Head of Professional Services
project44 is the world’s leading advanced visibility platform for shippers and third-party logistics firms. project44 connects, automates, and provides visibility into key transportation processes to accelerate insights and shorten the time it takes to turn those insights into actions. Leveraging the power of the project44 cloud-based platform, organizations are able to increase operational efficiencies, reduce costs, improve shipping performance, and deliver an exceptional Amazon-like experience to their customers. Connected to over 175,000 carriers worldwide and having comprehensive coverage for all ELD and telematics devices on the market, project44 supports all transportation modes and shipping types, including Parcel, Final-Mile, Less-than-Truckload, Volume Less-than-Truckload, Truckload, Rail, Intermodal, and Ocean.
Role and Responsibilities
- Build-out the Professional Services function with a focus on ensuring customer success and delivery, while balancing a sustainable cost structure
- Lead project44’s customer implementation projects from the pre-sales process to completion and take responsibility for the Professional Services and Customer Implementation teams’ delivery
- Run operational components including forecasting, utilization, and resource management for PS
- Manage team performance against revenue, project schedules, revenue targets, implementation timelines, and team utilization
- Partner effectively with sales leaders to expand the sales pipeline and convert prospects to bookings
- Partner w/ Product Management to define and productize our professional service offerings
- Evangelize best practices by partnering with and educating customers in an effort to become a trusted advisor
Qualifications
- Experience successfully scaling and managing a services organization, supporting enterprise-level customers
- 4+ years of experience managing or leading a Professional Services or Consulting team
- Experience scaling a PS team within a high-growth company is a plus
- Experience developing processes to manage complex implementation projects for enterprise customers
- Demonstrable competencies in planning & managing a Project’s Scope, Schedule, Cost, Resources, Quality, & Risks.
- B.S. in Computer Science, Finance, or related fields of study; M.S. or M.B.A. preferred