Design Lead- - Salesforce Education Cloud- Student Systems Implementation

Design Lead- - Salesforce Education Cloud- Student Systems Implementation

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£550 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London

Summary: The Design Lead for Salesforce Education Cloud will oversee the end-to-end solution design and manage the translation of requirements into design for a higher education client. This role requires extensive experience in design leadership for large-scale transformation projects, particularly in CRM/ERP/student systems. The Design Lead will collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to ensure accurate solution delivery while maintaining strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills. The position involves hybrid working, requiring two days on-site in London.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Take ownership of the end-to-end solution design for Salesforce Education Cloud implementation.
  • Lead the requirements-to-design translation process.
  • Collaborate with business analysts and act as the key liaison with stakeholders and internal IT.
  • Coordinate with the implementation partner to ensure business needs are captured in solution delivery.

Key Skills:

  • Strong experience in design leadership for large-scale transformation or CRM/ERP/student systems programmes.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of the student lifecycle and academic business processes in Higher Education.
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce Education Cloud, Canvas LMS, or similar platforms.
  • Experience with SITS (Tribal) including knowledge of its data models, integration points, and student records lifecycle.
  • Experience managing or working with business analysis functions, with a hands-on approach to requirements gathering and refinement.
  • Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills.
  • Excellent understanding of Agile delivery practices.
  • Skilled in producing design artefacts and using tools like Lucidchart, Miro, or equivalent.

Salary (Rate): £550 per day

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Design Lead- - Salesforce Education Cloud- Student Systems Implementation

Design Lead with expereince of SITS (data models, integration points, student records lifecycle) and experience in design leadership for large-scale transformation or CRM/ERP/student systems programmes, is needed to support the implementation of Salesforce Education Cloud for our higher education client.

The Design Lead will take ownership of the end-to-end solution design and lead the requirements-to-design translation process.

The Design Lead will work with a team of business analysts, act as the key liaison with business stakeholders, internal IT, and enterprise architecture, and coordinate closely with the implementation partner to ensure business needs are accurately captured and reflected in solution delivery.

Design Lead- - Salesforce Education Cloud- Student Systems Implementation

Essential Experience

  • Strong experience in design leadership for large-scale transformation or CRM/ERP/student systems programmes.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of the student lifecycle and academic business processes in Higher Education.
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce Education Cloud, Canvas LMS, or similar platforms.
  • Experience with SITS (Tribal) including knowledge of its data models, integration points, and student records lifecycle.
  • Experience managing or working with business analysis functions, with a hands-on approach to requirements gathering and refinement.
  • Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills — able to work across business, IT, and supplier landscapes.
  • Excellent understanding of Agile delivery practices, including design sprints, iterative delivery, backlog grooming and user stories.
  • Skilled in producing design artefacts (e.g., journey maps, process flows, user stories, wireframes) and using tools like Lucidchart, Miro, or equivalent.

Design Lead- - Salesforce Education Cloud- Student Systems Implementation

Desirable Experience

  • Knowledge of Higher Education regulatory requirements, HESA reporting, and GDPR compliance.
  • Experience with Salesforce HEDA, student communities, or AI/automation use cases in education.
  • Understanding of UX/UI best practices, accessibility standards (WCAG), and student engagement strategies.
  • Familiarity with Azure Integration, API-first designs, and identity management (SSO).
  • Exposure to Canvas LMS implementation or integration with CRM/student platforms.
  • Experience working in multi-vendor environments and within public procurement frameworks (G-Cloud, SUPC, LUPC).

12 months

£500-£550.00 per day outside of IR35- Hybrid working with 2 days on site per week in London

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