About us
Praesto Portugal is part of the Praesto Consulting Group, a multinational consultancy with offices in the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Ireland and expanding.
We specialise in delivering transformational solutions that add value, drive insights, and support long-term business growth across the technologies we specialise in: Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Data & Insights, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Data Strategy.
We’re growing our Salesforce practice in Portugal, and this is your opportunity to be part of that journey, building something meaningful, shaping the team, and collaborating across international borders.
Role overview
As a Senior Salesforce Consultant, you’ll play a leading role in designing and delivering innovative Salesforce solutions. You’ll take ownership of the end-to-end implementation process, from discovery to delivery, working directly with our international clients and cross-functional teams across the group.
You’ll be hands-on in configuring systems, running workshops, supporting data migrations, and mentoring junior consultants. For some projects, you’ll work solo; for others, you’ll collaborate with a Technical Director or other specialists across the group.
What you’ll do
- Lead discovery workshops and translate client requirements into Salesforce solutions
- Own and implement Salesforce configurations and automation (flows, permissions, data loads, etc.), as well as customisation (Apex, LWC, etc.)
- Design integrations with third-party tools and systems
- Collaborate with clients to define user stories, process maps, and testing plans
- Support or lead data migration activities
- Conduct training sessions and support user adoption
- Work across project phases including testing, deployment, and hypercare
- Contribute to the development of the Salesforce practice in Portugal
Skills and experience
- Extensive solution delivery experience, including solution design
- Functional knowledge of Salesforce data structure
- Familiarity with full project life cycle from requirements through to deployment
- Ability to run requirements elicitation sessions with the client and to write user stories and acceptance criteria to document the requirements
- Ability to run Business Process Mapping sessions with the client and to produce Business Process Maps as an output (As-is and To-be)
- Ability to understand customer requirements and translate them into technical reality that is extendable and maintainable
- Writing and executing test scripts
- Ability to communicate well with customers of varying technical abilities
- Project management skills, and experience of working within delivery methodologies (essential)
- Excellent troubleshooting, analysis and problem-solving skills
- Ability to effectively prioritise and escalate issues as required
- Ability to monitor budget burn against remaining effort
- Ability to accurately scope, plan and estimate the level of effort for tasks
- Team development and mentorship
- Familiarity with Salesforce Data Loader and third-party integration tools such as Jitterbit
Technical skills
- At least 5 years’ experience of Salesforce in a business environment, including Sales Cloud, Experience Cloud, Nonprofit Cloud and Pardot; Marketing Cloud is an advantage. More industry experience preferred
- Demonstrated technical and development experience with configuration, advanced administration, flows, permissions and profiles
- Understanding of query languages such as SQL and SOQL.
Industry and functional skills
- Previous consulting experience implementing Salesforce solutions
- Proven experience with Sales Cloud and Experience Cloud (formerly Communities Cloud)
- Experience with Nonprofit Cloud, Marketing Cloud and/or Pardot (Account Engagement)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree, ideally in computer science or computer engineering, but other disciplines are considered
- Salesforce Certified Administrator and Salesforce Consultant certification as a minimum, Advanced Administrator preferred
- At least a year of professional testing/QA experience preferred
What makes this role unique
- International exposure – All our clients are outside of Portugal, mostly large enterprises or nonprofits
- Opportunity to travel – Occasional visits to client sites in the UK, US, or EU
- Monthly socials – Connect with the local team in Portugal
- Remote-first – Work from anywhere in Portugal
- Cross-border collaboration – Work closely with Salesforce teams in other group companies
- Be a pioneer – Help shape and grow our Salesforce practice in Portugal