SAS

Senior Cloud Technical Lead – Offering Manager

SAS

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

  • Develop and maintain a strategic roadmap for our CTL and SAS Administrator functions as it relates to our MCS service offerings and capabilities, aligning with SAS and MCS business goals and market demands.
  • Evaluate, reimagine and adopt new ways of working and value that can be driven through AI, Automation and Process Improvement to improve the CTL and SAS Administrator roles.
  • Collaborate with SAS MCS Offering Managers across core HMS, V4, SAS 9, RF&C, CSDM, and LSAF, Pricing, MCS Regional Customer Experience and Sales/Market leaders to ensure the CTL and SAS Admin function and value is embedded into our MCS market offers.
  • Engage our CTLs and SAS Admins across the globe in the market launch, enablement and feedback loop for new and expanded MCS market offers.
  • Continuously enable our CTLs and SAS Admins with expanded role-based, SAS product, MCS offering, and technology training.
  • As the Community of Practice Leader for our Global CTL and SAS Admin community, you will be responsible for building and fostering a vibrant and collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing, best practices, and continuous improvement.
  • Establish and nurture a strong network of CTL and SAS Admin practitioners across the globe, creating opportunities for members to connect, collaborate, and share insights.
  • Facilitate regular meetings, webinars, and workshops to disseminate knowledge, share experiences, and discuss challenges and solutions related to these roles.
  • Develop and promote best practices, standards, and guidelines for the CTL and SAS Admin functions ensuring consistency and excellence across the community globally.
  • Foster active engagement and participation within the community by creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, recognizing contributions, and encouraging collaboration.
  • Gather feedback from community members to assess the effectiveness of the Community of Practice and identify areas for improvement.
  • Develop, monitor, analyze and report on business value and impact of the CTL and SAS Admin functions across the globe using a data and KPI driven approach to provide objective CTL and SAS Admin functions and role performance evaluation and continuous improvement actions.
  • Ensure the CTL and SAS Admin offering complies with relevant regional, global and sector regulations, standards, and best practices.
  • Engage with SAS MCS customers, market leaders and MCS regional teams to gather feedback, understand their needs, and ensure the CTL and SAS Admin offerings and functions are meeting market expectations.
  • Evangelize SAS Managed Cloud Services benefits and opportunities by attending leadership team meetings, speaking at town halls and other events inside and outside CIS to build understanding and excitement about SAS Manage Cloud Services.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience, including complex managed services delivery, customer success, and/or account management in the software product or IT services industry.
  • 2+ years as or working closely with Cloud Tech Leads and/or SAS Administrators in support of hosted and remote Cloud customers.
  • Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, or related discipline.
  • Proven ability to build relationships effectively with leaders across the organization, at the Director level and above.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Hyperscale Cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP) platform, architecture and commercial principles such as core hyperscaler compute, storage, and network services, integrations, security, performance, and monitoring services.
  • Prior experience with driving product/offering strategy, building business cases, revenue models, market enablement launch for new software products and service offerings.
  • Strong analysis, negotiation, collaboration, facilitation, and presentation skills, including the ability to speak at an appropriate technical and business level for the audience.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: Managed Services, Professional Services, SaaS, or XaaS models.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
  • Medical plan options include: PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
  • Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan.
  • There’s a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
  • An industry-leading 401k plan.
  • Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development.
  • Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
  • Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
  • Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
managed services deliverycustomer successaccount managementCloud Tech LeadsSAS AdministratorsHyperscale CloudAzureAWSGCPdata analysis
Soft skills
relationship buildingnegotiationcollaborationfacilitationpresentationcommunity engagementknowledge sharingcontinuous improvementstrategic thinkingproblem solving