Senior Engagement Success DirectorSkip to main contentThis site uses cookies and related technologies, as described in our privacy policy, for purposes that may include site operation, analytics, enhanced user experience, or communicating job openings. You may choose to decline cookies that are not necessary for the function of the site. See further details in the Genesys Privacy Policy# Careers at GenesysSenior Engagement Success Director page is loaded## Senior Engagement Success DirectorApplylocations: Frankfurt (Flexible)time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR111176Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered Experience Orchestration platform, organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic, personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements.We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.# Senior Services Engagement Director (P6)**Department:** Professional Services **Reports To:**Senior Professional Services Director **Location:** Germany## Role OverviewThe Senior Services Engagement Director is responsible for leading the end-to-end Professional Services commercial lifecycle across assigned accounts and strategic pursuits. This role owns the positioning, scoping, negotiation, and closure of complex services opportunities while driving long-term customer value, profitability, and services growth.As a quota-carrying commercial leader, you will partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, Professional Services Delivery, and Product teams to develop and execute services strategies that support customer transformation initiatives and measurable business outcomes.You will act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, guiding customers through adoption, expansion, renewals, and commercial governance activities, including Statements of Work (SOWs), change requests, and services expansion initiatives.This role requires strong enterprise services sales experience, commercial acumen, executive presence, and the ability to influence stakeholders across complex customer environments. Experience with Genesys is strongly preferred, or equivalent enterprise SaaS and services experience within contact centre, customer experience (CX), or adjacent enterprise technology platforms.# Key Responsibilities## Customer Partnership & Executive Relationship Management* Build and maintain trusted relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders, and commercial stakeholders across customer organisations.* Position Professional Services as a strategic enabler of customer transformation, adoption, operational optimisation, and business outcomes.* Identify customer needs, risks, and growth opportunities, translating them into actionable services engagements and commercial initiatives.* Serve as a trusted advisor throughout the customer lifecycle, ensuring customers realise measurable value from their investment.## Services Sales Leadership & Commercial Ownership (Quota-Carrying)* Own and achieve individual or regional Professional Services bookings targets, profitability goals, and backlog growth objectives.* Develop and execute account-based services strategies in partnership with Sales and Customer Success teams.* Identify and progress services opportunities linked to platform adoption, transformation programmes, optimisation initiatives, and customer outcomes.* Lead complex services pursuits from qualification through closure, driving internal alignment and customer negotiations.* Balance customer value, delivery feasibility, commercial risk, and profitability to achieve successful commercial outcomes.* Build and maintain a healthy services pipeline with accurate forecasting and disciplined opportunity management.## Scoping, Estimation & Statement of Work (SOW) Management* Lead discovery workshops, solution scoping sessions, and estimation activities in collaboration with Delivery and technical stakeholders.* Own the development, validation, and approval of Statements of Work, including: Scope and deliverables Assumptions and dependencies Acceptance criteria Commercial terms and pricing Governance and delivery approach* Ensure all services proposals are commercially sound, competitive, and aligned with customer requirements and delivery capabilities.* Manage project change requests end-to-end, including impact assessment, commercial negotiation, approvals, and closure.## Renewals, Expansion & Lifecycle Commercial Management* Drive Professional Services renewals, extensions, and expansion opportunities through successful negotiation and closure.* Maintain ongoing commercial engagement with customers to identify incremental services opportunities throughout the customer lifecycle.* Ensure strong pipeline hygiene and forecast accuracy, with clear visibility into risks, confidence levels, commercial exposure, and next actions.* Support long-term revenue growth through proactive account planning and strategic engagement management.## Financial & Business Management* Own services margin performance across assigned opportunities and accounts.* Balance delivery effort, resource utilisation, pricing strategy, contractual scope, and third-party costs to optimise profitability.* Produce accurate services forecasts and reporting across bookings, revenue, margin, pipeline, and backlog metrics.* Clearly communicate commercial performance, growth opportunities, and financial risks to leadership and internal stakeholders.* Collaborate with Customer Success and Delivery leaders to align engagement strategies with retention, expansion, and customer value objectives.## Communication, Influence & Executive Storytelling* Create clear, compelling customer-facing and internal commercial collateral supporting services pursuits and account growth initiatives.* Deliver executive-level presentations, proposals, and commercial narratives tailored to technical, operational, and business audiences.* Influence customer and internal decision-making through strong communication, commercial credibility, and outcome-focused storytelling.# Qualifications & Experience## Required Experience* 8–12 years of experience in Professional Services sales, services engagement management, services pre-sales, services account management, or similar commercial leadership roles within enterprise SaaS or technology services organisations.* Strong preference for Genesys experience; alternatively, equivalent experience within enterprise SaaS environments such as contact centre, CX, CRM, or adjacent enterprise platforms.* Proven success in positioning, negotiating, and closing complex services engagements, including: Statements of Work (SOWs) Commercial negotiations Contracting Renewals Change control management* Demonstrated experience managing services quotas, forecasts, pipeline development, and commercial governance processes.* Strong commercial and financial acumen, including: Margin management Pricing strategy Forecasting Profitability management* Experience operating effectively within cross-functional and matrixed organisations.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with strong executive presence and customer-facing credibility.* Strong interpersonal, stakeholder management, negotiation, and presentation skills.* Self-motivated, collaborative, and able to work effectively both independently and within distributed teams.## Education* Bachelor’s degree required.* MBA or Master’s degree strongly preferred, or equivalent senior-level commercial experience within enterprise SaaS or services organisations.# Nice to Have* Hands-on delivery experience in programme management, project leadership, customer success, or enterprise implementation delivery.* Experience leading contact centre transformation, cloud migration, or large-scale enterprise implementation programmes.* Working knowledge of: Salesforce (SFDC) Excel-based financial modelling and reporting PowerPoint and executive presentation development* Prior experience in quota-carrying Professional Services sales or commercial leadership roles within enterprise software organisations.If a Genesys employee referred you, please use the link they sent you to apply.**About Genesys:**Genesys empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. With agentic AI at its core, Genesys CloudTM is the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform that connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise. As a result, organizations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visit www.genesys.com.**Reasonable Accommodations:**If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in your ability to access or use this online application and need an alternative method for applying, you or someone you know may contact us at reasonable.accommodations@genesys.com.You can expect a response within 24–48 hours. To help us provide the best support, click the email link above to open a pre-filled message and complete the requested information before sending. 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