Engagement Owner
zeta
Job Summary
Zeta is seeking an Engagement Owner to lead the successful definition and delivery of product deliverables, projects, and services to clients, driving revenue growth and customer success. This role requires business and product understanding, client relationship management, and expectation management with stakeholders. The Engagement Owner will oversee delivery governance, potentially manage delivery teams, and ensure client satisfaction, revenue, and profitability targets are met. Collaboration with clients, product, engineering, support, operations, finance, and sales teams is essential. Responsibilities include client management, strategic planning, stakeholder communication, delivery oversight, team coordination, quality assurance, and negotiation.
Must Have
- Build and maintain deep, trusted client relationships
- Develop strategies for client engagement and satisfaction
- Facilitate communication between clients and delivery teams
- Oversee delivery of customizations and feature building
- Collaborate with Platform and Professional Services teams
- Ensure deliverables meet quality standards
- Manage and negotiate resources and terms
- Experience building and managing large client engagements
- Conflict resolution and persuasion skills
- Proactive problem solver
Good to Have
- Knowledge of ITIL and other service management frameworks
- Experience in SDLC and various delivery methodologies
- Experience in Banking & Fintech
- B.Tech/M.Tech in computer science or related field
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Client Management: Build and maintain deep, trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, acting as their primary point of contact and trusted advisor.
- Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategies to enhance client engagement and satisfaction, driving continuous improvement in service delivery. Monitor KPIs and oversee the achievement of P&L targets.
- Stakeholder Communication: Facilitate clear and effective communication between clients, internal delivery teams, and mid-level program support.
- Delivery oversight:Oversee the delivery of customizations, feature building, and maintenance services, ensuring alignment with client requirements and expectations. Lead internal and external delivery governance by proactively managing risks and issues with key stakeholders. (~50%)
- Team Coordination: Collaborate with the Platform Team and Professional Services Team, each led by aDirector, to ensure seamless project execution.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure all deliverables meet the highest quality standards and are delivered on time and within budget.
- Negotiation: Manage and negotiate resources & terms with senior stakeholders, including clients, vendors and partners, to ensure program delivery aligns with agreed-upon conditions.
Skills:
- Prior experience building and managing large client engagements (> $6M)
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong client relationships at senior level
- Conflict resolution and persuasion of interdisciplinary teams
- Proactive problem solver who effectively resolves issues and risks.
- Knowledge of ITIL and other service management frameworks.
Experience & Qualifications:
- Experience in SDLC and various delivery methodologies (PMI, Scaled Agile Framework).
- 16+ years of experience in SaaS Product / Enterprise Product environment.
- Experience in Banking & Fintech
- B.Tech/M.Tech in computer science, information technology or a related field.