Director leading professional services implementations, consulting, and software delivery in Montreal. Owning revenue, staffing, client delivery, P&L, and team leadership.
Responsibilities
Lead and direct all implementation efforts from project conception through completion and support
Manage client onboarding and sales hand-off to delivery
Lead the consulting practice and technology practice, including configuration, development, and integration
Manage the Professional Services practice against agreed metrics and help set its vision and evolution
Own the portfolio of project delivery and software implementations
Establish weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue forecasts with the executive team and deliver against goals
Manage project staffing and resourcing
Ensure utilization goals are met for Professional Services resources
Ensure implementation methodology aligns with project scope and deliverables
Serve as an escalation point for customers and support implementation teams on technical matters
Assist sales with identifying, scoping, planning, and setting expectations for opportunities with existing and new customers
Provide guidance, feedback, coaching, and mentorship to the team
Communicate priorities, challenges, and results to the team and executive leadership
Collaborate with the product team on automation technology and product enhancements
Manage operational and financial metrics and overall business results
Drive profitable growth, quality consulting delivery, and customer referenceability
Requirements
10+ years in Professional Services roles with demonstrated growth and increasing responsibility
7+ years leading Professional Services practice/book of business in a fast-paced environment with proven success tracking P&L
Comfortable leading pre/post sales discussions with all levels of customer resources, technical to executive
Understanding of financial metrics associated with Services Delivery (Utilization, Margin, Delivery Efficiency, etc.)
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects at once, with good time management skills
Polished presentation, verbal, written and client communication skills
Prior experience writing SOW’s and leading implementations
Comfortable with JIRA, Tempo and CRMs (Creatio and Microsoft)
Highly efficient and able to multitask
Attention to detail and pride in quality of work delivered
Able to perform in a metrics-driven, process-based organization
Extensive experience managing people, including mentoring and leadership skills
Exceptional client-facing skills
Experience managing managers and developing early-career leaders
Experience taking a leadership group through forming/storming into performing
Experience scaling up teams
Experience managing people of diverse backgrounds
Expertise in standardization of processes
Experience in consulting
Experience in escalation handling and management
Project management expertise and agile delivery
Clarity of different delivery models (T&M, Fixed Bid, Capped T&M)
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