As part of a recent client engagement (Stellantis), planned to scale across 7 countries over 3 years, we are looking to recruit a Director - Contact Center Technology Lead.

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What the day will look like

This position is aimed at overseeing implementation of strategic platforms supporting Stellantis capabilities growth. Leading a federated team across different locations following the Aon Helix management model, the role will report to the Global Contact Centre Technology Leader.

The role will oversee adoption of strategic Aon Contact Center Platform and have a business and technology focus. Key stakeholder management skills as well as a robust architectural understanding of how the Contact Center platform operates and integrates will help drive success.

Business Partnering with Region and Client

• Ownership of relationships with the Aon Business Services Contact Center Leadership within EMEA to partner on functional strategies and where technology can enable
• Ownership of relationships with business leaders whose functions are reliant on the contact centre to understand the business growth strategies and where technology can enable.
• Being "business and culturally aware" to appreciate how Aon conducts business, learn client requirements and deliver with business impactful outcomes in a structured fashion

Leading Change the Business activities related to the Contact Center for their region

• Ownership of driving initiatives inception to project implementation. Leading business and client engagement requirements workshops, developing trusted relationships
• Includes identifying capability opportunities for Aon strategy and business requirements and prioritization based on client impact
• Full project-lifecycle delivery ownership for projects
• Ensure governance concerning tracking successful progress and completion of all parties
• Partnering with the business to ensure a successful business implementation
• Intervening and escalating appropriate risks / issues and reporting health
• Providing expertise in execution methodology and creative solutions where mitigating needs surface - engaging appropriate technology peers

Driving the Run the Business processes related to the Contact Centre for their Region

• Ownership of delivery and reporting SLAs and metrics as expected by client
• Embed standards relating to Change, Incident Management and Problem Management.
• Ensure that ownership, responsibilities, and expectations are clear and delivered for all engaged parties or vendors for a process before, during and after implementation
• Manage vendor proposals for ongoing operational improvements and overseeing an evergreen process for service roadmap with Portfolio leader
• Tactical projects designed to enhance / improve platform efficiencies
• Key point of contact for operational maintenance and issues

Driving the Global Contact Centre strategy

• Global partnership with the other leads to drive technology innovation and standards within the client’s eco-system
• Expand breadth and depth of Aon business and technology to learn and apply new features or efficiencies as appropriate and capture evolution for client growth and optimisation

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• 5+ years of experience in all aspects of delivering Contact Center technology projects
• 5+ years of experience in Contact Center operational change management
• 5+ years of experience working with global contact centre platforms
• 5+ years of project implementation experience
• 2+ years C-level stakeholder management experience
• 2+ years of NICE InContact experience
• 2+ years of vendor management and operational support experience
• Travel up to 25% for in-region for meetings, technical reviews, and onsite delivery activities.

Preferred Experience:

• International working experience with ability to speak and understand other languages
• Understanding of basic infrastructure design relating to contact centers such as networking and cloud computing
• Understanding of technologies relating to contact centers such as automation and workflow

Education:

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, or equivalent practical experience

How we support our colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself.  We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

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