Senior Salesforce Technical Consultant - Life Sciences

About the role

Salesforce is hiring a Senior Salesforce Technical Consultant for its Life Sciences practice. The consultant partners with project teams and client stakeholders to discover, design, code and deploy specialized Salesforce Platform and Industry solutions (Life Sciences Cloud, Health Cloud) for pharmaceutical, biotech, medtech and healthcare organisations. About 70-75% of the work is hands-on programming and system integration, with strong attention to regulatory compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Develop enterprise-grade solutions with Apex, JavaScript, Lightning Web Components and modern web frameworks, integrated with middleware and backend systems.
• Implement Life Sciences Cloud, Health Cloud and OmniStudio features that meet regulatory and security frameworks such as HIPAA, GxP and PHI.
• Use AI developer tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot) to speed up custom Apex, LWC and integration delivery while respecting platform limits and security.
• Design secure, scalable data models, sharing rules, security models and object structures for Life Sciences and healthcare workflows.
• Build, optimise and document API-based integrations with enterprise platforms, EHR/EMR systems and middleware, using HL7/FHIR where applicable.
• Run functional and technical workshops, review user stories, map user journeys and apply modern Apex and UI patterns.
• Follow Salesforce development best practices, take part in DevOps and release management, and aim for high CSAT scores.
• Travel to client sites as required, on average 50% depending on project needs.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent.
• 5+ years of technology development experience, with 3+ years in client-facing consulting or system implementation.
• Foundational domain awareness of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices or healthcare providers, including compliance constraints.
• Proven experience designing data models, custom logic and platform integrations on Salesforce.
• Ability to analyse complex requirements, design adaptable technical solutions and work independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with client facilitation experience.

Required skills

• Object-oriented programming (Apex, Java, C# or Python) and fluent JavaScript, HTML/CSS and web components.
• API integrations (REST, SOAP, JSON, XML) and system security protocols.
• Preferred: Life Sciences Cloud, Health Cloud, OmniStudio, Veeva CRM, HL7/FHIR, CI/CD, Git, automated testing, MuleSoft, and AI coding assistants.
• Preferred: Salesforce certifications (Administrator, Platform App Builder, Platform Developer I, JavaScript Developer I).