Sales Consulting Snr Manager

Oracle; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle seeks a Service Solution Architect Team Leader in Dubai. This leadership role focuses on managing a team dedicated to driving services growth and providing consultative support to customers across the MEA Gulf region. Candidates should possess extensive IT service experience, ability to innovate, and strong customer engagement skills.

Qualifications

• Typically 15+ years of experience in IT services.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams.
• Experience in large, complex organizations and customer-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage the CSS MEA Gulf team of Service Solution Architects.
• Ensure alignment with overall sales strategy and growth objectives.
• Develop and execute strategic plans in coordination with leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Customer Relations

Consultative Selling

Pre-sales Management

Innovation

Presentation Skills

Service Solutions Knowledge

Job description

Job Description

If you have a track record in building compelling, leading edge, mission critical support, operations and managed services solutions, have the capability to lead and inspire a team of Service Solution Architects, and want to help us drive continued services growth we want to hear from you!

Job Description

If you have a track record in building compelling, leading edge, mission critical support, operations and managed services solutions, have the capability to lead and inspire a team of Service Solution Architects, and want to help us drive continued services growth we want to hear from you!

Oracle is the only provider of fully integrated technology solutions that span both infrastructure and applications. However, our customers need more than just the best technology solutions, they look to Oracle as their strategic partner to enable their sustained business success. Oracle Customer Success Services (CSS) is solely focussed on ensuring Oracle s customers ongoing success with our technology. CSS is deeply integrated with Oracle s product development teams to help our customers maximize the ongoing value of their investments in Oracle products.

Our CSS Service Solution Architects (SSAs) engage with our customers alongside our CSS sales organisation, focusing on mission critical support, learning, operations and managed services requirements. We provide the deep service solution expertise during sales engagements, typically for leading edge, large scale or complex service requirements for Oracle cloud, Oracle SaaS, hybrid cloud and on-premise solutions. Each SSA is responsible for the service solution during the sales engagement, ensuring that it is right for the customer, right for Oracle and a compelling services proposition.

As leader of our MEA Gulf SSA team you will work closely with the General Manager for CSS MEA, the sales and delivery management teams, the other Oracle lines of business and, of course, most importantly our customers.

This is a leadership role. The successful candidate will possess a combination of management and Cloud/Solution Architect experience, typically have at least 15+ years in relevant IT services roles, across a wide range of technologies and customer sectors.

This role requires the individual to possess all of the pre-requisite experience and expertise that s expected of a professional that has operated in a pre-sales context for over many years in large, complex organisations. In addition, has a proven capability to effectively recruit, retain, develop, motivate and manage a team of dynamic and highly experienced individuals.

A typical experience profile for this role would include most of the following:

• Management & Professional:
• Leadership
• Able to recruit, develop, nurture and manage talented individuals in rapidly changing environments
• Capable of balancing competing and changing team workload demands against priorities
• Team player with experience of succeeding in large scale global organisations
• Pre-sales management and complex deal experience
• Remote and virtual team management
• High levels of personal drive, tenacity and energy
• Track record of innovation and creativity
• Ability to influence thinking and gain acceptance of ideas in sensitive situations
• Extremely strong customer facing presentation and interaction skills, capable of communicating at the correct level depending on the audience, and confidence in articulating service solutions in terms of business value.
  
  
• Track record of consultative and trusted-advisor roles with major customer organisations in relation to IT services

Job Description

If you have a track record in building compelling, leading edge, mission critical support, operations and managed services solutions, have the capability to lead and inspire a team of Service Solution Architects, and want to help us drive continued services growth we want to hear from you!

Oracle is the only provider of fully integrated technology solutions that span both infrastructure and applications. However, our customers need more than just the best technology solutions, they look to Oracle as their strategic partner to enable their sustained business success. Oracle Customer Success Services (CSS) is solely focussed on ensuring Oracle s customers ongoing success with our technology. CSS is deeply integrated with Oracle s product development teams to help our customers maximize the ongoing value of their investments in Oracle products.

Our CSS Service Solution Architects (SSAs) engage with our customers alongside our CSS sales organisation, focusing on mission critical support, learning, operations and managed services requirements. We provide the deep service solution expertise during sales engagements, typically for leading edge, large scale or complex service requirements for Oracle cloud, Oracle SaaS, hybrid cloud and on-premise solutions. Each SSA is responsible for the service solution during the sales engagement, ensuring that it is right for the customer, right for Oracle and a compelling services proposition.

As leader of our MEA Gulf SSA team you will work closely with the General Manager for CSS MEA, the sales and delivery management teams, the other Oracle lines of business and, of course, most importantly our customers.

This is a leadership role. The successful candidate will possess a combination of management and Cloud/Solution Architect experience, typically have at least 15+ years in relevant IT services roles, across a wide range of technologies and customer sectors.

This role requires the individual to possess all of the pre-requisite experience and expertise that s expected of a professional that has operated in a pre-sales context for over many years in large, complex organisations. In addition, has a proven capability to effectively recruit, retain, develop, motivate and manage a team of dynamic and highly experienced individuals.

A typical experience profile for this role would include most of the following:

• Management & Professional:
• Leadership
• Able to recruit, develop, nurture and manage talented individuals in rapidly changing environments
• Capable of balancing competing and changing team workload demands against priorities
• Team player with experience of succeeding in large scale global organisations
• Pre-sales management and complex deal experience
• Remote and virtual team management
• High levels of personal drive, tenacity and energy
• Track record of innovation and creativity
• Ability to influence thinking and gain acceptance of ideas in sensitive situations
• Extremely strong customer facing presentation and interaction skills, capable of communicating at the correct level depending on the audience, and confidence in articulating service solutions in terms of business value.
  
  

• Subject Matter Expert Leadership:
• Track record of consultative and trusted-advisor roles with major customer organisations in relation to IT services

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for all aspects of leading and managing the CSS MEA Gulf team of around 9 SSAs, covering the UAE, Saudi, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. You will report to the Director of CSS EMEA MEA Service Solution Architecture.

Our SSAs are highly experienced, high performing individuals, typically with 15+ years of experience in mission critical IT services. Your goal will be to ensure that the Gulf SSA team operates in an environment in which they can thrive, and Gulf can continue its strong track record of new business growth. This will require close collaboration with the CSS MEA sales and delivery management team, to ensure that the capabilities and priorities within the Gulf SSA team are fully aligned with the overall CSS MEA growth strategy and sales priorities. This will also require regular interaction with our global delivery and product management teams, and across all Oracle lines of business.

Your passion and commitment to service excellence will drive the ongoing evolution of the team and ensure that the SSAs can operate within an environment in which they can thrive and maximise their potential.


SCOPE:

• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Customer and Oracle cross-line-of-business (xLoB) facing
• Management:
• Responsible for the recruitment, leadership, management, development, well-being and effectiveness of all CSS EMEA MEA Gulf service solution architect resources
• Develop and execute short, medium, and long term plans to achieve strategic objectives. Collaborate with regional GM leadership and the MEA Service Solutions Director to ensure objectives are met
• Establish high value senior level relationships with CSS global teams including; Product Management, Sales Operations, Go To Market, Global Cloud Solution, Global Delivery teams and also with key xLoB peers
• Work closely with sales management to manage ongoing team priorities and workloads
• Take ownership as the escalation point for any SSA issues in that region
• Support SSAs, and Sales in customer engagements, promoting our services capabilities, solutions, benefits and value propositions
• Where required, review customer-specific solutions to ensure they are optimal for the customer and for Oracle. Use your services expertise and experience to provide guidance in fine tuning service solutions, cost and risk models that balance the needs of the customer and Oracle
• Lead the communication and mitigation of deal-related issues and risks with senior internal stakeholders

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