Engagement Manager
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Customer Solutions
Southeast Region, United States
Job ID: R00159
Description
Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favorite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? That’s the power of data in motion in action—giving organizations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their business. At Confluent, we’re building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructure. Our cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, organizations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.
We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluent’s enormous potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems together. We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow—whether you’re just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.
About the Role:
The Confluent Professional Services team is looking for an experienced Engagement Manager (Portuguese speaking) to lead customer projects in LATAM and the eastern US. As an Engagement Manager you will be a critical driver in ensuring customer success throughout the Professional Services lifecycle and facilitating customer adoption and consumption.
The Engagement Manager plays a critical role in helping our customers make the most of their investment in our products and services by leading projects that deliver successful outcomes for our customers. The Engagement Manager is also involved in practice development activities including development of delivery artifacts and new services offerings and process improvement.
The ideal candidate is a proactive delivery leader with 5+ years of experience leading a portfolio of customer-facing projects in enterprise software/SaaS. Familiarity with SFDC/FinancialForce, Google suite, Java development projects, Cloud platforms, data streaming, Kafka is highly preferred.
What You Will Do:
- Proactively lead project teams to deliver successful customer outcomes for enterprise customers
- Lead 10-15 concurrent projects of moderate or greater complexity, with 3-4 of them active in any given week
- Own PS delivery for your projects and be responsible for the customer experience throughout the delivery process in partnership with key internal stakeholders
- Identify opportunities for additional Services work by understanding and addressing potential new use-cases
- Collaborate with the project team, a variety of internal stakeholders and the customer to ensure alignment on target outcomes
- Effectively manage expectations of both internal and external stakeholders
- Manage scope and schedule and work with stakeholders to amend the contract when needed
- Coordinate and facilitate agile ceremonies and project management processes, e.g. scheduling, backlog planning, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, demonstrations, risk and issue management and status reporting
- Track and monitor progress to ensure that the team is successfully delivering project outcomes with incremental progress in each sprint
- Hold internal and external team members and stakeholders accountable when appropriate and in a diplomatic and productive manner
- Provide servant leadership to the team, remove blockers and help solve problems
- Communicate effectively with the team and stakeholders, internal and external, by understanding your audience and adjusting your communication style and content
- Work with colleagues to find opportunities to improve delivery processes and practices
What You Will Bring:
- Fluent in Portuguese and Spanish to support LATAM customers
- 5+ years experience leading customer engagements in a professional services role at an enterprise software/SaaS company, managing a portfolio of concurrent customer engagements
- 5+ years experience in project management with experience as an agile project manager or scrum master
- Strong communication skills - clear and concise
- Consultative leadership style
- Self-motivated, action oriented approach
- Undergraduate degree in Business or Information Systems or equivalent experience
- PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master preferred
Come As You Are
At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of $145,600 - $167,400 USD, an annual bonus, and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE.
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