JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.  

Our people at JLL and JLL Technologies are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people  and empowering them to  thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong.  Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.   

The Manager, Product Support supports the Leasing and Capital Markets Technology Group by building foundational support processes, managing service and knowledge tool implementation, and providing relevant subject matter expertise to deliver high-quality product support and a frictionless user experience. You will work with product experts in JLL Technologies, internal and external users, and vendors across JLL’s transactional businesses and be responsible for providing application subject matter expertise, building support technology process operations, and serve as the highest point of escalation support for our businesses and technology partners. As the Manager, Product Support you will work as a liaison across technology partners to optimize the use of the technology suite. A passion for people management is critical as the Product Support team is our pipeline of technology talent at JLL. Their goal is to create an environment where our product specialists are empowered to deliver amazing user experiences and actionable feedback to their technology partners in a way that accelerates our early career talent.

As a Manager, Product Support you will be responsible for:

Responsible for leading a strong functional team and focuses on building an efficient and collaborative team culture   Maintains in-depth expertise of supported product including core functionality, the product roadmap, release cycles, UAT testing and outage protocols, engineering hand-offs, and case workflows to accelerate feedback loops to business and technology partners  Leads the development and implementation of strategic initiatives utilizing Generative AI, specifically JLL GPT, to drive innovation, optimize workflows, and create efficiencies throughout the organization. Actively seeks opportunities to scale AI applications within the team  Responsible for ensuring seamless integration and coordination with Engineering, Disaster Recovery, Security, and other relevant partners to facilitate various surveys, database updates, and any related application actions related to the supported product   Manages day to day support operations, runs support stand ups, prioritizes escalations, and serves as escalation support management for supported products    Accountable to application onboarding/off-boarding and rationalization planning   Setting up Service Tooling and knowledge management infrastructure and processes for application onboarding/offboarding  Driving application best practices across portfolio, recommends where to consolidate or decommission applications. Understands business justification for active applications  Manages case workflows within and across JLL’s service tools, builds/reviews reports to identify trends across the portfolio of applications, educating partners and vendors on improvement focus areas  Actively partners with the business, engineering, and vendor partners to build in-depth expertise of supported applications including core functionality, vendor roadmap, vendor release cycles, testing and outage protocols, enterprise hand-offs, and case insights   Accountable for continuous improvement to the user-facing experience across JLLT’s technology for the business line  Prepares application insights readout to vendor partners on volume and recurrence of issues across applications and recommends and manages improvements   Continuously improving and informing knowledge management materials with business process framework   Setting the groundwork for customer satisfaction and vendor benchmarking statistics; understands input metrics, levers, and stakeholders to improve and influence these scores   Managing escalation support as required, and ensuring the “Best Team on the Field” resources are involved to solve issues and establish resolution; ensuring framework for hand-offs are clear and documented   Ensuring central and comprehensive documentation of issues/resolutions to ensure a consistent experience for users and a repeatable playbook for the support team  Leveraging company knowledge sharing platforms, protocols and apps to stay current on internal technology 

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PEOPLE SKILLS

Empowers and enables the team to effectively carry out their responsibilities, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and measurable outcomes, with a significant % of performance measured by the team’s collective results.Commitment to Excellence in user experience [providing proactive communication and resolution ownership]; going the extra mile is standardExcellent interpersonal, communication, problem-solving and organization skills. Drive to simplify the complex and balance short-term tactical solutions with long-term strategy in mindAudits and maintains business application best practices to ensure efficiency and accuracy in the capture of relevant business line data of the product supportedStrong organizational skills to uphold swift response times as required by the users of the supported productAbility to work independently, unsupervised, and as a team playerProficiency in managing remote teams and coordinating projects/resources across different time zonesComfortable holding team members accountable to a standard of excellence in end-user engagement.Ability to set clear expectations and team goals, prioritize escalations, and remove blockers for the team.Strong relationship building and problem-solving skills, with a firm grasp of team morale and cultural dynamics.Ability to balance delegation and execution, with a commitment to mentor and develop staff along their career paths.Strong organizational skills and be able to balance roles to deliver across multiple prioritiesStrong user experience focus with a demonstrated ability to work seamlessly with business users and technical team
 

QUALIFICATIONS

Ability to translate complex technical concepts and terminology to facilitate effective communication with non-technical partnersKnowledge of systems architecture, dependencies, and functionalities.Proficiency in diagnosing and resolving technical issues related to the applications being supported. This involves expertise in identifying root causes, analyzing log files, debugging errors, and applying appropriate fixes or workarounds.Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to effectively and accurately diagnose technical issues for web platform systemsAdvanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio) Willingness and ability to learn new or tangential technology products to supported product(s) (i.e., Tableau CRM) Knowledge of Azure devOps/Jira and Salesforce is preferred Knowledge of Service Tooling platforms - Service Cloud, Zendesk, Service Now or an equivalent system.Experience running Microsoft SQL Reporting Services (SRSS) reports, preferred.Understanding of web services (SOAP/REST) workflow, XML and XLST, preferred.Experience with TeamViewer and Microsoft Teams for remote troubleshooting.

EXPERIENCE

Combined 3+ years of management experience and business line expertise 2-3 years of Product or Application Support ExperienceCommitment to continuing education in people management and DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion)Experience working in large global organizations with geographically dispersed teams and complex technical environments as well as dealing with internal and external customers, service providers, and vendors

Estimated total compensation for this position:

76,000.00 – 120,000.00 USD per year

The total compensation range is an estimate and not guaranteed. An employment offer is based on an applicant's education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, internal equity and alignment with market data .

Location:

Remote –Chicago, IL, Dallas, TX

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements.  We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth:

JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health. Some of these benefits may include:

401(k) plan with matching company contributions

Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care

Paid parental leave at 100% of salary 

Paid Time Off and Company Holidays

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