Exciting Job Vacancies at ORACLE Corporation

Job description

Drive maximum adoption of Oracle solution and identify/drive product expansion opportunities via high value relationship with the client.

Develop long term partnership with our clients to ensure they remain successful by realizing the full value of their investment with us to ensure client continues/renews contract with Oracle. Responsible for maintaining a high level of client satisfaction by being a liaison between our clients and Oracle*s internal operations. Identify product expansion/up sell opportunities. Work with larger clients. Provide input into the CSM methodology and direction. Act as mentor to newer CSMs on a voluntary basis.

Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Recommended 7 to 10 years of professional experience. Demonstrated experience in package systems implementation (CRM, ERP, Consulting experiences) or client facing relationship experience. Understanding of various technical architectures and operating systems. Industry experience is desired.

Job

Sales

Location

ZA-ZA,South Africa-Johannesburg

Other Locations

MA-MA,Morocco-Casablanca, KE-KE,Kenya-Nairobi, NG-NG,Nigeria-Lagos, JO-JO,Jordan-Amman, LB-LB,Lebanon-Beirut

Job Type

Regular Employee Hire

Organization

Oracle

Customer Success Manager (CSM) for ECEMEA

Oracle’s Public Cloud Customer Success Team

Oracle's Cloud mission is to bring its leading enterprise technology and business applications software to customers, anywhere in the world, through the Internet.

Oracle Cloud is a broad set of industry-standards based, integrated services that provide customers with subscription-based access to Oracle Platform Services, Application Services and Social Services, all completely managed, hosted and supported by Oracle.  With predictable subscription pricing, Oracle Cloud delivers instant value and productivity for business users, developers and administrators.

Oracle’s Cloud Customer Success Organization is a focused group of Cloud Customer Success experts whose mission is to drive successful Oracle Public Cloud utilization and replenishment through the proactive management of all facets of the customer engagement lifecycle.  Join one of the most visible areas of Oracle’s continued success with Cloud; this is an exciting opportunity to create and lead this new function.

Role Overview

Reporting into the ECEMEA Senior Director of Customer Success, the CSM will be responsible for fusing and complementing the relationship between The Oracle Public Cloud and customers core business objectives and priorities thereby driving increased business value and alignment between Oracle and its valued customer community.

The Customer Success Manager will be responsible for driving customer adoption through successful on-boarding and utilization of the PaaS and IaaS services.  They will need to proactively identify and prioritise opportunities, and collaborate with PreSales, Sales, Development, Consulting, Partners (etc) to improve the customer’s consumption of Technology Cloud credits.  This will include problem solving, milestone development and ongoing state of the customer reviews to ensure that customers maximize their usage of the platform. Ultimately the success of the role is driving and securing a high level of customer satisfaction and ensuring that consumption of Oracle’s Public Cloud continues in its upward trajectory.

Responsibilities

· Serve as the primary point of contact for customer post sale Cloud related activities
· Assume responsibility for Public Cloud PaaS and IaaS adoption and issues escalation
· Driving high customer Satisfaction ensuring cloud credit consumption and renewal of cloud contacts
· Perform rapid assessments of clients internal technology landscape and targeting use cases and deployment targets for Public Cloud technology
· Serve as the customers advocate and provide feedback to product management and development organizations
· Identify replenishment risks and collaborate with internal teams to remediate and ensure ongoing replenishment
· Responsibility to on-board seed systems onto Public Cloud and provide guidance in identifying opportunities where Oracle Public Cloud can be leveraged and up selling ancillary services and emerging technology
· Partner with internal Oracle stakeholders to align account activities with the customer's business case and strategy
· Provide forecasts on likely future customer consumption
· Prepare and educate customers on new features / services
· Monitor and identify adoption and utilization trends, provide recommendations based on risk and customers’ business needs
· Development of reference accounts
· Operate as key conduit for knowledge transfer to install base
Experience & Qualifications
· 10 years+ of experience of Oracle Technology success with customers
· Proven track record of proactive problem solving
· An understanding of development and deployment concepts and tools that enable successful Public Cloud deployments
· Enthusiasm, energy and ability to evangelize and expand the footprint of seeded markets in the public cloud platform
· Broad knowledge and experience in Public Cloud ecosystem and IT infrastructure elements
· Experience in a customer-facing, role such as consultant, solutions engineer or hands on Customer Success Manager in the Cloud ecosystem
· Core hands on foundational skills based on middleware and database development
· Excellent communication skills, external customer communication, but also internal communication, including SR tracking, issue identification and triage as well as escalation protocols
· Flexibility, this is a high growth area that requires agility
· Fluent English as well as local language mandatory
· Ability to trave

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Job description

Development of communication programs to promote Oracle*s products and services.

Integrate advertising into the marketing campaigns. Maintain regular interface within the organization and with external suppliers and agencies. Plan and manage pan-geography corporate and local campaign media plans. Plan, manage and implement corporate and local campaign advertising creative. Use professional concepts, company policies, procedures and own creativity handling local campaigns - and arrange sign off with appropriate management level. Integrate all advertising across the communications mix. Maintain and communicate brand advertising guidelines. Provide support and input when assisting with partner advertising. Manage resources within the terms of project budget. Develop and manage brand communications audit. Measure advertising effectiveness.

Job duties are varied and complex utilizing independent judgment. May have project lead role. Five years relevant work experience. A proven track record in advertising across geography, five years experience, within a reputable global agency or major industry leader.

Job

Marketing

Location

ZA-ZA,South Africa-Johannesburg

Other Locations

GH-GH,Ghana-Accra, KE-KE,Kenya-Nairobi, NG-NG,Nigeria-Lagos

Job Type

Regular Employee Hire

Organization

Oracle

This position will drive a fully integrated communications agenda around Oracle’s products & services in the SaaS space to build, promote and protect Oracle’s brand and reputation across Africa.   Tightly linked with Sales and Field Marketing, the role will create, integrate and execute communications programs to support the business and provide strategic communications counsel in delivering consistency of communication. 

As a key role within Oracle EMEA Corporate Communications this position will report directly to the Corporate Communications Manager for South Africa and the African Operations and become a member of the EMEA PR Council.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Set the communications strategy and focus on Oracle’s business priorities for the CFO, CHRO and CMO audiences to establish Oracle as the global market leader in the Cloud, specifically within Software as a Service (Applications) in the region
• Develop and execute integrated PR campaigns that tell the Oracle story to these specific audiences in a compelling way—focusing on customers, partners and influencers.
• Drive measurable collaboration across Corporate Communications, Sales, Field and Brand Communications to ensure key communications plans, narratives and content deliverables are used to maximum effect
• Assess and deliver robust multi-channel media and social customer engagement programs with a focus on content, placement, engagement and value.
• Identify, build and shape interactions with Influencer communities (media, bloggers, customers and partners) by surrounding them with a dynamic flow of news, opinion, commentary and expertise.
• Identify and work closely with spokespeople and luminaries
• Assist in crisis management and response plans for Oracle’s communications on issues originating from Oracle’s Products & Services portfolio

Skills & Competencies

This role must be filled by an outstanding professional, passionate about communications with a zealous interest in learning and delivering results, with minimum 5 years current experience working with technology from a business perspective.

He or she will have excellent strategic planning skills, a solid understanding of the B2B technology industry and proven corporate communications and social media expertise.  Experience of working within a global enterprise and counselling senior management in a dynamic environment are essentials and a high degree of personal initiative, collaboration and written communication skills are absolutes.

The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of how technology is shaping and advancing the everyday lives of individuals as well as organisations – and demonstrated skills in applying that understanding to successful communications.  He/She should have suitable knowledge and experience working in Africa.

A University degree is expected and the ability to travel will be required.