Technical Consulting Manager

Job Description

Overview

Reporting to the local market Managing Director, the Technical Consulting Manager (TCM) is an experienced technical leader who is passionate about solving customer problems and is driven to ensure that the delivery of managed services is functioning optimally;

advising and consulting regularly with customers on further stabilization and optimization of the IT environment is a critical component of the role.

The Technical Consulting Manager (TCM) is the primary relationship manager for an assigned portfolio of customers, with overall responsibility for client satisfaction.

They are responsible for identifying potential areas of concern for customers before they arise and make recommendations based on recognizing a customers current and future technology needs during their continued business relationship.

The TCM will lead and maintain a close communication with customers, as well as facilitate all coordination and collaboration with supporting account team members.

The TCM will work with an account team which may consist of service delivery managers, remote and onsite engineers, as well as representatives from various managed services groups and practice areas.

With a background in technology and strong business acumen, the TCM will partner with service delivery management to ensure timely delivery of service in the highest quality fashion possible.

Please note although this role is remote, you must be willing to work CST or MST

Responsibilities

An effective TCM will be seen as both a technology leader and business integration advisor with particular focus on :

• Primary relationship advisor
• IT governance and quarter business review leader
• Client satisfaction & retention
• Hyper-focus on consistent and high-quality delivery of services over the contract lifecycle
• Incident problem management and change management
• Request management and ad hoc work orders
• Project services leader - identification, scoping, architect engagement as needed, and proposal management.
• Lead generation for cross-selling and upselling All Covered strategic solutions.
• Effectively leverage supporting account team members for

o Cross-sell and upsell opportunities

o Procurement opportunities

o Pipeline lead generation

o Proposal generation

o Customer administrative tasks such as billing, overages, onboarding tasks, ad hoc requests

RESPONSIBILITIES

Service Management

o The TCM will routinely review service dashboards to ensure that contracted services are operating optimally.

o The TCM will be responsible for and facilitate problem management, root cause analysis, and as needed, change management and release management for stabilization or optimization requirements.

o The TCM will perform a monthly Book of Business review with internal service management leaders to identify risk, incident trending, solution and problem engagement and identify new project or complementary services to improve customer engagement or improve CSAT.

o The TCM will coordinate with Service Delivery Management for scheduling engineering resources, project skillset resources, and ad hoc service engineering needs.

o The TCM and Service Delivery Management will collaborate on incident escalations or continuous problematic or noisy customer events and incidents.

o The TCM will generate core project proposals for tactical, small or simple project deployments, they will work directly with the Service Management or the CSO to coordinate engineering resources and capacity management.

Client Management

o The TCM will routinely advise assigned clients on current and future technology.

o Establish an IT governance cadence with all assigned portfolio to ensure there is regular alignment between customer expectations and All Covered delivery.

A quarterly cadence will be the minimum requirement for each customer under their managed portfolio; some customers may require more frequency.

o Lead the development of short and long term technology roadmaps for clients that align with All Covered technology standards for highly supportable solutions and can be shown to align with each client's unique challenges and opportunities.

o Engage with sales consultants and solutions consultants to participate in regular governance meetings.

o Provide opportunity and lead generation to sales team members and facilitate customer meetings for upsell-cross-sell opportunities.

o Engage with customer operational care team members to ensure that administrative tasks are getting completed timely and communicated back to customers effectively.

o Be available to internal team members for customer issues to ensure timely resolution; and take absolute ownership in ensuring information is accurately as well as appropriately and frequently communicated to customers.

Qualifications

Education

o COMPTIA+, MS Certification, ITIL certification or Bachelors degree preferred

Experience

o Minimum 5 years of experience in systems engineer level role and at least 2 year in customer facing role

o Understanding of problem management, root cause analysis, solutioning and change management.

o Strong prior technical role or current technical certifications.

o With a strong understanding of the All Covered service catalog, candidate must understand and be able to identify opportunities to leverage and speak to Managed IT Services, technical infrastructure, virtualization, cloud computing, and information security.

o Candidate must be comfortable in a cross-matrix organization and holding him / her self-accountable, as well as other responsible members of the service delivery team, to delivering an outstanding customer experience.

o It is expected that the TCM will stay abreast of technology industry issues and trends for the purpose of advising clients.

Client Management

o Business Acumen : Strong understanding of how information technology is utilized and can drive business.

o Experience in identifying business need and aligning technology to resolve business issues and pursue business opportunities.

o Previous customer-facing role where advisory or consultative engagements were required.

o Ideally be an influencer and be comfortable discussing business and technology alignment, proposing technology business solutions, and asking for a client's business.

About Us

Konica Minolta's journey started 150 years ago, with a vision to see and do things differently. We innovate for the good of society and the world.

The same purpose that kept us moving then, keeps us moving now. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is reshaping and revolutionizing the workplace to achieve true connectivity through the Intelligent Connected Workplace .

The company guides and supports its clients' digital transformation through its expansive office technology portfolio, including IT Services ( All Covered ), intelligent information management, managed print services and industrial and commercial print solutions.

Konica Minolta has been included on CRN's MSP 500 list nine times and The World Technology Awards named the company a finalist in the IT Software category.

Konica Minolta has been recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys for sixteen consecutive years, and is proud to be ranked on the Forbes 2021 America's Best-in-State employers list .

The company received Keypoint Intelligence's BLI 2021 A3 Line of The Year Award and BLI 2021-2023 Most Color Consistent A3 Brand Award for its bizhub i-Series .

Konica Minolta, Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for nine consecutive years and has spent six years on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list .

Konica Minolta partners with its clients to give shape to ideas and works to bring value to our society. For more information, please visit us online and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook , YouTube , LinkedIn and Twitter .

EOE Statement

Konica Minolta is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or partnership status, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.