
Sr. Customer Operations Project Manager
- Waterloo, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Planning and executing on KCS strategy, making sure that best practices are in place across all our support teams.
- Administering a global KCS program in an Enterprise and Premium Support setting.
- Analyzing self-service consumption and support data to identify top support ticket drivers, developing strategies to eliminate through customer self-service, automation and AI.
- Managing the full project lifecycle for self-service initiatives, from initiation to closure.
- Developing key performance indicators (KPIs), tracking progress and reporting on project status to stakeholders.
- Ensuring self-service solutions deliver tangible benefit to customers and ultimately eliminate or greatly reduce the need for assisted support.
- Identifying and mitigating potential risks and issues to the success of the project.
- Managing multiple projects and deliverables concurrently with incomplete information or ambiguous instructions
- Exercising skillful decision making based on your experience, interpretation and evaluation to select the right course of action, informing and escalating to stakeholders appropriately.
- University degree or college diploma (BA or MA), preferably in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Business Analyst and/or Project Management training based on BABOK/PMBOK standards.
- 5+ years’ experience managing projects in a high-tech fast-paced industry.
- Familiarity with industry best-practices for measuring self-service success and deflection in an Enterprise Software Support setting.
- In-depth knowledge of KCS best practices from the Consortium for Service Innovation, with KCS Certification and 3+ years’ experience implementing and operating a KCS Program in an Enterprise Software Support setting.
- Experience working in shared collaboration and tracking tools, such as JIRA, Octane, SmartSheet.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts and solutions clearly, tailoring messages to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Great written and verbal communication skills in English. Experience writing using a corporate style guide for customer-facing content.
- Strong relationship and team building skills, with the ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts.