at Oracle in Springfield, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Description
Oracle Energy and Water provides the most comprehensive platform of leading-edge solutions to empower utility business transformation-from asset operations to the customer experience. These validated, innovative solutions enable today’s electric, gas, and water utilities to improve the customer experience and enhance operational efficiency. Add in the flexibility of the cloud, and utilities can more quickly adapt to the changing landscape while reducing cost and workload.
As a Manager in Client Success at Opower, your mandate is to serve as the primary point of contact for your clients. You will be responsible for the client relationship end-to-end – including deployment and ongoing delivery of our cutting-edge product suite, building and maintaining strong client relationships, and serving as a trusted partner to your clients and our sales, regulatory, and marketing teams to maintain account health. You will work closely with Implementation Engineers, Configuration Analysts, and Client Support Engineers to implement projects for your clients. You will handle delivery timelines, prioritize work, and be ultimately accountable to ensure your extended team delivers on schedule, at the highest quality. You will also bolster our efforts to evangelize the use of behavioral programs and customer engagement to achieve demand side management and customer care outcomes for our clients.
This is an ideal job for someone who has a passion for working with clients and software products, exercises sound business judgment, is an effective multi-tasker and a strategic thinker with an extraordinary attention to detail, and is passionate about energy efficiency. The successful candidate will be a demonstrated quick learner and self-starter – with the ability to initiate and make difficult calls and also function well within a team environment. The ideal candidate will have a unique ability to communicate a variety of messages to varying audiences, can build relationships effortlessly, is client-focused, and can follow through and get results
Career Level – IC3
Responsibilities
Collaborate with a cross-functional client delivery team:
+ Communicate resource needs and project priorities to ensure on-time delivery of projects according to client specifications.
+ Identify and lead issues and risks while acting as an escalation for the client
+ Lead delivery timelines and communicate project status to client and internal stakeholders
Be a trusted advisor who helps clients achieve their goals:
+ Operate effectively in a SaaS business environment by leading internal expectations as well as those of your clients and prioritize using business judgment to balance business objectives with client goals
+ Spend time understanding clients’ objectives and deliver programs that support these goals
+ Partner with Sales to support successful expansions and acceptance of new products/services in your clients’ accounts and facilitate incremental business opportunities
+ Creatively problem solve when difficult situations arise and help client and internal team members resolve delivery challenges
Be an effective communicator:
+ Take the lead to present key results, facilitate meetings, and deliver difficult messages to clients
+ Escalate critical client needs to senior management
+ Cultivate effective decision-making and operational excellence across business by establishing relationships and helping internal teams understand client priorities and business context
+ Maintain consistent and frequent communication with clients to ensure efficient project implementation, review ongoing needs, provide timely solutions and recommendations to help achieve success and drive adoption
Be an authority in the product suite:
+ Comprehend technical components of a SaaS deployment and communicate requirements to both business and technical client audiences
+ Deeply understand the product suite, service offerings, and functionality to enable effective communication of capabilities to clients
+ Actively chip in to the refinement and development of new product features and service offerings by working closely with Professional Services and R&D
About You
+ BS or BA degree. MBA, MS or relevant experience preferred.
+ At least 4+ years of professional experience in technology consulting or account management, with a strong preference for experience within a SaaS or enterprise software-related field
+ You are an excellent communicator who understands technical concepts and are able to translate complex and technical topics across a wide range of audiences in an engaging and succinct manner
+ You have demonstrated success working directly with clients, including building senior level relationships.
+ You have strong project management experience, ideally in a rapidly-paced consulting, services, or technology-related environment; previous enterprise software or SaaS business model experience is ideal
+ You are analytical, yet creative and love numbers
+ You have good judgment in a business context
+ You have a worked or led a team in a cross-functional work environment
+ You have experience leading multiple high-priority projects and the ability to make multi-tasking look effortless
+ PST or MST time zone highly preferred
Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range: from $32.07 to $60.63 per hour; from $66,700 to $126,100 per annum. May be eligible for equity. Eligible for commission with an estimated pay mix of 60/40 – 90/10.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
1. Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
2. Short term disability and long term disability
3. Life insurance and AD&D
4. Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
5. Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
6. Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
7. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
8. Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
9. 11 paid holidays
10. Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
11. Paid parental leave
12. Adoption assistance
13. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
14. Financial planning and group legal
15. Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
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