The Client Success Manager drives all aspects of the AHEAD Managed Services customer relationship. The Client Success Manager is also responsible for coordinating the interaction of key AHEAD customers with the AHEAD Managed Services team and AHEAD Service Desk. As such the Client Success Manager is expected to be the primary point of escalation and coordination between the AHEAD Services organization, the AHEAD Client Director, and the customer.
Responsibilities
Acts as a customer advocate.
Results driven and customer focused; “Get things done - Make things happen”.
Primarily responsible for ensuring that customer Service Level Agreements / Service Level Objectives are met.
Responsible for coordination of renewing Managed Services contracts starting 90 days prior to renewal.
Grow existing contract values by cross-selling and up-selling existing contracts.
Build a strong relationship with key customer staff, client director team, and Managed Services teams and management.
Ensure reports are provided to an agreed schedule or on request, including: incident management, account performance, and service unit billing reports.
Leads onboarding activities for new Managed Services customers.
Set expectations of service quality, availability, and timeliness with the client.
Drives process improvements that increase customer satisfaction.
Work with the client and Managed Services teams to identify and manage service improvement activities.
Translate and drive prioritization of customer requirements into service and project requests.
Be an active member of the change advisory board and ensure all changes are assessed, approved, communicated, implemented and reviewed in a controlled manner.
Report, communicate, and update relevant stakeholders on service operations.
Understand and be aware of the application of hardware and software technologies (and changes) relevant to customer environments.
Assist with the development and improvement of the services organization.
Leads and manages recurring Technical Assessments.
Participates in business reviews with the customer and the AHEAD sales team.
Supports and conducts self in a manner consistent with customer service expectations.
Manage Root Cause Analysis and process and participate in Priority events as needed.
Qualifications
Good understanding of IT Service Management processes and procedures.
Good understanding of IT Project Management principles and techniques.
Good ability to manage change and engage team members.
Good ability to provide direction and leadership to others.
Good facilitation and communication skills.
Excellent presentation skills.
Ability to manage and escalate client issues.
Ability to react and adjust priorities of tasks.
Comfortable in communicating and interacting with C-level customer stakeholders.
Proficient in MS Office:
MS Word – must be able to create and modify documents.
MS Excel – create and modify pivot tables, manipulate data, create charts and graphs.
MS Power Point – create and modify presentations.
2-4 years of relevant IT Service Account Management experience.
ITIL Foundation Certification desired.
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.
ServiceNow experience is a plus.
Education
Undergraduate degree and 10-12 years relevant experience preferred
