Program Manager, Professional Services
Airtable is the no-code app platform that empowers people closest to the work to accelerate their most critical business processes. More than 500,000 organizations, including 80% of the Fortune 100, rely on Airtable to transform how work gets done.
As a Program Manager within Airtable's Professional Services organization, you will manage and deliver complex, high-impact projects for our largest enterprise customers. You will work closely with clients, internal teams, and senior leadership to ensure successful project execution, customer satisfaction, and long-term business value. As the first EMEA team member in this role, you will also help define the PMO function as we continue to grow.
What you'll do
- Program Management: Lead and manage multiple enterprise-level projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget following our Services Methodology approach
- Client Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders - including senior leaders, project managers, workflow owners, and creators - serving as the primary point of contact for all project-related activities.
- Operations: Managing dependencies and resources, instigating change orders, supporting the sales process as needed to instill customer confidence, and documenting all key decisions and meeting outcomes.
- Team Leadership: Coordinate the services team members including solution architects, implementation specialists, integration engineers, and other relevant roles, to ensure cohesive project execution. Also collaborate with product, customer success and sales.
- Risk Management: Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies to address them proactively. Serve as the first line escalation point for issues that jeopardize customer satisfaction, project completion, or internal standards.
- Steerco Communications: Provide regular project updates to key senior stakeholders within Airtable and the customer
- Performance Monitoring: Track real time project performance, analyze key metrics, and prepare detailed status reports and dashboards for clients and internal stakeholders.
- Continuous Improvement: Implement best practices and lessons learned to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of project delivery. Advance operational prowess through collaboration with Services leadership.
- Customer Success: Work closely with the Sales and Customer Success team to ensure seamless handover and continued client satisfaction post-implementation.
Who you are
- Experience: 7+ years of experience in program or project management, with a focus on enterprise clients within the technology or SaaS industry.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field; PMP or similar certification is highly desirable.
- Office Arrangement: Weekly hybrid working setup
- Travel: Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time
- Skills:
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools.
- Excellent leadership and team management skills.
- Superior communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience with Airtable or similar Saas collaborative tools is a plus.
- Experience building a PM function from the ground up with a willingness to work through ambiguity
- Attributes:
- Strategic thinker with a client-centric approach.
- Highly organized with keen attention to detail.
- Adaptive to changing priorities and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong problem-solving capabilities and a proactive attitude.
- Passion for building and testing new processes.
What We Offer
- In addition to NHS coverage, you will have access to supplemental insurance 100% covered (and your dependents covered at 85%)
- Competitive pension scheme, life insurance, paid leave and sick leave
- Complimentary mental health support via Modern Health
- Family planning support via Carrot (fertility, adoption, and surrogacy)
- Flexible and generous time off and sick time benefits
- Transportation & Commuter Benefits
- Monthly “Lifestyle Wallet” to use for benefits like personal fitness, wellness and more (£150 / month)
- Supplemental reimbursement for Gender Affirmation procedures and services
- Legal services - access to online tools for legal support
At Airtable, we embrace diversity and strive to create a workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We strive for Airtable to be a pleasant and supportive place to work, and to attract and retain a diverse team of talented people. We take great pride in holding everyone accountable for treating each other with dignity and respect.
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