Senior Professional Services Sales Director

Be the one building AI-powered experiences where they matter most.

At Genesys we help organizations create better customer experiences through AI-powered experience orchestration. Our platform connects people systems data and AI to help organizations deliver more personalized service improve operational efficiency and build stronger customer relationships.

Help build support and operate technology used by more than 8000 organizations in over 100 countries moving AI from possibility to production in real-world enterprise environments every day.

Job Title: Senior Professional Services Sales Director

Department & Team:Professional Services

Reports to:Director of Customer Success

Location:Amsterdam (hybrid as per business needs)

Role Overview

The Senior Professional Services Sales Directorowns the end-to-end services commercial cycle for assigned accounts and pursuits. You will shape and close complex Professional Services opportunities lead scoping and estimation build compelling Statements of Work and drive commercial governance across change control and renewals.

This is a quota-carrying role with quarterly targets (services and innovation bookings and profitability). You will operate as a trusted advisor to customers and partnering closely with Sales Customer Success PS Delivery and Product to drive measurable outcomes and a healthy services backlog. Genesys experience is strongly preferred or equivalent enterprise SaaS/services experience in contact centre or adjacent platforms.

Summary of What Youll Do

You will identify qualify scope and close Professional Services opportunities across existing and new customers. You will own the services commercial plan for your accounts including services renewals change requests and margin management. This role carries quarterly targets for services bookings and project profitability and is expected to build and maintain a healthy engagement backlog.

Key responsibilities include:

Customer Partnership and Executive Relationship Management

• Build and maintain senior relationships across customer stakeholders including executive sponsors.
• Position Genesys as a value driver aligned to customer outcomes adoption and transformation roadmaps.
• Proactively identify customer needs risks and expansion opportunities and translate them into actionable services engagements.

Opportunity Identification Deal Leadership and Commercial Ownership (Quota-Carrying)

• Own an individual or regional services bookings number and deliver against quarterly targets through disciplined pipeline management and deal execution.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Success to develop account strategies and identify services opportunities tied to platform adoption and business outcomes.
• Lead services pursuit strategy manage internal alignment and negotiate to close deals with strong commercial outcomes.
• Drive decision-making with a clear point of view grounded in customer value and delivery realities.

Scoping Estimation Statements of Work and Change Control

• Lead discovery and scoping workshops create estimates and align solution approach with Delivery and technical stakeholders.
• Own creation validation and approval of Statements of Work including assumptions dependencies deliverables acceptance criteria and governance.
• Own Project Change Requests end-to-end including commercial impact negotiation and closure.

Services Renewals and Lifecycle Commercial Management

• Create and validate Professional Services product renewals where applicable and manage renewals through negotiation and closure.
• Maintain pipeline hygiene and forecast accuracy ensuring transparency of risk confidence level and next steps.

Financial and Business Acumen

• Own services margin health for your portfolio balancing delivery effort resourcing third-party costs and contractual scope.
• Produce and maintain services forecasts and reports (bookings revenue margin backlog) and communicate performance clearly to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Customer Success Managers to align engagement strategy to retention growth and measurable customer value.

Communication Influence and Executive-Ready Storytelling

• Produce clear structured customer-facing collateral and internal communications.
• Deliver credible presentations and commercial narratives to senior stakeholders tailoring messaging to technical and non-technical audiences.

What You Bring (Requirements)

• Fluent in English and Dutch (additional languages are a plus)

• 812 years experience in a professional services commercial role within enterprise SaaS or technology services (Professional Services Sales Services Engagement Services Pre-Sales or equivalent).
• Strong preference for Genesys experience. If not Genesys you must have comparable enterprise SaaS experience ideally in contact centre CX CRM or adjacent platforms.
• Proven track record of owning and closing complex services deals including negotiation contracting and change control.
• Strong financial acumen including forecasting margin management and commercial governance.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and operate effectively in matrix environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English with executive presence.
• Ability to work effectively both individually and with a team
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Positive attitude and high willingness to learn and share knowledge with coworkers
• Ability to obtain Security Check (SC) NSV clearance if required
• Right to work in the Netherlands. We regret that no relocation can be offered for this role.

Education

• Bachelors degree required.
• MBA or Masters degree strongly preferred or equivalent senior commercial experience in enterprise SaaS/services.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on delivery experience including project delivery leadership programme management or customer success leadership.
• Experience with contact centre transformation cloud migration or complex enterprise implementation programmes.
• Working knowledge of Salesforce (SFDC) Excel-based financial modelling/reporting and PowerPoint for executive presentations.

Working at Genesys

• AI at enterprise scale Build support and operate AI-powered technology used by more than 8000 organizations worldwide. 150new AI features were released in the last fiscal year.
• A flexible-first culture Join a global team of nearly 7000 employees with flexible ways of working designed to help people do their best work.
• Growth in the AI era Build future-ready skills through mentorship learning programs leadership development and education support.
• Time to recharge and give back Benefits include paid volunteer time August Free Fridays well-being resources and regionally tailored programs for employees and their families.
• Recognized globally Genesys is Great Place to Work certified in 17 countries and 94% of employees are proud to tell others they work at Genesys.

Learn more about our culture AI innovation and sustainability commitments through our Careers site and Sustainability Report.

What Happens After You Apply

After you apply heres what you can typically expect:

• Our Talent Acquisition team reviews your application with the hiring team.

• A Talent Acquisition Partner will review your application and if your background is aligned schedule a Zoom interview.

• Next youll meet the hiring manager and other members of the interview team.

• We aim to keep the process focused and respectful of your time with no more than five interviews in most cases.

• After interviews are complete our team will follow up with the final steps.

Every application is reviewed by a person. Response times may vary by role and location but our team will keep you informed throughout the process.

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About Genesys:

Genesys empowers more than 8000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. Genesys Cloud is the Agentic Orchestration Platform that securely connects people systems data and AI across the enterprise with built-in governance and control. 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.

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