Key deliverables/accountabilities:

Act as the focal point for Technical Escalations/Outages liaising between the customer and the internal stake holders.

Act as the customer advocate and liaison to drive customer satisfaction.

Create and track the plan of action for each issue by aligning technical resources including Escalation Specialist, Level 2 Teams, Field Technical support representatives and Engineering to drive timely resolution of Escalations/Outages.

Proactively engage with internal stake holders to help HPE meet SLAs, organizational goals and metrics.

Understand the technical problem and its impact on the customer’s business.

Communicate and effectively manage the customer's expectations at all levels of their organization.

Spearhead internal/external conference calls to lead Escalations/Outages.

Create strong synergies within the internal teams, along with being an active participant in the GSD-EM community.

Ensure highest levels of customer satisfaction by proactively delivering information about Outages at a frequency that matches the situation's urgency.

Maintain a strong commitment to building relationships with the customer. (Strong communication and negotiation skills are required.)

Get engaged during complex situations such as multiple product failure, severe production outages, performance degradation issues, data loss/corruption, and legal/media issues and take complete ownership of the situation and drive to restoration of services.



Education (degree) and professional experience required:

8 to 10 years’ work experience

Experience in project/escalation management or in similar roles/businesses is an asset

Experience in working with technology business, preferably storage.

Proficient in English

Knowledge management skills: creation and re-use of intellectual capital

Excellent communication and leadership skills

Excellent project management and organizational skills

Team player: ability and willingness to motivate and support other engineers

Should be flexible to work in the nights or any flexible hours as per the business requirement as the technical escalation manager needs to manage outages/escalations for a 24*7 functioning organization.

Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in technical/scientific discipline or equivalent on the job experience

ITIL & PMI knowledge or certification is an asset



Other requirements:

Communicator: possess strong & effective communication skills capable to interact with internal stake holders and top level management in both an oral and written manner.

Team- Oriented: Be capable of embracing the ideas of others (even if they conflict with your own) for the sake of the company and client.

Entrepreneurial: Thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment and be excited by the chance to play a large role.

Passionate: Be passionate about collaboration and ensure our customers are successful.

Self-motivated: Be able to work with minimum supervision and be capable of strategically prioritizing multiple tasks in a proactive manner.

Leadership: Step up to challenges, take the initiative, drive decisions and lead diverse teams to success



Personal skills and qualities:

Good understanding of service management principles, excellent understanding of Incident Management and Problem Management (ITIL certification a plus)

Good understanding of project management (PM) techniques and tools (PMP certification a plus)

Services or Technical background

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Sound negotiating and excellent presentation skills

Should be able to manage stress

Effective at problem-solving

Ability to summarize Technical content for non-Technical executive audience

Broad knowledge of corporate policies, products, markets and processes, as well as an understanding of business management principles and practices

Good knowledge of all relevant HPE services, competition, market trends, third parties

Developing leadership/mentoring skills

Able to lead cross-functional teams to achieve desired outcomes

Able to make and drive sound decisions under high load



Technical skills:

HPE Storage (3PAR knowledge is an advantage)

Knowledge in any of the other HPE technologies (Servers, Networking, DCC) is an asset

MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)

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