Customer Solutions Manager - London

Vonage ,
London, Greater London
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Vonage Mission Now a Vonage company, Nexmo is an emerging leader in the $100B+ cloud communications platform (CPaaS) market. Customers like Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and many others depend on our APIs and SDKs to connect with their customers all over the world. Nexmo, the Vonage API Platform, has built its successful global sales teams on individuals who possess tech savviness, superior customer relationship skills. Our sales organisation spans across EMEA, APAC and AMER and includes MidMarket and Key Account Managers, and Pre-Sales functions (Customer Solutions Team, CST). Last year was an exciting year of growth for the team, and we're continuing our rapid market expansions in 2019 and 2020. More recently, we have enriched our breadth of communication channels further through Vonage's acquisition of Tokbox - the industry leader in WebRTC video APIs. In line with this expansion, we are building out our solutions group, looking for skilled, customer- focused individuals to join us. Why this role matters As a technical Customer Solutions Manager you'll collaborate with customers, sales, solutions architects and engineers at delivering challenging communication solutions. Working with the customer and internal key stakeholders, you will be the key communication channel during the test to production sales cycle, and remain a technical touch point to our Enterprise clients. Using your consultative approach, you are a key provider of our Enterprise technical services suite, such as project management, implementation and deployment, configuration and customer training. IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, CONTINUE READING BELOW... What you'll do * Technology: 7+ years of experience in Enterprise Technology (SaaS, API, Video, Cloud, Storage, Data or Security). Experience in supporting clients using Video, Messaging, UC/RTC, WebRTC, Storage, Security or CRM solutions in SaaS or PaaS models. Enterprise technology * Coordination and process: Proven experience in coordinating sales and presales consultancy teams as well as navigating business operation, engineering, support units. * Partnering with the Customer Solution Architects and Engineers: You'll aid the CS team in designing innovative CPaaS solutions for prospects looking to migrate their Communication Infrastructure into the Cloud, integrating APIs into their customer experience flows. * Project Management: managing a virtual implementation project with the client and internally. * Customer relations: experienced in liaising with both a technical and business focused audience, knowing when and how to adopt approach. * Organisational skills, and the ability to work with a number of accounts simultaneously, setting priorities and demonstrating strong time management. * Accountability and Ownership: often fulcrum to activity, you are a dependable resource to both the customer and the business. You understand what must be achieved and covered to make things happen. You naturally take control of initiatives. * Business astute: through your day to day interaction with the customer, exposure to their problems and challenges, you are able to spot upsell opportunities, which you direct to the respective account manager * Technical Relationship Management: Building relationships within your accounts is a priority to you and you'll have built solid relationships with mid and senior level executives across business and technology teams. * High touch program management because of your close engagement and familiarity with the accounts, you understand the steps that mitigate churn risk, prioritise new product adoption which can pose 'risk' - and instinctively know when to invoke close monitoring, high touch programs. * Self-managing. Our CSMs conduct their business as if it was their own, are natural self-starters, and are assertive when it comes to setting boundaries of expectations and demands put on you from other interfacing departments. You know when and when not to escalate and are not shy in asking for help. What you'll bring * Your background lies in Video APIs/platform or CPaaS, Contact Centre technologies * Steering clients towards new generation Communication, API's, video, UC/RTC, Contact Centre or CRM solutions in SaaS or PaaS models. * Demonstrating diplomacy in your interactions with clients and Nexmo executives. Using your creativity and curiosity to suggest new and alternative ways of approaching problems * Confident in face to face customer engagement, ability to lead internal and external meetings * Your proactive stance means you spot the risk of client and business churn, setting process in motion to bring resolution. * Instilling trust and loyalty into the customer base. * Handling conflict confidently and professionally. * You work well both independently and collaboratively across the business. What's required for application * A customer driven focus and the ability to pivot in a fast paced environment. * You conduct yourself as a scalable resource and

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