Define and govern processes for Production Incident, Problem, Change Management and escalations for services delivered in Public Cloud (Azure and AWS). Function as process manager until processes can be fully operationalized
Maintain a portfolio of key technology vendors and oversee technology spend and vendor relationships
Develop Quality of Service and Execution metrics that align with Accela’s business objectives for presentation with executive leadership
Develop and maintain a cost model for cloud consumption and expense based on service capacity needs
Work closely with Finance Business Partner(s) to update forecast and set and govern budget, ensuring monthly cost intelligence is delivered (via PowerBI)
Develop and maintain cost reporting and drive optimization programs with service owner(s)
Drive maturity in Root Cause Analyses, Operability Review, Service Review, and associated metrics
Prioritize bugs, design changes, and feature requests in order to ensure proper focus on non-functional requirements for Accela’s SaaS offerings
Manage execution of key Compliance deliverables including patching within OLA and DR/BCP testing
Develop Production Operations and Service Desk capabilities in partnership cross-functionally and with key vendors
Potential to lead a small team over time
Requirements
10+ years of Service Management experience in SaaS (preferred) or Managed Services environments
Mastery of the development of reporting and metrics in SaaS/Managed Services environments
Excellent vendor management and negotiation skills
Finance and Business acumen – must be able to articulate impacts to Cost of Revenue, margin/marginal cost, and work closely with Finance Business Partner against modelling including plan, forecast, actuals
Experienced in technical infrastructure including Cloud (Azure and AWS) operating environments