Senior Manager, Performance Engineering Team
The Senior Manager, Performance Engineering Team is responsible for driving end-to-end business performance across assigned accounts by leveraging training, quality, operational excellence, analytics, and performance management disciplines. This role serves as a strategic partner to Operations and Clients, ensuring sustainable business results through proactive performance prediction, prevention, continuous improvement, and capability building.
The role leads the development of high-performing teams, establishes governance frameworks, identifies business opportunities, and implements innovative solutions that improve customer experience, employee performance, operational efficiency, and financial outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
Performance Management & Business Results
- Own and drive overall operational performance across assigned programs and accounts.
- Analyze performance trends, identify risks, and implement interventions to improve KPIs.
- Predict, prevent, and address performance gaps before they impact business outcomes.
- Partner with Operations leaders to develop and execute performance recovery and optimization plans.
- Translate business goals into measurable performance strategies and action plans.
Performance Engineering Team (Training & Quality) Leadership
- Perform all core responsibilities of a Training and Quality leader.
- Oversee learning, nesting, certification, knowledge management, and quality assurance functions.
- Ensure training effectiveness translates into operational readiness and business performance.
- Drive calibration, quality consistency, and governance across programs.
- Develop capability-building strategies that enhance employee proficiency and customer experience.
Client Partnership & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders.
- Present performance insights, recommendations, and business cases to senior leadership and clients.
- Influence decision-making through data-driven storytelling and strategic consultation.
- Build strong partnerships that strengthen trust and expand business opportunities.
- Identify opportunities for innovation, automation, and process improvement.
- Design and implement solutions that improve efficiency, effectiveness, and business outcomes.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives that address systemic performance challenges.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Organizational Maturity & Governance
- Establish and maintain governance frameworks that drive accountability and performance.
- Develop standards, operating rhythms, scorecards, and review mechanisms.
- Create maturity models and performance management systems that elevate organizational capability.
- Ensure alignment between strategy, execution, and business outcomes.
Business Growth & Strategic Initiatives
- Support business growth by identifying opportunities to enhance client value.
- Contribute to account health, expansion opportunities, solution design, and strategic planning.
- Partner with business leaders to develop scalable workforce and performance strategies.
- Lead initiatives that improve profitability, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
Leadership & Talent Development
- Build, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
- Coach leaders and individual contributors on performance management and capability development.
- Create succession and talent development plans.
- Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, collaboration, and innovation.
Experience
- 8+ years of leadership experience in Operations, Training, Quality, Performance Improvement, Continuous Improvement, or related functions.
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders and client relationships.
- Proven track record of improving operational performance and leading transformational initiatives.
- Experience presenting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
Knowledge & Skills
- Performance Management
- Training & Development
- Quality Management
- Operational Excellence
- Business Analytics
- Performance Consulting
- Client Relationship Management
- Governance and Compliance
- Change Management
- Strategic Planning
- Financial and Business Acumen
- Executive Communication
- Leadership Development
Success Measures
- Achievement of operational KPI targets
- Improvement in quality and customer experience outcomes
- Increased training effectiveness and performance readiness
- Reduction of performance risks and operational defects
- Growth in client satisfaction and partnership strength
- Successful implementation of governance and maturity frameworks
- Development of high-performing teams and future leaders
- Tangible business impact through innovation and continuous improvement initiatives