Principal Service Delivery Manager

Principal Service Delivery Manager - Oracle Managed Cloud Services for Middle East and Africa-230003QV

**Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages***: English, Arabic

**Preferred Qualifications**

**Principal Service Delivery Manager - Oracle Managed Cloud Services for the Middle East and Africa**

To manage and develop the Managed Cloud Services (MCS) relationship with designated account(s) in the Middle East and Africa throughout the engagement against the contractual deliverables & commercials. To work at a senior level within the customer, become the trusted advisor for the customer, in order to help the customer to maximize their investment in Oracle and represent them across the wider Oracle organization. To drive a high degree of satisfaction and reference ability, to protect and enhance Customer Success Services (CSS) revenue streams

**Responsibilities**
- Deliver high levels of customer satisfaction
- Establishing the account(s) as a referenceable customer
- Manage the customer in accordance with the contract
- Manage the delivery engagement as defined by MCS processes & tools, including creating and maintaining accurate service documentation
- Co-ordinate the resources required to deliver the service to the allocated customer(s)
- Assuring and improving high quality of MCS service.
- Manage the contractual commercials, ensuring that the margin is maintained & developing plans to improve margin where appropriate
- Manage commercial aspects of the contract such as rebates, storage costs, work packages, etc.
- Assisting in the renewal of MCS contracts and contributing to pre-sales activities
- Develop strategic relationships with senior members i.e. CIO, CTO of the customer management team.
- Represent the customer within Oracle and act as their advocate
- Developing cross-team or 3rd party relationships, and working with these teams in delivering a comprehensive service to the customer
- Developing and maintaining relationships with senior management across Oracle lines of business within the designated account(s)
- Advising the account on the most effective and efficient way to use Oracle services and products
- Establishing and communicating the Oracle service spectrum within the account(s) and identifying potential sales opportunities
- Identifying additional opportunities for customers to engage with Oracle, such as Special Interest Group (SIG), Oracle Customer Advisory Board (OCAB) plus other technical and business events.
- Generate a Project Plan for each project which fully reflects MCS requirements
- Communicate the plan and gain customer and third party buy-in and agreement
- Drive the implementation of the Project Plan
- Monitor and report the progress against the Project Plan

**Accountabilities**
- Customer satisfaction and reference ability for the MCS service/contract
- Commercial aspects of the MCS contract, particularly margin
- Monitor support service effort and report against agreed budget(s)
- Delivery of the MCS service components and supporting documentation, particularly 52-week plans, account reviews
- Create and maintain accurate customer information using Customer Intelligence tools
- Produce Project Scope Objectives and Approach that outline the Project Management processes
- Generate & manage work plan, key deliverables, resources required, roles and responsibilities, risks, issues, and dependencies according to MCS standards
- Produce regular and accurate progress reports
- Work with other Oracle lines of business to create and maintain the Account Plan for each relevant account(s)
- Operate in line with Oracle's business processes and procedures

**Qualifications**
- 8+ years IT project management experience, in B2B environments
- PRINCE2 / PMP and standard ITIL Certification is desirable
- Strong interpersonal skills, good communicator
- Extensive customer interaction experience at middle or executive levels. Solid industry experience/knowledge.
- Preferable previous Outsourcing/MCS delivery or implementation experience
- Proven track record of building strategic relationships and delivering high levels of customer service
- Proven day-to-day service delivery experience, this should be in current role
- Previous experience of working in a virtual team, and taking the lead role for that team

**Detailed Description and Job Requirements**

This position will be responsible for providing customers with the guidance and support needed throughout the full life cycle of implementation to ensure successful and most effective use of Oracle’s products. In addition, this position will be a leader in ensuring overall customer satisfaction with Oracle’s products and related implementation services.

**Job**: Support

**Location**: EG-EG,Egypt-Cairo

**Job Type**: Regular Employee Hire

**Organization**: Oracle