Project Manager
at Genesys
Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand -
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Description:
Genesys empowers more than 8,000 organizations in over 100 countries to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the #1 AI-powered experience orchestration platform, Genesys delivers the future of CX to organizations of all sizes so they can provide empathetic, personalized experiences at scale. As the trusted, all-in-one platform born in the cloud, Genesys Cloud accelerates growth for organizations by enabling them to differentiate with the right customer experience at the right time.
We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.
Project Manager
Locations: Auckland or Wellington (Flexible), New Zealand
The Professional Services (PS) Project Manager position is integral to the delivery segment of Professional Services. PS Project Managers are responsible for the management of customer engagements from post sales through support transition. Some pre-sales work may also be involved.
This role is responsible for proposing new business and directing billable customer engagements to the conclusion specified in the services proposal and to a point of profitability for the company. In addition to traditional project management responsibilities, the PS Project Manager is also expected to provide business analysis value in the project. Within the defined scope of the project, the PS Project Manager will consult with the customer to discover how the technology can best be utilized to maximize value to the customer.
The PS Project Manager works as part of a dynamic team in a very technologically demanding environment. While the role is truly one of individual contributor, a high degree of interaction and leadership is required with both customers and team members.
The success of an implementation begins and ends in the hands of the PS Project Manager. Success is defined as having satisfied the end customer and delivered the project within scope and budget.
What You’ll Do:
Major Responsibilities/Activities include but are not limited to:
PS Project Managers are responsible for successful planning and follow-through that ensures profitable, timely, and high-quality completion of projects. This includes managing a project during the implementation lifecycle through transition to Support. PS Project Managers define, create, and maintain project plans; lead, motivate and focus the team, and manage day-to-day client communication.
Project Management (60%)
- Provides project management for application solution implementations
- Coordinates with Professional Services Organization management team to manage implementation team, costs and time schedules
- Manages customer relationship with technical contacts
- Coordinates with internal staff to perform application development/system integration
- Coordinates and provides training for system implementations
- Submits weekly project status reports to Operations Manager/Project Management by designated due date.
- Provides regular status updates to Operations Manager/Project Management when on-site during implementations
- Prepares, distributes and maintains all project documentation according to established processes and methodology
- Provides consulting on project implementations as required
- Escalates customer support issues as required
- Communicates with Sales Representatives and Consulting Sales Directors on the status of projects and escalates issues as needed
- Ad hoc duties as directed by Management
Cost Management/Resource Utilization (20%)
- Responsible for containment of project expense
- Tracks project plans and budgets to ensure project costs are contained
- Tracks utilization to ensure projects are profitable
- Responsible for managing project team utilization during customer engagements, including the accuracy of information for that project in the internal work tracking system
- Provide accurate and on-time weekly projects forecasts to Management team
Sales (5%)
- Assists with proposal development and pricing as needed
- Participates in Sales presentations as needed
- Contributes to the response for RFP’s and RFI’s as needed
Administration (5%)
- Timely submission of timesheets, expense reports, project status reports, and system acceptance forms.
- Timely submission of all project documentation in the document repository of record
Training (10%)
- Continues to stay abreast of technology through internal training, self-study, and industry standard certifications
- Continued product training
You’ve Been There and Done This:
- Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Science, Computer Technology, related technical discipline. Master in Business Administration given additional consideration.
- PMP certification; other industry recognized certifications given additional consideration.
- Demonstrated experience in a customer facing role. Must have a passion for customer satisfaction and have the ability to manage customer’s needs and expectations.
- Two years experience implementing complex software applications in enterprise customer environments.
- Contact Centre and Business Consulting experience given additional consideration.
- Proficient user of Office software: MS Project, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Email (MS Outlook)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment to determine appropriate solutions to customer technical issues.
- Possesses demonstrated leadership qualities and self-sufficiency.
- Proven ability to work as a member of a team to meet critical customer deadlines
Please note that Genesys will not accept resumes from agencies at this time.
To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work in New Zealand
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About Genesys:
Every year, Genesys orchestrates billions of remarkable customer experiences for organizations in more than 100 countries. Through the power of our cloud, digital and AI technologies, organizations can realize Experience as a Service™ our vision for empathetic customer experiences at scale. With Genesys, organizations have the power to deliver proactive, predictive, and hyper personalized experiences to deepen their customer connection across every marketing, sales, and service moment on any channel, while also improving employee productivity and engagement. By transforming back-office technology to a modern revenue velocity engine Genesys enables true intimacy at scale to foster customer trust and loyalty. Visit
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Reasonable Accommodations:
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Responsibilities:
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REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:2.0Max:7.0 year(s)
Information Technology/IT
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Project Management
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Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand