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The Opentext Professional Services (PS) team is comprised of more than 3,000 consultants who act as trusted advisors, managing long-lasting relationships with more than 100,000 customers around the world. They are responsible for the delivery of business solutions from pre-sales to post implementation. Our teams of experts help organizations solve issues, create value, improve business performance, and work more effectively in an increasingly digital world. The Services sales (Client Director) role works in an assigned region to drive the “booking” (deal closure consisting of a signed Statement of Work and Purchase Order) of the Opentext Professional Services business unit.
Job Responsibility:
Owning all Professional Services business in selected Key Accounts within your defined territory
Maintaining client relationships for all ongoing projects and drive recurring services bookings in your accounts
Having an exceptional ability to effectively negotiate and collaborate across teams and organizations will help you to succeed in this role
Supporting critical leadership reviews and presenting the status of the programs internally and externally
Continuously innovating and improving processes to optimize program efficiencies are key to being successful
Collaborating within the wider PS and OpenText team to identify and position opportunities to create value for the customer
Becoming the trusted advisor to the customer on implementation and management of Opentext products and solutions
Overachieve on personal bookings target every financial year, with the ability to grow your numbers year on year
Selling consulting services to both new and install base customers
Closing services sales, creating sufficient backlog that will allow the consulting team to drive revenue
Accurate forecasting, allowing the Opentext Services Delivery team to forecast backlog revenue
Ability to interact with business stakeholders on business requirements, demand prioritization, business case preparation and execution planning
Translate business opportunities, problems into solutions that have measurable outcomes
Workout the business process transformation/ improvement roadmap with the business stakeholders with clear goals and measurable targets
Overseeing the development of the project's costs and timelines and ensure they remain within the approved budget & schedule
Overseeing the risk and issue management of project related activities to ensure an acceptable level of risk
Work with the delivery team to create Work Breakdown Structures to support pricing estimates
Requirements:
Excellent Business and Technology level verbal/written communication skill
Develop Statement of Work, Change Request, RFP responses, Rough Order of Magnitude and Basis of Estimate (BoE)
Ability to perform Account Management function to help drive future work within a Professional Services organization
Comprehensive knowledge of Software solutions around DevOps, IT Operations, Cyber Security including articulation of use cases, value proposition, ROI calculations and benefits
Solid grasp of business principles and techniques of administration, organization and management, including an in-depth understanding of the key business issues
Ability to analyze and resolve complex issues, both logical and interpersonal
5 years+ experience with responsibilities in selling consulting services for medium to large scale projects
A high level of commitment, willingness to learn, and the ability to quickly apply new technologies
Willingness to travel domestically and abroad
Proficient in using salesforce.com to manage opportunity pipeline