
Manager, Professional Services
- São Paulo - SP
- Permanente
- Período integral
- Manage teams and is accountable for service levels and process controls for team
- Provide strong leadership, guidance, and mentorship to the team
- Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, coaching, mentoring, assigning work, appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees
- Monitor team execution of client projects, including execution of activities, status reporting, issue management, and client service level outcome alignment
- Monitor client activities to ensure timely completion of tasks
- Provide assistance to the team in resolving client issues
- Manage client escalations
- Develop capacity plans to ensure proper resourcing for planned initiatives
- Define and leads team to successful completion of department goals
- Develop service level standards focused on response times and issue resolution
- Assess headcount needs based on efficient structure and make recommendations
- Assist in drafting/revising Statement of Work documents
- Prioritize changing demands, multi-tasks and creatively meets tight deadlines in a dynamic environment
- Monitor professional services efficiency, billability, utilization, and profitability
- Demonstrate initiative, drive and determination to achieve results, success and growth.
- Take full responsibility for ensuring internal and external customer satisfaction.
- Act with integrity and demonstrates ethical behavior in all matters with all stakeholders
- Adhere to a culture of professionalism, operational excellence and drive for results.
- Maintains a high level of energy, enthusiasm, engagement and commitment to action.
- Demonstrate a high degree of self-awareness and commitment to personal development and learning.
- Assume and executes additional responsibilities as assigned
- Proactively identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies
- Ensure that project risks are communicated to stakeholders and managed appropriately
- Provide regular status updates and reports to senior leadership
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Background in consulting and/or professional services delivery
- 7+ years of service-related work experience preferred
- 5+ years of management experience
- SAP implementation and/or support experience is a plus
- Experience in professional services for complete enterprise clients
- Moderate travel required to Sovos locations/ events and client onsite
- Strong time management, organizational and decision-making skills
- Ability to lead and empower teams to achieve individual and operational goals
- Ability to manage client expectations, ensuring that work is profitability complete as per the defined Statement of Work.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, both in Portuguese and English
- Strong sense of urgency, personal integrity and accountability
- Experience working on tax technology or ERP-related projects in Brazil
- Strong understanding of Brazilian tax legislation and its application in automated systems
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies (Agile, PMP, etc.)
- Knowledge of e-invoicing frameworks (NF-e, NFS-e, CT-e, NFcom) and tax reform impacts
- Mentoring Programs
- Twice-Monthly Meeting Free Days
- Management Bootcamps and Development Trainings
- Yearly performance reviews where compensation and performance are assessed and rewarded generously
- Clear paths for growth within our roles (but we know that career development can be like a spider web, not a ladder - we give you the tools to move outside of your career as well!
- Generous time off and benefits