Dir. Product Support

Company Overview

With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we're only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organization that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on.

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Director, UKG Ready Support

About the Position:

The UKG Ready support team is a large multi-functional, multi-layered organization. As the Director of Support, you'll take an organization-wide view of performance metrics, process, and training for the Global Support group. This includes planning and directing strategies in support of our rapid growth while creating a highly engaged and collaborative culture.

Primary Responsibilities:
Direct reports include functional managers and an indirect staff of 40+ employees.
Establishes organizational goals and objectives, and monitors performance to plan. Adjusts resources, organization structure, and personnel to achieve attainment of overall goals. Delegates tasks and assignments to appropriate subordinates and monitors progress.
Gives significant input into strategic and tactical decisions related to the functional discipline
Solves multiple problems involving complex technical and managerial issues involving functional discipline and across multiple disciplines.
Interprets, executes and recommends modifications to company strategies and procedures. Often meets with senior managers and peers from other functional groups to deal with external dependencies and issue resolution
Interacts with senior customer management (VP/Director level) in both pre and post sales situations. Represents UKG to these customers and has authority to commit significant company resources in these interactions. Responsible for customers' overall satisfaction.
Responsible for key product input and requirements communications to Engineering which have very significant impact on medium term company competitive positioning and service delivery costs.
Develops staffing strategies. Recruits and hires staff. Supervises direct and functional reports. Establishes individual performance goals and priorities. Reviews performance against goals. Provides counseling. Plans, approves, and implements programs for the timely development and progress of each individual. Plans and grants salary increases as appropriate. Manages discipline and documentation steps in problem employee situations. Manages dismissals.

Basic Qualifications:
Minimum 10 years technical support management experience & experience leading other leaders in a high volume support environment
Minimum 5 years experience in HR, Payroll and/or Time and Labor domains
Ability to work in office 3 days a week

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven results in improving customer satisfaction, customer retention, employee engagement and team productivity.
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, and managerial skills with an indirect staff of at least 50 employees. Ability to manage conflict situations constructively.
• Proven experience in creating an employee & customer centric culture
• Excellent interpersonal, motivational, and managerial skills with an indirect staff of at least 50 employees. Ability to manage conflict situations constructively.
• Professional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to multi task and prioritize projects, time manage, and practice detail oriented organizational skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and consistently delivering projects on or before expected due dates.
• Experience preparing and writing demonstration, proposals, policies, procedures, job descriptions, and schedules.
• Demonstrated track record in identifying and deploying leading edge support solutions.
• Use of good judgment and a sense of urgency in the decision making process when assessing problems/situations.
• Work independently without direct supervision and with minimal guidelines.

Where we're going

UKG is on the cusp of something truly special. Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it's our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!

Equal Opportunity Employer

UKG is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, disability, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

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Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com.

The pay range for this position is $112,300 to $161,400, however, base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and location. This position is also eligible for a short-term incentive and a long-term incentive as part of total compensation. Information about UKG's comprehensive benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at https://www.ukg.com/careers