Technical Account Manager in London

Give our customers a continuous sense of security

Technical Account Managers are responsible for serving as a customer’s technical partner at Mimecast, providing both technical guidance on routine support matters and strategic advice on effective utilization of the Mimecast platform. 

As this is a paid service offering, customers will have high expectations for the engineer’s technical knowledge, overall engagement, and customer facing skills. 

The role requires a thorough understanding of the challenges and expectations of corporate IT teams, the ability to clearly communicate technical issues, and the ability to confidently explain Mimecast product, services, and best practices.

What You’ll Do :

Case Handling:

• Work closely with assigned customer’s IT staff for any issues on the Mimecast platform that require advanced troubleshooting, problem isolation and/or resolution.
• For technical matters raised directly to the TAM by the customer, ensure support cases are adequately logged in the Mimecast case management system. Ensure cases are resolved as quickly and comprehensively as possible.
• Regularly review open support cases assigned to other Mimecast Support Engineers to ensure they are being properly handled and escalated. Where appropriate, take ownership of the support case and serve as the customer’s primary point of contact for troubleshooting.
• Manage customer and internal stakeholder communications for all issues raised to Mimecast Development, working closely with Customer Success and Service Delivery to ensure that required information and updates are shared in a timely basis until the problem is resolved.
• Consult with other senior technical Mimecast resources, including Technical Operations, Messaging Security, Product Management, and Development to assist with issue resolution.

Proactive Engagement:

• Understand and document the customer’s technical business needs and environment through regular technical profile reviews coordinated by the Mimecast Customer Success team.
• Review product releases and platform functionality changes, advising customers on best practice configuration updates.
• As mutually agreed with the customer, plan for migration or account related activities outside of normal business hours where required.

Account Management:

• Work with the Customer Success Manager to provide periodic reports on support activity.
• Attend routine conference calls and customer meetings, as mutually agreed with customer. Depending on Mimecast region and customer profile, some of these meetings may be at the customer’s location.
• Work closely with the Customer Success Manager to understand the customer’s technical and business needs and advocate internally for feature and or/functional changes to the Mimecast platform. 

What You’ll Bring :

• Experience working with Mimecast SEG or similar security tools is desirable
• Experience providing high quality technical support to Enterprise customers
• Knowledge of Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and other Corporate IT Messaging and Security systems is preferred but not essential.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate highly technical topics to a non-technical audience
• An emphasis on customer satisfaction and the ability to remain calm under pressure.

What We Bring:

We are Mimecasters.

And we are alive with purpose.

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