Sr. Engagement Manager

Gong Gong · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Professional Services

Gong is seeking a Sr. Engagement Manager to lead strategic enterprise-level implementations of their AI-powered Revenue AI Operating System. This role focuses on driving customer adoption, managing complex organizational change, and acting as a trusted advisor to C-suite stakeholders, ensuring clients maximize their investment in Gong's platform.

What you'd actually do

  1. Architect and drive the Change Management Strategy for complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise implementations, ensuring successful organizational adoption and maximum business value realization.
  2. Serve as the executive point of contact and trusted advisor to C-level and senior leadership (VP/Director-level) sponsors, expertly managing expectations, providing strategic direction, and communicating engagement risks.
  3. Lead the entire implementation lifecycle, from discovery and design through testing, rollout, and post-go-live transition, ensuring all engagements meet the highest Enterprise Delivery standards.
  4. Maintain rigorous oversight of multiple concurrent, custom SOW-based projects, effectively managing competing priorities, resources, and budgets to consistently meet milestones.
  5. Actively contribute to the continuous improvement and scaling of the Gong Professional Services methodology, specifically focusing on refining our Enterprise Delivery playbook.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of proven experience in Project or Program Management of enterprise-scale software implementations, preferably within a SaaS environment.
  • 6+ years of professional consulting experience delivering custom solutions to Fortune 500/100 clients.
  • Demonstrated executive presence and the ability to confidently and articulately influence, negotiate, and present to C-level and senior management stakeholders.
  • Deep expertise in Change Management strategy and execution (e.g., Prosci/ADKAR principles or equivalent) within large, complex organizations.
  • Exceptional political acumen and ability to navigate ambiguous organizational dynamics and complex decision-making processes at a large enterprise.
  • Ability to travel as required to facilitate strategic client engagements (up to 25%).
  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.

Nice to have

  • PMP, PRINCE2, or other relevant certifications (e.g., Change Management certifications) are a significant plus.
  • Strong understanding of typical Enterprise-level business processes and sales strategy, and how SaaS applications support them.
  • Solid experience with CRM systems (Salesforce.com or Dynamics strongly preferred) and other applications that support revenue teams.
  • Impeccable communication, compelling presentation, and eloquent writing skills.

What the JD emphasized

  • enterprise-level implementations
  • Fortune 500 and 100 clients
  • strategic adoption and organizational change
  • navigate large, complex organizational structures
  • manage C-suite stakeholders
  • architect effective Change Management strategies
  • elevating our overall Enterprise Delivery posture and methodology
  • complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise implementations
  • organizational adoption
  • business value realization
  • C-level and senior leadership
  • strategic direction
  • engagement risks
  • entire implementation lifecycle
  • Enterprise Delivery standards
  • best practices
  • adoption models
  • strategic shifts
  • complex business objectives
  • executable deployment plan
  • custom SOW-based projects
  • competing priorities
  • resources
  • budgets
  • meet milestones
  • project scope
  • engagement risks and dependencies
  • governance structures
  • communication cadences
  • large, global enterprise client environments
  • requirements gathering
  • change control process
  • change orders
  • Sales and Customer Success
  • pre-sales solutioning
  • ongoing support
  • Sales team
  • custom, high-value Professional Services packages
  • prospective clients
  • continuous improvement
  • scaling of the Gong Professional Services methodology
  • Enterprise Delivery playbook
  • enterprise-scale software implementations
  • SaaS environment
  • professional consulting experience
  • Fortune 500/100 clients
  • executive presence
  • influence, negotiate, and present
  • C-level and senior management stakeholders
  • Change Management strategy and execution
  • large, complex organizations
  • political acumen
  • ambiguous organizational dynamics
  • complex decision-making processes
  • large enterprise
  • core project management disciplines
  • PMP, PRINCE2, or other relevant certifications
  • Change Management certifications
  • Enterprise-level business processes
  • sales strategy
  • SaaS applications
  • revenue teams
  • CRM systems
  • Salesforce.com or Dynamics
  • revenue teams