Senior Technical Support Manager, EUC Horizon EMEA - Opportunity for Working Remotely

The Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity? Are you passionate about learning new technology and solving complex problems for key customers? VMware has a Sr Manager Technical Support role for you. As Senior Manager of the EUC support organization, you will have the responsibility to manage and lead a highly skilled technical support team driving adoption of our Horizon offering. Your team will be responsible for the success of VMware’s most strategic customers and partners, requiring the development of strong and lasting working relationships. Our Global Support organization supports over 250,000 companies in 100+ different countries, and you can be part of an extraordinary team in an energetic, creative, and collaborative business environment. You will be in the forefront of the work from anywhere transformation helping our customers shift their workforce to remote and hybrid, which has only been accelerated by the worldwide pandemic. Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? As a Senior Technical Support Manager of End User Compute, you will have the opportunity to work with the existing senior management team in the design and implementation of the mission, strategy, and tactics of our leading-edge technical support organization. You will also be responsible for the general management of one or more technical support teams with the Horizon product suite as your primary focus of delivery out of the EUC technologies. The position demands excellent communication and relationships skills with staff, customers, partners and stakeholders at all levels including engineering, sales, and product marketing teams to ensure that VMware is delivering overall superior service and support to our customers. Prior experience in the software industry with a minimum of 5 years in technical support or operations management, including people management is required. You will also be responsible for several ongoing programs/projects and initiatives within the greater organization. A large component of the position will require a focus on making VMware a great place to work. First steps on in this role will be to upskill on Global support processes and products, to understand how the technology works, and the workings of our support operations. Once achieved, you will support build relationships with staff, customers, Partners, and stakeholders at all levels including engineering, sales, and product marketing teams. When you have a good grasp of the processes, people, and product, you be responsible for several ongoing programs/projects and initiatives within the greater organization. An ability to innovate, adapt and execute in a dynamic environment with clear leadership skills at a senior level will be key to your success in this role. The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? As a Technical Support Manager in the End User Compute team, you will work closely with our Executive Support Leadership team including Sr. Managers of Technical Support, Director of Technical Support, and the SVP of Global Support Services, Engineering, Sales, and Product Marketing teams to ensure that VMware is delivering overall superior service and support to our cloud customers. In this role you will: Accountable for all aspects of VMware’s engagement with our customers and key internal stakeholders, primarily focused on Horizon in the End User Compute space. Responsible for metrics’ such as CSAT, support request average time to resolution and employee satisfaction. General management and motivation of a number of VMware's existing technical support teams, including hiring, management, and professional development of support engineering staff. Innovate, Design, develop, and implement processes, systems, and technology to support and enhance the technical support function, including workflow, incident management, and telephony. Work with VMware’s sales teams and key stakeholders to establish requirements for enhancement of existing support programs and/or establishment of new ones. Work with VMware’s engineering team and other cross functional teams to implement formal feedback mechanisms for incidents, causes, and resolutions where required. Work in an environment of trust, on-going development, where you are empowered to develop and achieve success, surrounded, and supported by a team of highly skilled engineers and supported by a leadership team involved in and committed to your success. This role is flexible and can be done from home or in an office. Work will be done from an office some days during a week and other days from a non-VMware building. This job requisition is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsored by VMware. Category : Client Support Subcategory: Technical Support Experience: Business Leadership Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2022-03-04 Global Services: The VMware Global Support Services (GSS) team supports over 250,000 companies running VMware in over 100 different countries. The GSS team supports the entire suite of VMware products for global customers and partners. GSS team members also participate in product delivery strategy, product documentation, discussion forums with customers, and expert documents publishing. A commitment to excellence and customer advocacy pervades the GSS team, and the work environment fosters intellectual stimulation through exchanges with internal and external customers. The VMware GSS team members are the “best of the best” supporting business-critical applications in a virtual infrastructure. What’s in it for you? The entire VMware team has created a unique business environment -- one of energy, creativity, and collaboration The atmosphere is fun, casual, and inviting, in keeping with VMware's roots as a successful entrepreneurial startup We are guided in our efforts by a strong set of corporate values: Excellence and innovation Straightforwardness and open communications A sense of fun and an appreciation of a balanced life Delivery on our promises to our partners, our customers, and ourselves A passion for what we do and the value we deliver VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. 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