship managementExperience facilitating multi-disciplined, high-performance cross-functional teamsExperience developing and monitoring the delivery of efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problemsExperience building strategic technology plans and roadmapsExperience designing, integrating, and managing complex solutionsExperience with the Salesforce ecosystem, and App Exchange offeringsBachelor's degree in business, computer science, or related discipline, or equivalent and extensive related project experienceFive or more years of business or IT experience with direct responsibility for strategy formulation and/or translation, business analytics, and program managementExperience with cloud deployment, technical and security architecture, virtualization, software design, software development, networking, Agile development, SCRUM, application lifecycle management, open source programming languages .Net/C#, Informatica, Sales/Service Cloud, or Financial Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Salesforce's Lightning Component Framework (formerly force.com), APEX, VisualForce, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, SOQL, and Soap, Rest, Platform Events, Streaming APIs, technical solution architecture, GIT, TFS or equivalentDeep understanding of Salesforce architecture, processes, products, and best practiceSalesforce Development experience preferredCertifications & Licenses:Salesforce Architect - PreferredSalesforce Administrator - RequiredSales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, and Platform Developer 1 are a plusMarketing Cloud certifications or equivalent experience a plus