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As Service Delivery Manager, you will be a dedicated relationship manager with several elite Anthology Managed Hosting customers and provide a superior level of customer support, project management, communication, and documentation to the set of customers. You will facilitate the current standards, and constantly improve management, communication, and documentation within Anthology s Managed Hosting Services organization.
Primary responsibilities will include:
Maintaining day-to-day knowledge of all plans, activities, and status of projects and issues involving customers Blackboard SaaS environment
Coordinating and facilitating regularly scheduled project and status update meetings with customers
Troubleshooting product and SaaS environment issues to determine root cause and implement solutions/workarounds
Serving as liaison with internal teams who deploy, configure, and maintain customer environments within Managed Hosting and SaaS environments
Planning, coordinating, and managing projects involving customer s infrastructure for scalability, optimal performance, and growth in coordination with customers and all elements within Anthology (Blackboard, Mobile)
Focusing on delivering a positive customer experience by actively supporting the customer and keeping them up to date throughout the lifecycle of support cases
Providing customer with deliverables including information regarding Escalation process, Operations handbook, Infrastructure changes, Monthly Reports and Meeting Minutes
Providing timely and detailed reports of infrastructure changes, service outages, or degradation of services, and issuing resolution reports
Maintaining and driving strong process and policy adherence
The Candidate:
Required skills/qualifications:
Bachelors degree, preferably in Computer Science or Information Systems
2-5 years of project management responsibility planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects
Sharp problem-solving, analytical, and innovation skills
Quality-conscious with strong attention to detail in documenting, handling, tracking technical issues
An understanding of Internet application technologies including HTML, JSON, SQL, Java, Internet protocols, networking, firewalls, web server configurations, and security
Excellent interpersonal communication skills; ability to translate complex ideas into simple language for non-technical audiences
Excellent written communication skills and organizational skills
Strong, self-driven team player who excels in Customer Service and understands the customer first philosophy
Ability to lead a technical team and manage multiple resources in a high-interrupt environment
Professional demeanor and ability to establish and maintain effective business and client relationships
Strong leadership and project management skills, ability to drive projects from inception to completion
Familiarity with product and/or project management best practices and procedures
Fluency in written and spoken English
Preferred skills/qualifications:
Experience in technical support of applications, specifically within SaaS environments
Knowledge and understanding of online Learning Management Systems