Engagement Manager Freshworks
San Mateo, CA

Job Description

Freshworks provides organizations of all sizes with SaaS customer engagement solutions that make it easy for support, sales and marketing professionals to communicate effectively with customers for better service, and collaborate with team members to resolve customer issues. Our platform includes Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshsales, Freshcaller, Freshteam, Freshchat, and Freshmarketer. Our cloud-based suite is widely used by 150,000+ businesses globally including the NHS, Honda, Rightmove, Hugo Boss, Citizens Advice, Toshiba and Cisco. Founded in 2010, Freshworks, Inc. is backed by Accel, Tiger Global Management, CapitalG, and Sequoia Capital. Freshworks is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in India, the U.K., Australia and Germany.

The Engagement Manager, coordinating closely with customer and internal teams (Product, Engineering, Marketplace, Sales, Pre-sales and Support) is responsible for planning, execution, and successful implementation of our SAAS products for our customers. The Engagement Manager manages cross-functional teams who are responsible for delivering the implementations on time for our customers with quality results.

Major Responsibilities

* Be the prime contact for customers during implementation and deployment of our software and services.
* Be responsible for all aspects of project management and coordination, including scope and change request management.
* Work closely with project sponsor and stakeholders in defining project goals and objectives as well as planning and delivering the project
* Work closely with customers and internal teams to develop, execute, and monitor implementation/deployment plans to successfully deliver solutions within agreed upon timeframes
* Conduct pre-kick-off and kick-off meetings to establish and communicate project plans, milestones, goals, and associated processes.
* Lead the development and implementation of a coordinated set of plans and programs for all phases to meet the goals and priorities of the projects.
* Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
* Ensure the prime objective of "delivering moments of wow to our customers" is always met.
* Define resources requirements, organize project teams, and ensure projects are staffed with adequate and appropriate resources.
* Establish and manage communication and risk management plans.
* Coordinate and manage site visits.
* Monitor and track project progress and work efforts on a daily basis, and report project status to senior management and other stakeholders.
* Coordinate with customer and internal teams to develop work/change orders when needed due to changes in scope, schedules, and dependencies.
* Communicate clearly with management, customers, sales, and developers to ensure business requirements are translated accurately for implementation.
* Recommend product enhancements and new product opportunities to the Product Management team.
* Work closely with sales and implementation services to scope and estimate customer engagements (pre-sale).
* Concurrently work on multiple customer implementation engagements.
* Work across multiple time zones.
* 20+% travel may be required.
* May require working outside office hours.
* Take on other assigned responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

* A Bachelor degree
* Relevant experience of managing IT projects related to SAAS products
* 5+ years of IT project management experience, planning, tracking and managing projects that successfully met timelines
* Formal project management training and/or certification (PMP Certification is a strong plus)
* Proficient in software projects/products implementation
* Experience in using project management and presentation tools
* Experience in writing business requirements and functional specification documents
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Strong organizational, presentation, and coordination skills
* Ability to prioritize, work creatively, and perform tasks in solving problems in time-critical situations
* Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
* Proven track record of working concurrently on multiple customer engagements

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