[Remote] Senior Manager, Professional Services at LaunchDarkly

United States

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Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in Professional Services, Consulting, or related roles
  • Proven track record of leading high-performing teams and driving business growth
  • Experience in customer engagement, delivery excellence, program design and execution, pre-sales, and services-led growth
  • Strong leadership and coaching skills, with ability to mentor and retain top talent
  • Experience in building and managing cross-functional teams, including Sales, Customer Success, and Product
  • Strong understanding of LaunchDarkly's business and growth strategy
  • Experience in driving business performance, including revenue growth, margin targets, and net dollar retention
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to measure and drive financial performance
  • Experience in developing and executing scalable offerings and thought leadership initiatives
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to build and maintain relationships with customers, partners, and stakeholders
  • Experience in managing forecasting, pipeline health, and delivery reporting
  • Strong understanding of LaunchDarkly's technology and platform

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and scale a team of consultants and engagement managers
  • Recruit, mentor, and retain top talent
  • Build a culture of force multiplication, empowering the team and partners across the revenue organization
  • Oversee delivery of customer-facing engagements, ensuring quality, timeliness, and alignment with customer goals
  • Act as an escalation point for high-profile or strategic customers
  • Ensure consistent delivery methodologies, governance, and program frameworks across all accounts
  • Design and deliver services programs tailored to Enterprise, Strategic, and Corporate customers
  • Build structured enablement programs for internal teams and customers to accelerate adoption
  • Execute strategic initiatives that evolve the Professional Services function in lockstep with LaunchDarkly's growth trajectory
  • Partner with Sales and Account Executives to grow the size and scope of Professional Services engagements
  • Mentor AEs on selling services and promote a services-led sales cycle
  • Lead scoping and discovery efforts, producing well-defined Statements of Work and adoption roadmaps
  • Upskill Solutions Architects on services best practices to extend reach and impact across the field
  • Define and continuously refine a pre-sales process and services rate card
  • Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, and Product teams to align Professional Services with broader revenue and adoption strategies
  • Drive alignment between pre-sales and delivery motions for seamless customer experiences
  • Partner with Product and Marketing to develop services plays, thought leadership, and scalable offerings
  • Own Professional Services revenue, utilization, and margin targets
  • Drive net dollar retention (NDR) by aligning services to customer expansion, adoption, and renewal motions
  • Manage forecasting, pipeline health, and delivery reporting against both short- and long-term objectives
  • Establish balanced metrics to measure financial performance, attach rates, and customer outcomes

Skills

LaunchDarkly

Feature management platform for software developers

About LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly provides a platform for developers to manage and automate software features. Its main product is a feature management platform that allows developers to control software features, enabling safe code shipping, self-serve experimentation, personalized user experiences, and improved reliability of applications. This platform allows developers to revert feature behaviors without code changes, enhancing productivity. LaunchDarkly operates on a subscription model, charging clients for access to its services. The platform helps clients innovate quickly, automate software releases, reduce delivery costs, and maximize the impact of software features. The goal is to improve software development processes for a diverse range of clients in the DevOps market.

Oakland, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2014Year Founded
$321.3MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Benefits

Flexible work environment - Making an inclusive space for everyone means recognizing we all have our own individual working styles and needs.
Health and wellness - LaunchDarkly offers full coverage with health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents.
Salary and options - We're all in this together. LaunchDarkly offers competitive pay, equity, and the option to participate in a 401(k) program.
Learn and grow - We love to see our own continue to grow their skill sets—whether that's taking a class or attending a conference.

Risks

Competition from Harness, acquiring Split.io, threatens LaunchDarkly's market share.
Guardian Edition's complexity may confuse customers and complicate sales.
Expansion into the EU region may increase operational costs and regulatory scrutiny.

Differentiation

LaunchDarkly offers advanced feature flagging and experimentation capabilities for progressive delivery.
The platform supports EU data residency, enhancing compliance for European clients.
LaunchDarkly integrates feature management with CI/CD pipelines for seamless software delivery.

Upsides

LaunchDarkly's Galaxy Product Release enhances personalized user experiences and feature optimization.
The appointment of Claire Vo as CPO is expected to drive platform innovation.
Recognition as a Strong Performer by Forrester boosts LaunchDarkly's market credibility.

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