Position: Director of Professional Services
Type: Permanent
Location: Remote
The company:
Our client is an acclaimed boutique Microsoft consultancy with over 20 years of experience in IT Modernization. They work to serve their customers from a range from industries; Media & Communications, Healthcare and Retail to give a few examples.
The role:
Would you like to help build the future for a leading Services Company in the Cloud Computing business and be part of a team focused on increasing adoption of innovative, cloud-based solutions in the Enterprise? Do you have the business acumen, technical background, and business development experience necessary to help further establish an award winning Microsoft Partner?
The ideal candidate for the Director of Professional Services will be able to engage in business outcome discussions at the executive level, as well as work with technical individuals and teams. He/she should also have a demonstrated ability to convey a compelling value proposition and understand how focused solutions help Enterprise Customers achieve their company goals. Candidates should have a demonstrated technical depth and an ability to manage channel engagements.
Key Responsibilities:
* Serve as the primary interface for your aligned opportunities.
* Build and execute a plan to effectively leverage the channel at scale.
* Develop and manage the sales pipeline to ensure a robust portfolio of opportunities.
* Understand relevant technical considerations based on the company's solution portfolio.
* Contribute to the development of opportunities into services offerings including:
* Participating into elaboration of the solution options benefits, scope, assumptions and pricing
* Presenting the options to the customer
* Elaborating and obtaining the signed agreement
* Acting as the account manager, participate to the successful delivery of project envisioned value including scheduling, resource allocation, key meeting with stakeholders, budget review, retrospective, etc.
* Support the marketing strategy elaboration and activities.
* Work with key internal stakeholders to solve business problems (e.g. sales, marketing, legal, support, etc.).
* While most meetings are currently virtual, potential for 10% travel to meet with partners and drive new business opportunities.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Self-starter and self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to collaborate and solve complex business challenges.
* Ability to work across cross functional teams to deliver high quality output.
* Ability to navigate the complexities of working with both business and technical stakeholders.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead executive level meetings.
* Experience working with Microsoft a plus.
* Knowledge of Microsoft Azure or other leading clouds solution such as AWS or GCP a plus
* Technical Background valuable.
* English and French Speaking (Canada Only) Preferred.
Benefits:
* Work virtually from the comfort of your own home.
* Salary offerings are based on skill and technical experience
* Healthcare and dental
* Base salary & profit-sharing aspect
If this sounds like your next challenge, don't hesitate to apply. The company is highly motivated by growth and actively interviewing for this position. Want to hear more? Contact Jerron directly at J.Shalland-Rhodes@nigelfrank.com for all inquiries and submissions.
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