Staff Engagement Manager

Kong Inc.

Engagement Manager overseeing simultaneous customer engagements, driving successful delivery and customer satisfaction with Kong products. Work with clients throughout the customer lifecycle for value realization.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $120,960 - $172,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and lead selected, simultaneous billable customer engagements and manage customer expectations and drive prescriptive outcomes during the entire customer lifecycle (Post Sales, Delivery, and Value Realization)
Work with customers and stakeholders to understand and analyze engagement scope, requirements, time, cost, benefits, etc. Drive the engagement lifecycle end to end to deliver business outcomes
Own and drive project management activities and oversee completion of engagement kickoffs, project charters, and deliverables, managing schedules, meeting milestones, and ensuring success throughout the engagement lifecycle end to end to deliver business outcomes
Prepare customer-facing and internal collateral such as solution presentations, blueprints, reusable artifacts, project plans, burndown, and status reports
Identify, prioritize, and own resolution of internal and customer escalations & project risks, driving an effective resolution across technical, business, and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong project/program management and services delivery experience with a track record of delivery for strategic customers on time and within budget
Deep experience working with project financial fundamentals and PSA tools such as Financial Force to own and drive operational activities(Reporting, Forecasting, and Tracking)
Excellent customer-facing skills and ability to communicate with executives as well as other stakeholders at customer sites and cross-functionally within Kong.
Exceptional organizational and change management skills with an ability to manage competing client demands
Excellent presentation skills along with a strong understanding of professional services business metrics in a SaaS software environment.
Proven team player, and team builder who loves to work in a fast-growing and roll up their sleeves in a dynamic environment and is able to keep pace with constant change.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Offers Equity
Offers Bonus
Healthcare benefits
401(k) plan
Short and long term disability benefits
Basic life and AD&D insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementservices deliveryfinancial fundamentalsreportingforecastingtrackingSaaS metricschange managementcustomer engagementbusiness outcomes

Soft Skills

customer-facing skillscommunicationorganizational skillspresentation skillsteam playerteam buildingadaptabilitystakeholder managementproblem-solvingconflict resolution