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Manager, Client Services

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The Manager of Client Services leads and manages Project Managers in delivering Day-1 implementations for clients, ensuring project success and quality delivery through effective team leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
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Overview

The Professional Services Manager (PSM) leads and manages a team of Project Managers who deliver Day‑1 implementation projects for NiCE Enterprise and SMB level customers across Canada & the United States. Although the PSM directly manages only Project Managers, they are fully accountable for the overall success of each project, including the contributions of cross‑functional delivery roles such as Solution Consultants, Technical Implementation Engineers, and Integration Specialists.  This is a people‑leadership and delivery‑governance role, ensuring predictable, efficient, and high‑quality implementation outcomes.

Required Skills & Experience

 10+ years in Professional Services(PS) with 3+ years managing delivery teams (preferably PMs).
 Experience implementing NiCE CXone projects and/or Programs.
 Experience overseeing multi-role delivery teams in SaaS, enterprise software, or CCaaSenvironments with a focus on NiCE CXone.
 Strong understanding of contact center technologies and system integration patterns.
 Proven leadership in customer-facing project delivery organizations.
 Strong communication, organizational, and operational management skills.
 Ability to drive accountability across roles not directly managed.
 Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

 Experience in the contact center or CX technology industry.
 Experience in NiCE CXone Product Suite
Experience scaling SMB/Commercial/Enterprise delivery models.

 

Key Responsibilities

People Leadership – PM Team

 Lead, coach, and develop a team of Project Managers responsible for executing Day‑1 implementation projects.
 Establish clear expectations around delivery quality, methodology adherence, customer engagement, and project governance.
 Conduct regular 1:1s, performance evaluations, mentoring, and professional development for PMs.
 Allocate PM resources across the project portfolio to ensure balanced workload and predictable delivery.
 Serve as the primary escalation point for PMs, providing guidance on delivery challenges and decision-making.

Delivery Accountability – Cross‑Functional Ownership

 Ensure overall successful delivery of all assigned Day‑1 implementation projects.
 Own delivery outcomes that depend on roles not directly managed, including Consultants and Engineers.
 Oversee project health, risks, dependencies, and milestone readiness.
 Ensure PMs manage delivery quality, timelines, customer satisfaction, and scope.
 Drive cross-team alignment and enforce delivery standards across all contributing roles.

Day‑1 Implementation Oversight (No Day‑2 Responsibilities)

 Own the portfolio of Day‑1 implementation projects within the Canada, Commercial & SMB segment.
 Ensure PMs execute delivery methodologies effectively.
 Lead project portfolio reviews, risk committees, and milestone readiness assessments.
 Guarantee smooth handoffs from Sales → PS and PS → Support/Customer Success.

Operational & Segment Leadership

 Drive scalability, standardization, and repeatability improvements for the Canada, Commercial & SMB segment, as well as for the entire Americas PMO methodology.
 Manage forecasting, capacity planning, and PM utilization, to comply with the KPIs
 Identify delivery trends and proactively address segment-specific challenges.
 Enhance delivery templates, playbooks, onboarding frameworks, and best practices.
 Support reporting of delivery KPIs such as CSAT and quality metrics.

Cross‑Functional Partnership

 Partner with Sales & Solution Consulting to ensure clean scoping and expectations alignment.
 Collaborate with Product, R&D, and Cloud Ops to resolve technical blockers.
 Work with Practice Leads to standardize and improve delivery approaches.
 Support Customer Success during the Day‑1 exit process.
 Represent PS in customer escalations requiring management involvement.

About NiCE

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) software products are used by 25,000+ global businesses, including 85 of the Fortune 100 corporations, to deliver extraordinary customer experiences, fight financial crime and ensure public safety. Every day, NiCE software manages more than 120 million customer interactions and monitors 3+ billion financial transactions.

Known as an innovation powerhouse that excels in AI, cloud and digital, NiCE is consistently recognized as the market leader in its domains, with over 8,500 employees across 30+ countries.

NiCE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, neurotype, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.


Top Skills

Contact Center Technologies
Cxone
Enterprise Software
SaaS
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