Manager of Professional Services

Axon Axon · Enterprise · United Kingdom · Remote · 1564 GSS International

Manager of Professional Services leading a team responsible for successful implementations of Axon Enterprise's products, including software and hardware sensors. The role involves guiding customers through onboarding, configuration, training, and deployment, ensuring smooth implementation and alignment with customer needs. It also focuses on creating exceptional customer experiences, anticipating needs, clear communication, and removing obstacles. The manager will lead, mentor, and develop the Service Delivery Team, manage resources, oversee complex enterprise-grade product deployments, collaborate with stakeholders, maintain technical expertise on Axon products, document customer feedback, and contribute to strategic planning.

What you'd actually do

  1. Guide, mentor, and develop the Service Delivery Team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. Conduct regular performance reviews, provide coaching, and identify training opportunities to enhance team skills and knowledge.
  2. Effectively manage team resources, ensuring optimal allocation and utilization of skills and expertise to meet project demands. Monitor team workloads and provide support to balance priorities.
  3. Lead and manage a team responsible for executing complex, enterprise-grade product deployments. Provide strategic oversight across change management activities, technical presentations, solution demonstrations, and technical workshops, ensuring alignment between client partners and internal stakeholders.
  4. Work closely with business and IT leaders to define the vision, scope, and delivery timelines for project deliverables. Ensure that project milestones and deadlines are met, and that all documentation supports project scope and customer acceptance for revenue recognition while maintaining clear communication and strong customer partnerships throughout the implementation lifecycle.
  5. Maintain a deep understanding of Axon products and services, ensuring the team successfully installs, configures, and tests solutions, including interview rooms, in-car video systems, activation devices, and body-worn cameras.

Skills

Required

  • Proven experience in managing teams
  • Proven operating experience in areas such as Digital Video, Mobile Communications, or SaaS
  • Experience in project management and resource tracking
  • Strong understanding of software/hardware testing and implementation within complex customer environments
  • Comfort with basic networking concepts and mobile applications
  • Ability to troubleshoot effectively
  • Solid understanding of the company's solutions and products
  • Demonstrated ability to implement, drive, and track multiple simultaneous projects
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Availability to travel (40%) within the United Kingdom & Ireland, with occasional international travel
  • Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business or Information Technology, Information Systems, or applicable Technical Engineering (Computer Science, Software Engineering, Software Development), or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • Law enforcement experience

What the JD emphasized

  • customer acceptance for revenue recognition