Director of Professional Services (Located in the United Kingdom)

<div class="content-intro"><p>KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.</p></div><p><img style="max-width: 100%;"><img style="max-width: 100%;" src="https://www.knowbe4.com/hubfs/Careers/EXTERNAL%20LINKS%20-%20Do%20Not%20Delete/UK.jpg" alt="" width="386"><img style="max-width: 100%;"></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong data-stringify-type="bold">To learn more about our team and office culture in London, England (UK), visit the following links.</strong>&nbsp;<br><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Careers Page:</strong>&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/york" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/york" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://www.knowbe4.com/careers/locations/york</a><br><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Glassdoor:&nbsp;</strong><a class="c-link" href="https://www.glassdoor.com/Location/KnowBe4-York-Location-EI_IE969384.0,7_IL.8,12_IC3297365.htm" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.glassdoor.com/Location/KnowBe4-York-Location-EI_IE969384.0,7_IL.8,12_IC3297365.htm" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://www.glassdoor.com/Location/KnowBe4-York-Location-EI_IE969384.0,7_IL.8,12_IC3297365.htm</a><br><strong data-stringify-type="bold">LinkedIn</strong>:&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/knowbe4/life/uk/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.linkedin.com/company/knowbe4/life/uk/" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://www.linkedin.com/company/knowbe4/life/uk/</a></span></p> <p>The Director, Professional Services is a critical management position in Professional Services within the Global Customer Services organization. &nbsp; The position involves overseeing the strategy, operations, and growth of the Professional Services team. This role combines high-level management with hands-on technical expertise, driving customer success through effective deployment strategies. The ideal candidate will excel in leadership, team development and cross-functional collaboration, while maintaining strong product and platform knowledge, the ability to engage with customers and team members directly in complex implementations and help manage critical issues and escalations to resolution quickly and effectively.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p class="p1">Provide strategic leadership to the Professional Services team to accelerate and improve solution delivery, operational execution, time to value and customer success</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">&nbsp;Drive the development and execution of scalable onboarding and implementation processes to ensure timely and successful customer go-lives</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Oversee the delivery of technical solutions and strategic guidance to customers throughout their lifecycle</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Monitor key performance metrics related to utilization, on-time project delivery, time to value and customer satisfaction</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Establish and evolve implementation methodology best practices to drive implementation excellence.</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Manage resource planning and hiring in collaboration with leadership to build and maintain a high-performing team</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Lead and develop direct reports through performance management processes, including goal setting, reviews, and career planning</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Coordinate training and mentoring programs for Professional Services team members to facilitate continuous learning and skill development</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Serve as an escalation point for other Professional Services team members on complex implementation or high visibility customer engagements.</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Collect and channel customer feedback to product development teams, contributing to product improvement and innovation.</p> </li> <li> <p class="p1">Drive transformation initiatives and programs to improve organizational execution and customer satisfaction</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Minimum</strong><strong>&nbsp;Qualifications:</strong></p> <ul> <li>8+ years experience in onboarding, implementation, and technical consulting experience</li> <li>3+ years management experience with proven leadership experience in customer implementation and/or customer success within a B2B SaaS environment.</li> <li>Strong understanding of customer onboarding processes, technical solution delivery, and customer lifecycle management.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to build and scale high-performing teams.</li> <li>Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.</li> <li>Technical proficiency with SaaS platforms, APIs, and system integrations.</li> <li>Results-driven with a focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences</li> <li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field</li> <li>Excellent customer-facing communication skills.</li> <li>Excellent time management and organization skills</li> <li>Strong collaborative and teamwork skills</li> <li>Highly organized and result-oriented</li> <li>Demonstrates integrity, accountability, respect, and commitment</li> <li>Flexibility, integrity and creative problem-solving skills</li> <li>Ability to build good working relationships across all functions and levels of the organization</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Our Fantastic Benefits</strong></p> <div class="gmail_default">We offer company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses - all in a modern, high-tech, and fun work environment. For more details about our benefits in each office location, please visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1727463125306000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3gDeHkHPZYOcR3fRjLcL4_">www.knowbe4.com/careers/benefits</a>.</div> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Note: An applicant assessment and background check may be part of your hiring procedure.</span></em></p> <p><strong>Individuals seeking employment at KnowBe4 are considered without prejudice to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please visit www.knowbe4.com/careers/request-accommodation.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No recruitment agencies, please.</span></p></div>