Senior Director, Engagement - Public Sector - Non Federal

at  Salesforce

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Job Category
Customer Success
Job Details

MUST HAVE QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

• 10+ years’ experience delivering consulting services, including team leadership and active involvement in selling professional services, including advisory engagements
• 10+ years of direct experience delivering and/or overseeing technology solutions and with a minimum of 2 years on the Salesforce PlatformExtremely strong written and verbal communication skills, executive level presence and experience in working in a client advisory role

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

• Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on the Values & Behaviors for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
• Experience operating in a pre-sales environment, shaping and scoping large and complex implementation projects
• 5+ years of enterprise-level project or program management experience
• Salesforce Application and/or System Architect certifications
• Demonstrated technical and/or functional skill, and ability to engage with architects or SMEs into pre-sales activities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence a group audience, facilitate solutioning and lead discussions such as implementation methodology, road mapping, enterprise transformation strategy, and executive-level requirement gathering sessions
• Excellent strategy development and problem-solving skills as well as business development focus and experience (e.g., relative to new products, services, and go-to-market approaches), while possessing a broad level of technology understanding and substantial operational and financial experience
• Delivery focused: Previous experience leading professional services delivery for a software company (SaaS preferred)
• Excellent analytical & problem solving skills
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships across multiple functions/levels; adept at mediating conflict and fostering healthy dialogue
• Understands cloud-based technologies; translates customer/business requirements into business solutions (and successfully positions with customers)
• Ability to travel; up to 25%
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• Deliver high client satisfaction (CSAT) by consistently meeting/exceeding goals and metrics
• Ensure business value is realized (directly and indirectly) for each customer engagement that concludes with fully satisfied clients that are willing to be referenced for new potential clients
• Bring standard processes to each engagement through your deep platform expertise by providing the Professional Services team with Subject Matter Expertise related to the proposed solution and client needs in order to ensure successful project delivery
• Positively impact client Services renewals (when applicable) by aligning customer success with professional services roadmap
• Align closely with Account and Services Sales team by leading pre-sales activities such as the development of client-specific proposals, SOWs, staffing plans, and engaging with SMEs across the organization to gain consensus on an acceptable proposal
• Where appropriate and required for Customer Success, providing direct oversight to the project team during the full lifecycle of the engagement, acting as the escalation point for both the customer and Salesforce delivery teams
• Successfully lead multiple strategic client engagements simultaneously
• Recognized as a valuable and trusted advisor by our customers and other members of Salesforce and continue to build a reputation for excellence in professional services
• Inspire people to do the best work of their careers, being a multiplier, amplifying the knowledge and capability of the people around you while continuing to provide an inclusive workplace as one of Best Places to Work
• Show continued professional growth and development
• Act as an advisor on complex issues and engagements, exercising discretion and latitude in reaching critical goals
• Lead cross-functional teams and mentor others
• Manage to a minimum billable utilization target
• Partner with the Go-to-Market Team (Services Sellers) to drive continued growth of services
• Proactively mitigate and run critical escalations and at-risk accounts; communicate effectively and appropriately with internal and external leaders and executivesCoach, mentor, and develop a team