APPTUS CPQ Developer-US

Apptus CPQ DeveloperLocation: Chicago, IL/RemoteDuration: 6-12+ MonthsJob DescriptionPosition Summary:Looking for a proven Development Team lead with 6+ years of design/development experience and at least 2 full life cycle SalesForce.com and Apttus implementations in Quote through Contract (Configure Price Quote/CPQ & Contract life cycle management/CLM).As a Development Team Lead you will be responsible for designing and developing customized solutions within the Salesforce/Apttus CPQ platform. This will involve meeting with project managers and business stakeholders in analyzing business requirements and troubleshooting applications issues. Understanding business requirements and issues and converting them into a scalable technical solution design and drive development team to implement same.Responsibilities:The Onshore Development Team Lead will need to have outstanding technical knowledge of the Salesforce and Apttus CPQ/CLM and will include the following key responsibilities:Overall expert focusing on development across on all Apttus CPQ/CLM areas (Apttus CPQ Configuration and Code/Calculation changes, Product & Price list setup, Price Exhibits, X-Author Apps, Apttus CLM agreements).Meeting with key business stakeholders and project lead to determine the business needs.Should be able understand business requirements and convert them into a scalable technical solution design and drive development team to implement sameShould be able guide offshore team and coordinate activities between onsite and offshore teamsReviewing and Testing deliverables from offshoreCreating timelines and development goals.Writing technical design documents and providing technical training for Salesforce Staff.Developing customized solutions within the Salesforce and Apttus CPQ/CLM platform.Create test scripts and testing the stability and functionality of the application.Troubleshooting and fixing bugs.Maintaining the security and integrity of the application software.Preferred Skills & Experience:• Minimum of 6+ years of IT experience (Minimum 3 + years of experience implementing Salesforce solutions from initiation to launch and at least 3+ years of experience configuring and developing on the Apttus CPQ/CLM managed package)• Understanding of the Lead-To-Cash business process and experience in at least two to three large-scale full-life cycle implementations of Quote to- Contract (CPQ/ CLM) solutions• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy to understand business terms to senior leaders.• Ability to understand business requirements and convert them into a scalable solution design• Ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously; workload will be a blend of small, medium, and large implementation projects• Experience operating in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile environment.• Strong expertise in Apttus Product management: managing products, bundles, inclusion rules, constraint rules.• Strong expertise in Pricing management: Price dimensions and tiers, price rulesets, pricing callback class, validation callback class.• Must have strong experience working in Visualforce, Apex classes & controllers, Triggers, Batch jobs, Workflows, and the REST API, Process builders, formulas, validations, test coverage, SOQL, SOSL, exception handling and other standard SFDC components• Expertise on Apttus CLM contract management process• Hands on experience with Apttus Intelligent Workflow Approval Process• Ability to build and update complex X-Author Excel and Word templates• Advanced understanding of the Salesforce.com data model and how and when to create custom objects vs. using Salesforce out-of-the-box functionality.• Experience integrating Salesforce with different business systems as well as working with integration tools such as ETL preferred• Strong analytical skills, including demonstrated proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Excel and Visual BasicDesired Education and Certification• Must have Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science/Information Technology• Apttus CPQ/CLM certification• Salesforce Platform Developer certifications