Director, Technical Support Insight & Operations

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Dimensions

This role is part of the AVEVA Success Operations team within the Global Business Operations team. This is a global Director role focused exclusively on the Technical Support function within AVEVA’s Commercial organization.  This position will report to the Vice President, Success Operations. 

Principal Accountabilities

• Key business partner to the Technical Support SVP and their Leadership, driving & coaching regional operations to support on all areas of strategy, business planning & rhythm of business.

• Partner with the SVP of Technical Support, their leadership teams and regions, to effectively align and manage the leadership teams’ cadence of review and planning activities throughout the fiscal year.

• Ability to support department vision, set initiatives and develop supporting business cases

• Ensure planning, forecasting and budgeting efforts are appropriately integrated with other planning processes employed across the organisation.

• Work closely with the Leadership team to align the technology roadmap and strategy

• Foster continuous improvement with processes and systems from defining the high-level requirements and scope to coordinating the execution and launch of these changes

• Discover and Support each of the regions’ needs while driving global consistency in tools, processes and measurements

• Support the definition, delivery and analysis of key metrics/KPIs for monthly reporting and presentations as well as monitor to spotlight trends for management awareness

• Ability to think strategically and synthesize insights and business implications from data in a meaningful way

• Leverage analytics from large datasets and content to drive efficiencies and pinpoint operational issues

• Identify, define and prioritize project initiatives and associated stakeholders

• Monitor the impact of improvements in business processes to measure and report on operational efficiency and employee impact

• Work with Technical Support management to craft onboarding and enablement programs and collaborate with Business Operations functions to execute these programs

• Manage internal and external communications related to Technical Support policies and operations

• Organize and streamline workflows

• Act as point of escalation for Global Technical Support senior management for critical operational related issues and remediation

• Review, validate and provide content for contractual requirements related to Technical Support deliverables and entitlements

• Facilitate the creation and updating of content for internal and external web properties

• Partner across functions to promote Technical Support value and obtain input on performance and processes

• Act as Change Management champion and ensure/validate execution and communication content

• Develop, own & execute communication plans driving engagement and alignment

• Provide guidance to external functions on all Technical Support related processes, support programs and capabilities

Important Working Relationships

• Business Operations to coordinate enablement programs and required system updates

• Legal department to ensure entitlements and technical support terms are properly defined within the scope of the Global Contractual Framework

• Portfolio team members to ensure release readiness or End of Life impacts are understood and enabled