Senior Client Services Project Manager

Summary

Join NICE, a leading software company, as a Senior Client Services Project Manager and lead the end-to-end delivery of customer projects. You will be accountable for service delivery to a portfolio of accounts, acting as the single point of contact during initial phases. Responsibilities include implementation, rollout, solution adaptation, and business development. Success is measured by stakeholder alignment, objective achievement, risk management, and customer satisfaction. This role demands a dynamic problem-solver capable of leading diverse teams through the project lifecycle. You will drive timely project execution, ensure implementation per client needs, and manage all project scope for high customer satisfaction. NICE offers a challenging and rewarding career opportunity for ambitious individuals.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge about client service
• Experience in PMI Standards and approach
• Good management and leadership abilities
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to grasp the requirements of clients and ensure they are addressed through the project execution
• Strong knowledge of Project Management practices and Professional Services delivery
• Ability to review project risk factors and suggest alternative solutions
• In-depth project management and technical experience
• Ability to identify when customer need translates into opportunity for selling additional services
• Collaborates with team members to achieve results
• Manages in complex environments, in matrix organizations, and with major customers
• Leads in highly complex environments, in matrix organizations, and with major customers
• Effectively manages complexity and change in his/her professional domain
• Ability to effectively communicate complex technical subject matter in a clear and concise fashion
• Persuasive, confident with excellent negotiation skills
• Passionate and empathetic towards the customer experience
• Self-motivated, pro-active, results-oriented professional with an ability to work with minimal direction
• Develops, drives, and contributes the team
• Sound business and financial understanding
• Experience in partnering with clients
• Strong focus on customer satisfaction
• Responsible for revenue delivery and forecasting
• Value realization
• Identify Services business opportunity
• Holds full domain responsibility
• Excellent business and financial understanding
• Experience in partnering with clients to deliver added value at every touch point of project execution
• Proactively seeks improvement within and across domain

Responsibilities

• Drive timely project execution and closure for invoicing and revenue recognition per the revenue forecast
• Ensure implementation of projects per client requirements
• Create and facilitate Project/Program Steering Meetings as required
• Responsible for the delivery and management of all project scope with a focus on ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction
• Responsible for End-to-end management of Projects or Program(s) including
• Project or Program definition, estimation, and planning, potentially including Projects managed by other Project Managers
• Scope Management
• Time Management
• Cost Management
• Quality Management
• Human Resource/ Personnel Management – including geographically diverse teams
• Communications Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Procurement/Subcontractor Management
• Revenue Forecasting
• Customer and NICE Stakeholder Management
• Effective adoption of NICE project management methodology, processes, tools, techniques, and templates as required
• Develop, manage, and maintain detailed project plans and schedule throughout the project life cycle, assuming complete ownership of all aspects of the solution delivery
• Team building and team motivation to achieve Project or Program objectives
• Act as a single point of contact and trusted advisor for assigned customers and build effective working relationships with key customer stakeholders resulting in strong CSAT at the project and relationship levels
• Develop proactive and creative solutions to Risks and Issues, provide visibility to key stakeholders and escalate as required
• Contribute to team efforts to continually improve services delivery methodology and tools including TeamLine
• Be able to identify opportunities and partner with Services Sales cultivate opportunities to sell services within the portfolio of accounts

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an IT Professional Services organization is preferred
• PMP certification is preferred but not a requirement
• Experience in Call Center Operations and related Products/Software is preferred but not a requirement