Professional Services Manager

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profile Job Location:

Missoula, MT - USA

profile Yearly Salary: $ 95000 - 95000
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title:

Professional Services Manager

Job Status:

Full Time

Department:

Professional Services

Employee Type:

Salaried

Reports To:

CTO & VP of Professional Services

Travel Required:

As needed

Key Collaborators

Sales Engineering Manager vCIOs TAMs Service Desk Manager Project Managers Professional Services Engineers Vendors / 3rd Parties Procurement

Direct Reports

Professional Services Engineers and Project Manager

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm MST (Flexibility required to meet business needs; off-hours and weekend availability may be necessary to ensure success)

Primary Work Location

Office and Client Sites

Position Summary

The Professional Services Manager is a player-coach leadership role responsible for the successful delivery of professional services projects while leading coaching and developing the Professional Services team. Approximately 60% of this role is dedicated to hands-on project delivery serving as the primary engineer on Tier 3 initiatives with the remaining time focused on peoples leadership operational excellence and cross-functional coordination.

This role blends technical leadership delivery execution and people management ensuring projects are delivered on time on budget and aligned with First Calls standards long-term support model and client business outcomes.

The Professional Services Manager operates as a peer to the Sales Engineering Manager partnering closely to ensure seamless transition from solution design to execution and acting as a client-facing escalation point for complex and high-risk projects


When Done Well the Professional Services Manager:

  • Delivers complex Tier 3 projects with minimal rework and strong client outcomes
  • Leads by example through hands-on engineering and technical ownership
  • Builds coaches and develops a high-performing Professional Services team
  • Ensures consistent execution of standards SOPs and delivery processes
  • Balances utilization margin quality and client satisfaction
  • Creates clarity accountability and operational discipline across Professional Services

Position Roles Responsibilities and Expectations


Energizing

Excellent

Competent

Energized by hands-on technical delivery while coaching others

Enjoys balancing execution leadership and operational ownership

Motivated by building scalable repeatable delivery outcomes

Thrives in complex high-impact project environments

Tier 3 project delivery

Delivers projects on time on budget and aligned with First Call standards with minimal rework.

Coaches and develops engineers and project management staff through clear expectations and accountability.

Owns project intake scheduling capacity planning and utilization for self and team.

Manages delivery risks escalations and client expectations effectively.

Partners cross-functionally to ensure smooth design-to-delivery execution.

Maintaining visibility into pipeline backlog and future scheduled work

Using tools effectively

Managing competing priorities between delivery and leadership responsibilities

Handling escalations calmly and effectively

Driving accountability without micromanagement

Acceptable Performance

Scorecard

  • Billable Utilization Professional Services Department (70%)
  • Average Billable Rate
  • Customer Satisfaction (Project Delivery)

Capabilities Years of Experience Education/Certifications

Category

Requirements

Capabilities

  • Advanced technical delivery and problem-solving
  • Coaching accountability and people development
  • Project delivery and operational discipline
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Clear client communication and expectation management

Education / Certifications

  • Bachelors degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience
  • Relevant technical certifications (Microsoft Cisco security cloud virtualization) preferred
  • No license requirements

Experience

  • 510 years of Professional Services / Engineering experience
  • Demonstrated Tier 3 implementation expertise
  • Prior player-coach or leadership experience preferred
  • MSP experience strongly preferred

Compensation

This role offers a base salary range of $70000$80000 per year plus a target annual incentive of 1015% of base salary based on performance.


Required Experience:

Manager

Job Title: Professional Services Manager Job Status: Full Time Department: Professional Services Employee Type: Salaried Reports To: CTO & VP of Professional Services Travel Required: As needed Key Collaborators Sales Engineering Manager vCIOs TAMs Service Desk M...
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