Senior Technical Account Manager

The Senior Technical Account Manager is a seasoned account manager, program/project manager and technical resolution professional who is an expert in their field. They are unified with team members across the company in exceeding customer expectations, improving our processes and technology, and meeting company growth objectives. This role is responsible for resolving complex problems and providing excellent technical and customer service to one or more named enterprise-level accounts. Collaborating with specialist resources across the company, he/she will help key customers overcome issues, succeed in their business using our technology and services, expand their usage of our products, be referenceable and be a loyal customer.

After key customers have purchased and are implementing our solutions, the Technical Account Management (TAM) team takes ownership of the customer relationship and becomes their advocate within NICE. The Technical Account Manager (TAM) begins to engage with the customer before they go live on the contact center platform and collaborates closely with the customer from that point forward to ensure their success.
​Interactions with customers will be conducted via phone, email, chat, and Teams, with planned face-to-face meetings as required. The TAM must be able to work both independently and be part of a wider Sales and Services team ensuring the highest levels of customer success and value realisation is achieved.
Major Functions/Responsibilities:

• Work during the customers' core business hours, with occasional extended hours as needed.
• Occasional on-call after-hours work may be required as needed by the customer.
• As their TAM, be the assigned accounts' prime point of contact and engage resources across several teams as needed to resolve their issues and requests.
• Develop and maintain an effective relationship with assigned accounts, hold regular discussions to review issues, understand their strategic objectives and business, share how NICE's solutions meet their needs, introduce best practices, build mutual success plans and become their trusted partner and advisor.
• Excellent triage and troubleshooting skills, mentoring peers to improve their knowledge and drive success.
• Personally resolve customer issues as required while scheduling time for proactive activities.
• Partnering with other NICE employees and teams (technical support, professional services, product management, engineering, etc.), ensure that all technical challenges and other issues/cases/requests are being managed properly, are within SLA targets, and are progressing toward resolution.
• Demonstrate superior in-depth knowledge of NICE products and associated technologies, especially those employed by assigned accounts.
• Demonstrate expertise and maintain currency in telecommunications, contact center, and related technologies.
• Develop and present customized presentations and reports to assigned accounts that both quantify and qualify product/service usage, realized benefits, achievements, opportunities, and next steps.
• Provide training to accounts to ensure that they get the most out of their NICE investment.
• Ensure that all communication, interactions, assignments, details, and actions are clear, effective, timely (within established SLA), and are recorded into the CRM system.
• Appropriately contribute to and take charge of meetings, calls, and other discussions to convey ownership, organization, progress, and direction
• Consistently and regularly update customer and account information, keeping it current in the CRM system.
• Tactfully, confidently, and professionally communicate with all stakeholders, especially in emotionally charged and escalated situations, bringing people together with the common goal of resolving issues and accelerating the customer's success.
• Assist the team by taking ownership of escalations in your area of expertise, exemplifying the effective handling of complex situations.
• Develop and drive business cases that outline problems, impacts, proposed solutions, and outcomes that help NICE improve our performance and success.
• Present a professional image in communication, conduct, attitude, and attire.
• Demonstrates professionalism and leadership with customers and helps peers to develop the same level of expertise.
• Accountable for all actions, and tactfully reinforce accountability across all employees and teams in the company for delivering to OLA and SLA. Professionally and tactfully teaches proper process and methods that ensure customer service excellence.
• Assist assigned customers in preparation for go-live and build confidence with them as they begin using our products in a live environment.
• Responsible for customer satisfaction and referencability on assigned accounts.
• Participate in team goal achievement and set personal goals that increase effectiveness and success.
• Key member of the TAM team, collaborate, support and backup your teammates.
• Successful at turning struggling accounts into successful accounts.
• Planned travel (up to 25%) required and being co-located on key customer sites.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned or needed.
• Follow the company Code of Ethics and NICE policies and procedures at all times.
• Communicate in an effective and professional way with customers in and outside of NICE.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and employees will also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.
This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.​

Required Education, Experience, and Specific Job-Related Skills
Education Requirement:

• ​Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business Information Systems or similar field or equivalent work experience required.​

Experience Requirements:

• ​8+ years in a Technical/Service role in software, telecommunications or in customer service, cloud contact center and/or service delivery.
• Wide experience of Enterprise Cloud Telephony and CX Platforms
• Demonstrated technical problem-solving proficiency.
• Excellent analytical and advanced troubleshooting skills with end-users/customers.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to multitask and work well in a demanding environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Able to work with little supervision and complete projects.
• Working technical knowledge of contact center software/design/functionality.
• Demonstrated experience in a fast-paced environment and meeting customer time constraints.
• Implementation: broad skills in both technology & analysis; experience in communicating at a technical and functional level while managing business rapport.

Experience Preferred:

• Extensive infrastructure / networking knowledge, and telecommunications architecture (PBX, Carriers and VoIP/SIP Technology)
• Comprehensive knowledge of Modern CX Platforms and Applications
• Understanding of basic scripting and call flow routing fundamentals
• Experience using SIP signaling.
• Competent in database and SQL concepts and scripting
• Analytical, inquisitive, service & collaborative, friendly demeanor, early adopter.​
• AWS / Azure Technology and Environments
• Demonstrable experience in driving positive Customer Success outcomes.
• ITIL / Project Management exposure and qualifications