Professional Services Manager 

Why SailPoint? 

Love what you do. And love where you do it. Smart people, fun culture, innovative work, beautiful offices — oh, and everyone’s really nice. That’s what people say about SailPoint. We’re known as the company where everyone wants to work, and we have the awards to prove it. If you’re passionate about outsmarting cybercriminals and working at a company where you can truly have an impact, we want you to join our team. 

SailPoint empowers the largest, most complex organizations by putting identity at the Center of Security and IT.  Our 2,000+ customers include global financial institutions, government entities, and pharmaceutical organizations and more.  

Experience a small-company atmosphere with big-company benefits 

• Competitive pay, 401(k) and comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans  

• Paid holidays and a flexible vacation policy  

• Great technical and career growth opportunities 

Who You Are: 

Professional Services Managers are self-directed, highly motivated, and experienced leaders that thrive when overseeing and building a services organization. You have significant experience building and maintaining professional relationships, and you are comfortable communicating with people at all organizational levels. You have exceptional leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving abilities that you use to balance customer, team and individual need while contributing to a positive work environment. You are an exceptional multitasker, able to meet and manage moving deadlines, gauge risks, and creatively resolve unexpected issues. By leveraging your extensive experience and motivation for success, you enjoy identifying growth areas, evaluating best practices, and presenting solutions to everyday problems. 

What You’ll Do: 

As a Professional Services Manager (PSM) part of SailPoint’s PS team, you will support each customer’s journey by managing the strategic efforts required to deliver SailPoint’s solutions. You will combine your management experience with our world-class product and process training to gain a deep understanding of our SaaS and/or Software delivery practices. Within the first month, you will begin to understand your responsibilities by working with tenured management to shadow projects and sales efforts to begin taking accountability for the client experience on projects you are assigned to while developing a relationship with your peers. At the end of the three months, you will be responsible for engagement scoping, client communication, internal team management, escalation support, and overall service delivery for your portfolio.At the end of your first year, you will combine the skills you have acquired to oversee your team who managers the full scope of customer engagements, and you will demonstrate that you are a trusted advisors to customers, peers, and leaders to your team members, responsible for ensuring their professional growth and helping them set and achieve their goals.  
 
 

Responsibilities: 

Ensure that services are provided, implemented correctly, and billed in a timely and accurate manner 

Partner cross-functionally during the sales process, own the services portions of deals, including presentations, RFP responses, and proposal/SOW generation  

Interact with sales reps and sales leadership during the pre-sales and post-sales (delivery) phases 

Serve as the senior point of contact for client escalations 

Oversee the financials of your team’s projects, with a focus on profitability and productivity to ensure long term client success 

Work with the Resource Management Office (RMO) to mediate and prioritize staff resources to strategically align with the needs of the overall PS business 

Provide project management duties on occasion for customer engagements as needed 

Provide strategic updates on client performance to SailPoint Senior Management. Providing regular status updates to account teams and Sales Managers 

Work closely with Customer Success Managers to establish and maintain customer satisfaction throughout the entirety of a customer implementation  

Identify new opportunities for expanding SailPoint solutions and services footprint to maximize client success and SailPoint revenue growth 

Take responsibility for the management of the team, including participation in staffing decisions, utilization management, performance reviews, and career development support 

Assist direct reports in career development by providing regular feedback, coaching and guidance on personal development  

Coach Engagement Managers and project team members on project performance and development areas 

Participate in recruiting and employee development activities to ensure a balanced team with the right set of skills 

Requirements: 

7+ years of professional experience at a Software, SaaS, or consulting company 

3+ years of project management experience 

2+ years of people management experience 

Exceptional mentorship and leadership skills with a passion for continuous improvement 

Experience with project management duties (project planning, budget, scope, schedule, stakeholder, and risk management) 

Exceptional communication skills and extensive experience working with clients and partners 

Outstanding organizational and multi-tasking abilities 

Extensive experience working with Sales to scope services projects for enterprise software 

Travel: This position requires up to 15% travel 

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Benefits and Compensation listed vary based on the location of your employment and the nature of your employment with SailPoint.

As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the SailPoint Corporate Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission, along with potential eligibility for equity participation. SailPoint maintains broad salary ranges for its roles to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect SailPoint’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity. We estimate the base salary, for US-based employees, will be in this range from (min-mid-max, USD):

Base salaries for employees based in other locations are competitive for the employee’s home location.

Benefits Overview

1. Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance

2. Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability

3. Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)

4. Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children

5. Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account

6. Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching

7. Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy

8. Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually

9. Sick leave

10. Parental support: Paid parental leave

11. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors

12. Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options

13. Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution

SailPoint is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.