Roles & Responsibilities
Account and Service Delivery Manager
Company Background
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading telecommunications providers, with a mission to become the premier digital telco. The company serves over 252 million mobile users, 25 million fixed-network customers, and 22 million broadband subscribers worldwide. With operations in more than 50 countries and nearly 200,000 employees, Deutsche Telekom delivers connectivity, cloud, and ICT solutions that power both consumers and enterprises on their digital journeys.
The company is evolving from a traditional telco into a digital-first service provider, focusing on high-speed connectivity, cloud services, and secure digital infrastructure to meet the demands of the gigabit society.
In Asia, Deutsche Telekom operates through Deutsche Telekom Global Business Solutions (DTGBS) and T-Systems, serving multinational and regional enterprises. Strategically, the focus is on doubling external revenue in the coming years by leveraging established strengths in network and cloud infrastructure and by broadening the client base beyond German multinationals.
DTGBS is the international B2B division, delivering secure, customized solutions for globally operating companies. Its portfolio includes SD-WAN, LAN infrastructure, Unified Communication & Collaboration, cloud services, and cybersecurity—enabling enterprises in Singapore and across Asia to accelerate their digital transformation.
About the Job
We are looking for an Account and Service Delivery Manager with strong customer service orientation, drive and passion to help enterprise customers achieve their digital transformation goals.
You will help to establish Deutsche Telekom as a critical business partner, building a sustainable reputation around our solutions and in the way we do business and drive our growth in the Asia region. This business-critical role develops corporate relationships, drives growth opportunities and delivers positive outcomes for our customers and organisation. It will also significantly contribute and influence the overall sales strategy to succeed in Asia.
This is a great opportunity for a high achieving individual with the ambition and talent to grow their career within a leading global telecommunications company.
What will be your responsibilities :
- Strategically developing sales and account strategies for new key accounts and Global accounts;
- Steering the preparation of quotations and assuming responsibility for the entire sales cycle, from needs analysis through to steering after sales activities
- Negotiating and concluding contracts at top management level.
- Strategically improving customer relationships; preparing for and following up on interactions with customers
- Planning and carrying out measures to support, retain, and win back customers.
- Coordinating project / sales teams and functional units
- Actively advising customers on and selling products, services, and complex, client-oriented solutions.
- Acting as a point of contact for the top management level regarding all contract- and product-related issues.
- Ensuring the entire service delivery process the best possible use and performance of the system for the customer; managing the entire life cycle of a service.
- Highlighting the delivery performance in terms of professionality, quality, and costs, and agreeing quality and efficiency improvement measures.
- Taking account of additional legal, regulatory, country specific security-relevant requirements.
- Assuming responsibility for performing and complying with service level agreements through continuous monitoring of the KPIs and for initiating corrective actions.
- Holding SLA review meetings with customers on a regular basis.
- Acting as lead incident, lead problem, and escalation manager; Coordinating solutions to problems and settling disputes with relevant functional units.
- Assuming responsibility for conducting performance discussions with service providers and deriving measures to improve performance.
- Preparing service provider reviews by analyzing reports and devising templates, reports, and concept proposals.
- Managing complex projects.
- Any other tasks as assigned.
Profile of candidate
Track record of managing global client relationships with identified opportunities for upselling and cross-sellingStrong understanding of TC services (SD WAN, SASE, Unified Communication & Collaboration, IPVN and other telecommunication products & Solutions) and in optimizing service delivery processes for efficient and effectivenessExcellent verbal and written communication to facilitate clear interactions with clients, partners and functional groupsProficient in prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines and service level agreementsFlexible in responding to changing client demands and unexpected challengesStrong skills in managing and resolving conflicts that may arise during service deliveryTeam player, able to work effectively cross functionally with senior management and with local and cross border team membersExcellent presentation and negotiation skills.Desire to win.Other Requirements :
Account Management and Service Delivery experience of minimum 10 yearsPreferably a varsity degree in engineering, business or economicsMandatory skills :
Master Project Management (PMP / PMI)ITIL4 FoundationTell employers what skills you have
Negotiation
Account Management
Service Orientation
Upselling
Customer Relationships
Needs Analysis
Service Level
Written Communication
Telecommunication
Project Management
Cloud Services
Broadband
WAN
Service Delivery