Director, Professional Services

So, what's the role all about?

The Director, Professional Services is a blended role combining the skills of a principal with the management responsibilities of a consulting manager. This position is an organizational leader, leading both business and technical team members across the professional services organization. ​

This position is a customer-facing, billable position chartered with engaging customers in a consultative capacity and providing specialized expertise around NiCE products, the contact center industry, and other contact center ecosystem topics including CRM, telecommunications infrastructure, analytics, social media, and others. The Director, Professional Services, depending on the types of projects onto which the team and she/he is deployed, will be responsible for both technical and business tasks including managing customer expectations and satisfaction, configuring NiCE products based on best practices and customer requirements, coordinating inter-departmental activities within NiCE, tracking time and status within NiCE systems, and other tasks related to the success of her/his engagement.

This position is responsible for consultative performance in all areas related to NiCE solutions provisioning, implementation, and deployment of technical and business solutions to clients. The customer base consists of public and private sector agencies and businesses employing diverse information management and contact center environments.

How will you make an impact?

TECHNICAL

• Provide senior-level technical configuration and, in some cases, programming as required.
• Provide process, data, and object modeling in a variety of application and database environments.
• Provide database design, development, and enhancement, as well as management and coordination of changes to existing applications.
• Provide technical architecture leadership, analysis, design, development, and enhancement.
• Maintain senior-level expertise and currency in industry leading contact center technologies.

PROJECT

• Serve as a project manager capacity via management of end-to-end system life cycle development of small to large-scale projects.
• Develop costing proposals for projects, perform risk analysis, and manage change control.
• Provide business analysis, business area assessment, user needs analysis and business systems design for major projects.
• Conduct comprehensive cost/benefit analysis and prepare business cases for projects.

BUSINESS

• Present a professional image in conduct, attitude and attire.
• Assist with the development of client information management standards and evaluation of technology trends.
• Contribute to business area assessment, user needs analysis and business systems design.
• Assist with comprehensive cost/benefit analysis and preparation of business cases for new projects.

SUPERVISORY

• Supervise a team of direct reports consisting of Associate-, Staff-, and Senior-level Consultants.
• Supervise and mentor all intermediate and junior level staff assigned as members of the project team.
• Supervise during project life cycle any intermediate or junior level client staff, or any sub-contracted personnel assigned to the project team.
• Supervise and mentor all intermediate and junior level staff working on other projects under the area of responsibility.
• Provide leadership to individuals on team(s) through coaching, feedback, development goals, and performance management.
• Prioritize, assign and manage department activities and projects in accordance with the department's goals and objectives.
• Adjust hours of work, priorities and staff assignments to ensure efficient operation, based on workload.
• Responsible for workforce management for the department.
• Adhere to the NiCE Code of Ethics and policies, and procedures.
• Communicate in an effective and professional way with customers in and outside of the organization.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• As a billable and customer-facing role, this position has significant financial impact on NiCE:
• The Consultant's time is billable and is recognized by the company as direct revenue. Ensure hours are accurately tracked and recorded on customer master account.
• The timeframe required for the Consultant to deploy a customer has a direct impact on NiCE's ability to begin recognizing revenue for new customers. Ensure deployments are completed timely, accurately, and according to customer's contract.
• The Consultant's ability to satisfy his or her customers has a direct impact on the customer's likelihood of loyalty and increased business.
• The Consultant's ability to keep commitments, to hold him- or herself accountable and to handle delicate situations appropriately is critical to minimizing NiCE's exposure to liability. Ensure that adjustments made to customer's account are completed in accordance with the Company's Adjustment Policy.
• Reduce company liability by providing an accurate interpretation of the abilities of the NiCE suite of service.
• Ensure expenses are accurately reported according to the existing company policies.

Have you got what it takes?

• BS/BA in technical (e.g., Computer Science, Electrical Engineering) or business (e.g., Marketing, Management Information System) field or equivalent work experience is required. MBA is an advantage but not a requirement.
• 12+ years of professional experience.
• 5+ years management experience, leading a professional services global operations.
• Implementation: broad skills in both technology, analysis, experience in communicating at a technical and functional level while managing business rapport.
• Business Optimization: deep skills around business analysis/call centers; experience in the KPIs and best practices of call centers and their operations.
• Enablement: professional and confident public presence; experience in commanding large audiences as a trainer and/or speaker.
• Engineering Services: broad skills in specialized technical, functional areas; profound technical expertise around software engineering, programming languages, integration, and/or databases.
• Desired personal profile: analytical, inquisitive, service, team-oriented, friendly demeanor, early adopter

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and employees will also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.​

What's in it for you?

Join an ever-growing, market disrupting, global company where the teams – comprised of the best of the best – work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and creative environment As the market leader, every day at NiCE is a chance to learn and grow, and there are endless internal career opportunities across multiple roles, disciplines, domains, and locations. If you are passionate, innovative, and excited to constantly raise the bar, you may just be our next NiCEr

Enjoy NiCE-FLEX

At NiCE, we work according to the NiCE-FLEX hybrid model, which enables maximum flexibility: 2 days working from the office and 3 days of remote work, each week. Naturally, office days focus on face-to-face meetings, where teamwork and collaborative thinking generate innovation, new ideas, and a vibrant, interactive atmosphere.

Requisition ID: 7939 Reporting into:PH Site Lead

Role Type:Director