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Customer Support Operations Consultant
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$100.7K - $160.9K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Customer Support Operations Consultant
Ciena
• Drive Managed Services opportunity development across target verticals to build and sustain pipeline • Develop opportunity-specific pre-sales content aligned to customer operational requirements • Manage end-to-end pre-sales support activities in partnership with sales teams • Analyze competitor strategies and translate findings into actionable offer positioning and go-to-market inputs • Deliver reporting on pipeline health, deal progression, and business development performance metrics • Design and own ITIL-aligned service management processes across incident, problem, change, configuration, release, and service request domains • Produce service management process artefacts including process maps, RACI models, workflows, and documented procedures
Job Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in business development, sales, or strategic partnerships within a technology or professional services environment
- 3+ years of experience in IT Service Management, including at least 1 year focused on process design and architecture
- Demonstrated application of commercial principles to structure and negotiate business agreements
- Leadership of customer interviews and working sessions with network operations stakeholders to gather operational requirements
- Application of customer experience analysis across service interactions, including volume, quality, information value, and emotional journey
- Utilization of productivity and process mapping tools including PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, or Lucid
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Vacation time
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