Applies advanced subject matter knowledge to solve complex business issues and acts as a subject matter expert.
Develops and nurtures senior management relationships with the customer and owns customer operational relationship to achieve excellent customer satisfaction.
Understands customer at local, country, region & WW level to analyze delivery requirements & contribute to customer strategic business plan.
Develops strategies and processes with the customer in areas such as performance metrics and measure, escalation change management and communication.
Principal contact for operational & tactical issues representing delivery of all services to the customer; manages expectations via performance metrics, reporting, escalation management & communication plans.
Owns expense/cost target commitments for all service delivery requirements; develops, implements & monitors expense controls.
Effectively and proactively manages risk for medium to high risk projects.
Hires, leads and provides managerial & technical expertise to cross functional teams including 3rd party vendors to ensure performance goals are met.
Develops & leads delivery organizations to timely, cost effective delivery of SLA requirements, identifying & recommending optimizations while managing scope, resources & coordination.
Develops & manages account service delivery plan and contributes to strategic account plan.
Consults in presales & change order negotiations, representing & approving delivery capability & cost solutions.
Negotiates with and manages 3rd party vendors contributing to contractual requirements.
Identifies incremental revenue opportunities and supports pursuit activities.
Assures compliance with HP and customer's HR, PR, legal, financial, ethics and government related policies, strategies, and processes.
Contributes to knowledge management capture, documentation & publication to drive organizational maturity.
Requirements
First Level University Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3 - 8 years relevant business experience.
Multi cultural and x-country experience desired.
ITIL/ITSM experience.
Ability to build & manage strong customer relationship at the senior level.
Strong influence & negotiation skill.
Ability to apply business management, financial concepts & contracts knowledge.
Ability to prepare clear, concise and persuasive communications for multiple audiences (writing, presentation, listening).
Ability to understand & analyze issues to develop & implement corrective action plans.
Leadership ability to build & manage a cross cultural, cross tower & cross business team.
Ability to proactively & effectively manage risk on medium to high risk projects.