Harness

Harness

Professional Services Engagement Manager

U.S

Sponsorship not specified$165k-$198kDetected 26 days ago
CI/CDDevOpsPlatform EngineeringCybersecurityStakeholder ManagementSalesforceSalesForecastingValuationCustomer SuccessCiscoResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to Account Executives and Customer Success teams by identifying services opportunities, coaching stakeholders on service offerings, and integrating services into the standard customer journey.
  • Communicate customer trends, market feedback, and operational improvement opportunities to leadership and cross-functional teams to enhance service offerings, go-to-market strategies, and delivery efficiency.
  • Instill confidence in Prospects about Digital/DevSecOps/AI transformation journey and talk through the best practices, drawing upon personal lived experience as a technical leader and software engineering / devops veteran

Responsibilities

  • Develop and present professional services proposals, solution recommendations, pricing, and Statements of Work (SOWs) that clearly articulate scope, value, delivery methodology, and customer outcomes.
  • Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Implementation Engineering, Technical Program Managers, and delivery partners to ensure service engagements are accurately scoped, staffed, and positioned for successful execution.
  • Drive achievement of Professional Services bookings and margin targets through accurate forecasting, opportunity management, and strategic engagement with key customer accounts.
  • Create and deliver enablement content that educates internal teams on Professional Services capabilities, value propositions, methodologies, and best practices for positioning and selling services.
  • Acting as the bridge between Sales, Professional Services, and Delivery teams, you will combine technical expertise, consultative selling, and business acumen to shape services engagements that drive measurable customer outcomes.
  • Partner with delivery teams to translate customer requirements into detailed implementation plans and ensure a seamless transition from sales to execution.
  • Experience building trusted partnerships across Sales, Customer Success, Services, and Engineering teams to drive successful customer outcomes.
  • Experience scoping complex technical engagements, developing service proposals, and authoring clear Statements of Work (SOWs) that align customer objectives with delivery outcomes.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a technical sales, professional services, solutions consulting, or customer-facing role within the software delivery, DevOps, cloud, or developer tooling ecosystem.
  • 5+ years of experience as a manager or technical lead for teams in software engineering, devops software delivery, DevOps, cloud, developer tooling, etc
  • Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and business audiences.
  • Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD, DevOps, platform engineering, cloud-native technologies, and software development lifecycle best practices.
  • Proficiency with Salesforce and related sales operations tools for opportunity management, forecasting, pipeline visibility, and quoting.

Compensation

  • $165,000 - $198,000 USD
  • Harness in the news:
  • Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code
  • Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
  • How Harness runs 16 "startups within a startup" at scale | Jyoti Bansal
  • Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare
  • Competitive salary
  • Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
  • Monthly internet reimbursement

Company info

  • Accelerating Our Mission to Bring AI to Everything After Code
  • Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation
  • How Harness runs 16 "startups within a startup" at scale | Jyoti Bansal
  • Harness Research Shows AI Visibility Crisis Fueling Security Nightmare
  • Harness has been named to the Inc. Power Partner list for software delivery success
  • As a Professional Services Engagement Manager, you will play a critical role in helping customers accelerate their software delivery transformation with Harness.
  • Partner with customers and account teams to understand business objectives, technical requirements, current-state environments, and desired outcomes, positioning Professional Services as a critical enabler of customer success.
  • Support the commercial sales process by guiding customers through service pricing, contractual terms, project assumptions, and implementation approaches while addressing objections and mitigating risk.
  • You will partner closely with customers to understand their goals, challenges, and operating environments, then design and position service solutions that maximize the value of the Harness platform.
  • Proven ability to consult with customers on technical transformation initiatives, helping organizations improve software delivery processes, developer productivity, and operational outcomes.

This listing is sourced directly from Harness's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.