Solution Consulting Senior Manager, Enterprise
Company Description
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Job Description
The Solution Consulting (pre-sales) organization is a vital and well-respected part of the sales eco-system at ServiceNow who is expected to deliver spectacular interactions and experiences with customers and internally, focusing on performance continual improvement.ServiceNow is seeking a Solution Consulting Manager to manage a team of Enterprise pre-sales Solution Consultants supporting the regional sales force. The Solution Consulting Manager is responsible for individual SC career planning and development, team development and hiring according to the dynamic needs of the sales organization, and other administrative duties relative to team management. In addition to these responsibilities, the SC Manager is expected to maintain strong relationships with counterparts in the Sales, Services, Support, Marketing, and other organizations to ensure alignment of organizational activities and directions. These responsibilities all directly support the SC Manager's primary goal: developing and maintaining a team that consistently secures the technical win in every deal they support for the sales force.
Responsibilities
- Understand the needs of the regional sales organization, and develop plans to ensure outstanding support of those needs
- Develop team members according to the demands of the business and according to their individual professional goals
- Develop and maintain a recruiting pipeline of potential SC candidates to meet future business demands
- Work with regional sales director to prioritize regional Solution Consulting efforts
- Assign resources to sales opportunities, and consistently evaluate progress against goals
- Assign resources as required to marketing and other efforts to support demand generation
- Develop and deploy team training curriculums to meet the changing demands of the sales organization
- Evaluate and coach team members regularly through analysis of direct observation, peer feedback, and sales feedback
- Ensure proper alignment of resources and effective utilization of skill sets within the assigned region
- Manage day-to-day activities such as resource scheduling conflicts, expense review, and approval, activity reporting, etc.
Qualifications
Experience
- Team management experience a must; management of a pre-sales organization preferred
- Pre-sales experience coupled with pre-sales best practice coaching is a must
- ITSM functional experience highly desirable
- Experience with the ServiceNow product suite or competitive product suites is desirable
- Able to articulate and logically communicate concepts with technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects to completion
To be successful in this role you have:
- Experience working in a fast-growing IT environment including software, cloud, or customer experience of the same
- 7 years experience in presales
- Experience managing presales teams as 1st line management
- Understanding of standard approaches to coaching, mentoring, and management of individual contributors
- Ability to motivate and inspire a growing team of Presales Solutions Consultants
- Experience in Value-Based Selling or Solution Selling
- A thorough understanding of the SaaS Market space, the provision of PaaS based solutions, and a broad understanding of Service Management practices
- Gain and build relationship and trust quickly inside and outside of the SC organization
- Leader who is tactically oriented with long term alignment and understanding of outcomes, ability to flex and shift as needed.
- Strong understanding of ServiceNow sales and engagement process and business value
- Ability to clearly articulate the power and value of the ServiceNow platform
Please Note:
- This position is eligible for remote employment
- Applicant must reside in St. Louis, Kansas City or Omaha
- Relocation Assistance is not available
- Internal Applicants - please apply through our internal careers page
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Additional Information
ServiceNow is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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