Client Technology Mgmt - Client Technology Manager

About ECI

ECI is the leading global provider of managed services, cybersecurity, and business transformation for mid-market financial services organizations across the globe. From its unmatched range of services, ECI provides stability, security and improved business performance, freeing clients from technology concerns and enabling them to focus on running their businesses. More than 1,000 customers worldwide with over $3 trillion of assets under management put their trust in ECI.

At ECI, we believe success is driven by passion and purpose. Our passion for technology is only surpassed by our commitment to empowering our employees around the world .

Client Technology Manager

The Client Technology Manager (CTM) position is a high impact hands-on leadership role, responsible for delivering our IT managed services to a portfolio of client accounts with the support of a dedicated technical team. The successful CTM will manage customer relationships, expectations, and liaise to internal communities and stakeholders to ensure customer success. In this dynamic customer-facing, process- oriented role, you will participate in safeguarding our revenue, retaining our clients, growing our accounts, and spearheading projects to modernize client infrastructure.

In this role, you may be dedicated to one of our flagship clients or support multiple clients.

Position Responsibilities

• Oversee technology services for a portfolio of ECI clients.
• Maintain strong client relationship, serve as trusted strategic advisor leveraging scheduled, ad-hoc, and C-Level strategic meetings.
• Develop and maintain a deep functional knowledge of customer’s goals, technical challenges, business objectives, critical infrastructure, and proactively mitigate risk within the environment.
• Provide client-based feedback to ECI management on new needs not currently addressed within the ECI Platform with a focus on continuous improvements and enhancements.
• Assist with client facing budget forecasting, financial cost analysis reports and documentation.
• Engage with client compliance team members to provide security recommendations which cover both business and regulatory needs.
• Enable clients using latest technology trends surrounding Information Security and Cloud Services (IaaS/SaaS)
• Drive customer satisfaction through support case evaluation, task management and recurring client engagement.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure successful delivery of project implementations, migrations, and upgrades, which include mail system migrations, cloud site migrations, new office constructions and new technology deployments.
• Hands-on support of client configurations as they pertain to in-house proprietary standards and best practices.
• Participate in vendor due-diligence exercises, security reviews, data integrity & availability services.
• Manage a team of Field Service Engineers and Senior Systems Engineers in supporting the client portfolios and their distributed workforce.
• Be accountable for client technical escalations and subsequent resolutions. Serve as a main point of contact and act as an escalation point to engineers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related field, or 5+ years comparable experience in technology related, customer-facing role.
• 2+ years of experience in a people management capacity
• Experience in technical project management as applied to data/infrastructure migrations, relocations, major system upgrades, and new site deployments.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Operating Systems such as Windows Server and Windows 11
• Administration experience with Public Cloud platforms with focus in Microsoft 365 and Azure
• Extensive experience in administration of e-mail platforms and security integrations such as Exchange Online, Google Workspace, Proofpoint Essentials, and Mimecast
• Experience in virtualization administration on platforms such as VMware vSphere and Hyper-V
• Hands on experience in deployment and management of routing, switching, wireless, and security appliance technologies using vendors such as Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, and Meraki
• Proficient in incident response management during security events and high-priority escalations, as well as disaster recovery and business continuity activations
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on rapport-building and managing expectations.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, in a fast-paced team environment.
• Sharp attention to detail with proven analytical and critical thinking skills
• Effective time management and excellent prioritization skills

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Managed Service Providers (MSP) preferred.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) administration experience preferred.
• Financial Services Industry experience a plus
• Certifications in cloud services, network management or cyber-security, such as CCNA, CISSP, Azure Fundamentals and VCP a plus but not required.

Working Conditions

• Ability to work in an independent environment with moderate supervision.
• Ability to work under a moderate noise level (i.e., working on an open floor with printers, telephones, and computers)
• Ability to travel for business and work beyond normal business hours when necessary.
• Ability to be flexible and successfully respond to multiple work pressures.
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, power tools, and to handle other computer components.
• Lifting and transporting of moderately heavy objects, such as computers and peripherals

Salary Range: $140-$160k

ECI’s culture is all about connection - connection with our clients, our technology and most importantly with each other. In addition to working with an amazing team around the world, ECI also offers a competitive compensation package and so much more! If you believe you would be a great fit and are ready for your best job ever, we would like to hear from you!