Director - Europe Distribution lead

Posted:
2/3/2026, 4:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom ⋅ Scotland, United Kingdom

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Customer Success & Support ⋅ Operations & Logistics

Job Description Summary

As a Senior Services Manager 2 you will be a pivotal force in driving sustained customer success and growth within the post-sales project lifecycle. Your expertise will span training, professional services, technical support, renewals, outcome attainment, retention, expansion, and customer advocacy—all with a strong digital focus. Requiring high level of operational judgement, the expectation for this role is moderate autonomy.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Leadership and Mentorship
    • Overseeing the European Distribution cross functional distribution team, ensuring harmony across personalities and skillsets.
    • Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
    • Provide high level support for all NAM Distribution projects with moderate risks and resource requirements.
    • Explains difficult or sensitive information and work to build consensus.
    • Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.

  • Project Lifecycle Ownership:
    • Contribute to the implementation of MES (Multi-Energy-Systems) solutions using our Software Suite.
    • Own technical deliverables throughout the entire project lifecycle, ensuring projects stay on track in terms of budget, time, and customer expectations.
    • Help to layout proper staffing to cover all NAM ADMS deliveries to ensure all projects are successful.

  • Client Collaboration:
    • Work closely with clients to understand their unique needs and develop tailored strategies through site assessments.
    • Make standard recommendations on workflow, application, interface, reports, testing, and uploads to customers during the implementation process.
    • Ensure go-live readiness and provide support, including post-live checkups, to guarantee customer satisfaction.

  • Best Practice and Quality Assurance:
    • Develop specialized knowledge in your discipline and serve as a best practice/quality resource.
    • Stay abreast of the latest technical developments in your area and contribute to strategy and policy development.
    • Ensure delivery excellence within your area of responsibility.
  • Market Awareness and Integration:
    • Possess in-depth knowledge of best practices and understand how your area integrates with others.
    • Have a working knowledge of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market.
  • Decision-Making and Problem solving:
    • Use judgment to make decisions or solve moderately complex tasks or problems in areas of operational/product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering.
    • Take a new perspective on existing solutions and use technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations.
    • Utilize multiple internal and limited external sources outside of your own function to arrive at decisions. 
  • Leadership and Mentorship
    • Ability to work across all GEV silos with a OneTeam mentality.
    • Ability to grow and mentor all staff understanding that not everyone learns and grows the same ways.
    • Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
    • Explains difficult or sensitive information and work to build consensus.
    • Developing persuasion skills required to influence others on topics within field.
  • Required Qualifications:
    • 4 year STEM degree with masters preferred.
    • 10 years experience delivering high available distribution systems.
    • 2+ years experience with technical people management.

Desired Characteristics

  • Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.  Established Delivery management skills.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No