Sr Technical Account Manager

Position at NICE CXone
Sr.

Technical Account Manager
Location: Remote, US
After key inContact customers have purchased and are implementing our products, the Technical Account Management (TAM) team takes ownership of the customer relationship and becomes their advocate within inContact.

The Technical Account Manager (TAM) begins to engage with the customer before they go live on the contact center platform, and works closely with the customer from that point forward to ensure their success.
Our TAMs are seasoned account management and technical resolution professionals who are at the top of their field and are unified in exceeding customer expectations, improving our processes and technology, and meeting company growth objectives.

The Senior TAM is a deeply experienced and expert account management professional, responsible for resolving the most complex problems and providing excellent technical and customer service to specific key accounts.

He/she will help them overcome issues that arise, succeed in their business using our technology and services, expand their usage of our products, be a reference to prospective customers, and be a long-term and loyal customer.

The accounts assigned are generally our largest, most complex and challenging customers.
Interaction with customers will be done via phone, email, chat and WebEx, with face to face meetings as necessary and/or appropriate.

Mentoring and coaching other TAMs is a daily routine.

Travel is more frequent than with other TAMs due to the higher level customers being served and the Senior TAM’s increased skills and abilities.

The Senior TAM will work both independently and in concert with Sales, Technical Support, Professional Services and other teams to ensure the highest levels of customer success beyond just his/her assigned accounts, providing a collaborative solution that will leave the customer with a positive experience and a product that meets their needs.
Major Functions/Responsibilities:
Work largely during the customers’ core business hours, with occasional extended hours as needed
Occasional on-call after-hours work may be required as needed by the customer
As their account management professional, be the assigned accounts’ single point of contact to our company, and engage resources across several teams as needed to resolve their issues and requests
Multi-year track record of excellence in customer satisfaction and loyalty, resolving technically and emotionally challenging and high-stakes issues, and navigating enterprise-level challenges through to successful outcomes
Professional judgment and business savvy are respected by co-workers, customers and partners
Exemplify an effective and productive relationship with assigned accounts, hold regular discussions to review open issues, understand their contact center and business, ensure that inContact’s solutions meet their needs, share best practices, consistently increase their success, and become their trusted partner and advisor
Excellent triage and advanced troubleshooting skills, teaching peers those same skills to improve their success
Personally resolve as many customer issues as possible, both for your accounts and others, while scheduling time for proactive activities
Partnering with other inContact employees and teams (technical support, professional services, product management, engineering, etc.), ensure that all technical challenges and other issues/cases/requests are being handled properly, are within SLA targets, and are progressing toward resolution.

This includes assisting with issues for other TAMs
Demonstrate superior in depth knowledge of inContact products and associated technologies, especially those employed by assigned accounts E
Exemplify subject matter expertise in two or more technical areas
Exemplify expertise and maintain currency in telecommunications, contact center, and related technologies
Utilize a deep understanding of each customer’s environment to identify customer needs and implement solutions that will accelerate their success
Exemplify deep knowledge of competitive product lines, differentiators and industry trends through self-education and inContact’s resources, and teach others
Develop and present compelling customized presentations to assigned accounts that both quantify and qualify product/service usage, realized benefits, achievements, opportunities and next steps
Provide training to accounts to ensure that they get the most out of their inContact investment
Capture common questions, techniques and best practices in daily workflow, sharing that information by regularly creating and improving knowledgebase content
Contribute high-value knowledgebase content that enables the success of employees across inContact, partners, and enterprise-level customers operating in complex and large contact center environments
Provide coaching to peers and exemplify consistent and high-value participation in knowledge creation and improvement
Contributes to product strategy and direction by participating with the Product and Practice Specialist team to communicate enhancements and issues to Product Management and Engineering
Ensure that all communication, interactions, assignments, details and actions are clear, effective, timely (within established SLA), and are logged into the CRM system
Appropriately contribute to and take charge of meetings, calls and other discussions to convey ownership, organization, progress and direction.

This may be required for accounts other than those assigned to you
Exemplify consistently and regularly updating customer and account information, keeping it current in the CRM system
Tactfully, confidently and professionally communicate with all stakeholders, especially in emotionally-charged and escalated situations, bringing people together with the common goal of resolving issues and accelerating the customer’s success
Communicate and work with customers in a way that they do not escalate and are confident that their issues and concerns are being properly represented and handled by inContact
Assist the team by taking ownership of escalations from other accounts in your area of expertise, exemplifying the effective handling of difficult situations
Exemplify escalation prevention, resource engagement and communication when escalation occurs
Provide assistance and leadership in resolving complex issues across teams and throughout the company
Develop and drive business cases that outline problems, impacts, proposed solutions and outcomes that help inContact improve our performance and success
Make and meet all commitments, building trust with customers and help others to do the same
Present a professional image in communication, conduct, attitude and attire
Exemplify professionalism and leadership with customers, and helps peers to develop the same level of expertise
Accountable for all actions, and tactfully reinforce accountability across all employees and teams in the company for delivering against Operating Level Agreements (OLA) and Service Level Agreements (SLA).

Professionally and tactfully teaches proper process and methods that ensure customer service excellence
Lead assigned customers in preparation for go-live, and build confidence with them as they begin using our products in a live environment
Responsible for customer satisfaction, retention and referenceability for all assigned accounts
Lead the way in team goal achievement and set personal goals that increase effectiveness and success of yourself and the team
Identify opportunities to improve or modify products and services to improve customer effectiveness and experience, and recommend those improvements through proper channels, driving product/services enhancements and development
Employ an assertive yet positive attitude in working with others to create standardized and consistent processes and to improve process issues that cause inefficiency, risk, missed targets, and frustration
Add value to the company by finding, recommending and leading important projects, tasks and initiatives that improve process, methods, tactics and success within the team and across inContact, with little management intervention.
Participation in these activities does not detract from the service, value, and outcomes provided to assigned accounts
Mentor TAMs at all levels and other peers as appropriate toward increased success
Provide high-value technical and process training to others based on skills and expertise, which training improves others’ effectiveness and efficiency
Fill advanced technical and process training needs, and provide that training to others without prompting or requirement from leadership.

The training improves others’ effectiveness and efficiency
Expert at turning failing or struggling accounts into successful accounts, and helping others in the team do the same
Manage and document certain inContact technical projects with each assigned account to ensure that they are successful
Can act as a backup for managers or other Senior TAMs as needed
Occasional travel (up to 25%) required, visiting customer sites and attending company meetings
Perform other tasks and duties as assigned or needed
Follow the company Code of Ethics and inContact policies and procedures at all times.
Communicate in an effective and professional way with customers in and outside of inContact.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and employees will also perform other reasonable related busin