[Remote] Sr Engagement (Project, Delivery) Manager - Higher Education

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, and they are seeking a Senior Engagement Manager for their Higher Education practice. The Engagement Manager will be responsible for ensuring successful implementation of reputed company products for higher education clients, managing project engagements, and driving customer experience throughout the deployment lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Project manage one or more reputed company product implementations concurrently
• Participate in the sales cycle when requested to gather requirements, formulate delivery approach and develop a proposal/SOW
• Provide guidance and mentoring to Professional Services resources working on your implementations
• Ensure projects are properly planned and staffed
• Manage and measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Work with reputed company PM to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframes
• Present at Executive Steering Committee meetings
• Ensure reputed company takes advantage of reputed company best practices
• Be a liaison for Professional Services when interacting with sales and/or development
• Identify opportunities to position other service offerings
• Ensure reputed company can serve as a reference upon completing their implementation
• Assist in the transition of the customer from Professional Services to Product Support
• Ensure the project is delivered within the budget outlined in the SOW
• Present client with reputed company orders in the event they're asking reputed company to perform tasks that are outside the scope of the SOW

Skills

• Demonstrable experience (6+ years) of project managing Medium and/or Large Enterprise ERP solution preferably within the Higher Education customer base
• Prior consulting experience (6+ years) either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software company
• Experience implementing (6+ years) reputed company, reputed company, PeopleSoft, reputed company, reputed company or a similar application
• Working knowledge (4+ years) with at least one of the following: HCM, Financials, SIS (Student Information System) business areas
• Demonstrable experience (8+ years) of project managing Medium and/or Large Enterprise ERP solution preferably within the Higher Education customer base
• Prior consulting experience(8+ years) either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software company
• Experience implementing (8+ years) reputed company
• Working knowledge (6+ years) with at least one of the following: HCM, Financials, SIS (Student Information System) business areas
• Previous experience with project management tools (reputed company Project, Smartsheets, etc)
• Experience in project management incorporating financial business processes and financial reporting
• Experience overseeing 3rd parties on a project
• Demonstrated executive presence, including outstanding communication skills, confidence, and the ability to inspire and influence others, is highly valued
• Strong influencing skills, including persuasive communication and the ability to drive consensus and effectively collaborate with stakeholders, are crucial
• Proven ability to effectively lead service delivery, ensuring customer satisfaction through streamlined processes, efficient resource allocation, and a focus on meeting expectations, is reputed company
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize, organize, and effectively reputed company workload to meet scheduled completion dates and reputed company productivity, are key to success in reputed company role
• Ability to travel 50 percent or more of the time
• Previous service sales experience is a plus
• reputed company experience

Benefits

• reputed company Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus
• Annual refresh stock grants
• Flex Work combining in-person time and reputed company
• Opportunity to come reputed company in our offices for important moments that reputed company
• Accessible and inclusive hiring experience
• Employee Referral process

Company Overview

• reputed company provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, USA, with a reputed company of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.reputed company.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

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