3+ years customer success, solution delivery, practice management, customer-facing consulting, or portfolio management experience
Experience in Startup/Unicorn ecosystems of innovators, focused on “born-in-the-cloud” enterprises
Microsoft or competitor equivalent (e.g., AWS (Amazon Web Services)) certification in relevant technologies (e.g., Azure, 365).
Relationship Building - Proven track record of building relationships, including with C level. Experience in managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on solutions/engagements.
Bachelor's degree
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in complex engagement management and/or program management required.
Prior work experience in a Program Manager or Engagement Manager position focused on Cloud and software/services solution
Leadership - This role requires strong communication skills, as well as displaying executive presence and confidence in varying levels of customer situations.
Responsibilities
Key Accountabilities include:
Customer Relationship Management
Expands and holds accountability for executive customer and partner relationships with a focus on leading the definition of business outcomes across large stakeholder groups and coaching teams to align Microsoft strategy to Microsoft's most strategic customers and their business priorities.
Partners with customers (including upper level executive stakeholders) to develop a deep understanding of their business goals and priorities.
Position large-scale programs to solve the most complex business and industry outcomes and customer priorities to drive consumption holistically across the entire portfolio.
Customer Success Leadership – Customer Strategy and Growth
Expands upon account team planning, promoting business and technical needs for change to challenge customer thinking that drives current and future growth and transformation towards modern digital approaches.
Customer Success Leadership - Delivery and program Management
Serves as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders and executives to develop and deliver strategic roadmaps for executing program planning and customer-facing program reviews, prioritizing complex engagements, and influencing key stakeholder and executive expectations to address agreed-upon business and industry outcomes and customer priorities to deliver ongoing customer success.
Serves as point person for day-to-day program/project management, escalation and risk management, effective customer and Microsoft Executive relationship management, customer support escalation point-of-contact, Microsoft-Partner related project management as needed and strategic technical direction for energy focussed customers.
Technical Relevance
Leverages a broad understanding of industry and technical expertise to act as a advisor and visionary to lead customer success.