Lead Support Services Manager / Critical Situation Manager
Responsible for communication with key customers, the sales organization and key management staff on the status of support services and critical accounts within the assigned geo.Creates reports to review with sales executives on their services business and develops plans and activities that Technical Support can execute to assist customers and prospects.Proactively addresses any issues impacting the effectiveness of Citrix support services and customer perceptions of deficiencies with respective stakeholders.Ensures timely, professional and effective communication with the customer and internal executives.Manages the remediation process and technical resources by facilitating cross departmental collaboration. Coordinates the end-to-end customer experience and owns the internal and external communications. Acts as the customers and account team’s primary contact during critical situations.Works with the technical specialists to manage the escalation and resolution of problems and incidents.Initiates and facilitates the discussion with customer and resolution stakeholders during critical issues. Ensures timely, professional and effective communication with the customer and internal groups from both the technical and management perspective.Oversees top tier customer critical account technical support situations to ensure all aspects of the engagement are progressing to issue resolution.Develops and delivers executive communication to customer and Citrix sales executives on status of critical service requests.Designs, implements and supports processes with Product Management and Engineering regarding customer’s needs and experiences with Citrix products.Provides ongoing status updates to the account team, executive leadership and support management.Escalates issues/risks quickly for mitigationLeads and participates in projects relating to the continuous improvement of Citrix support services.