Engagement Manager for Vignette

As an Engagement Manager working on Vignette’s Professional Services team, your passion for project management, coupled with your innate client management skills will see you thriving in this high visibility role. With interesting clients and the chance to implement cutting edge web solutions, this might be the opportunity that you have been looking for. Since this position is a client facing role, this individual can be based anywhere in the Southwest Region of the US, (as far east as Texas and as far west as California) near a major airport.

Vignette helps organizations improve the way they connect online with their key audiences, by providing software for building great online experiences and for managing the content that fuels those experiences. Our customers tell us that Vignette is their only option when they must support large sites with lots of traffic, featuring diverse types of content; when they require support for virtually any kind of end-user device; when they need to build online communities around their brand or offerings; when they require a high degree of personalization in their online interactions; and when they need to expose internal business processes to their online constituencies. Vignette created the first Web Content Management software more than a decade ago, and today our customers include some of the world's most prominent brands in virtually every industry.

Responsibilities:Oversees success across multiple clients directing multiple project work teams with delivery, architecture and sales staff. Ensures the highest quality of deliverables delivered on time and within budget for each. Acts as point of contact for highest customer escalated issues. Sets objectives and priorities, assigns and reviews tasks, performance and staffing requirements. Develops positive long lasting working relationships with customers and ensures consistently high customer satisfaction. Works closely with account teams to develop and execute on account strategy plans. Scopes projects based on customers high-level business requirements.

Required knowledge/skills include:

Business Skills (80%)Executive level written and verbal communication skills. Prior experience in a "customer facing" environment such as sales or technical consulting. A solid understanding of project delivery methodologies and project management practices. Understand contract execution, finance and billing procedures. Ability to manage multiple clients at one time. Ability to build and maintain positive customer relationships.

Technical Knowledge (20%)

High level knowledge of the following technologies:J2EE Framework Web Technologies Database technologies Application Servers