Delivery Excellence Manager - East

at Glean
USD 140,000-200,000 per year
MIDDLE
✅ Hybrid

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences

Software Development @ 6 DevOps @ 6 AWS @ 3 Azure @ 3 Communication @ 6 API @ 3 Project Management @ 6 LLM @ 3 Agile @ 6 AI @ 3

Details

About Glean

Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industry’s most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem, powering intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors, flexible LLM choice, and robust APIs, Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern, scale, and customize AI across their entire business.

At its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map relationships between people, content, and activity, delivering deeply personalized, context-aware responses. This foundation powers Glean’s agentic capabilities—AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing a broad range of data: enterprise and world, structured and unstructured, historical and real-time.

About the role

Glean is seeking a Delivery Excellence Manager (DEM) who will lead and orchestrate successful implementations and long-term customer engagements, making customers successful. The DEM is responsible for ensuring efficient technical deployment, delivering proactive strategic guidance, and building and delivering against joint success plans. DEMs collaborate closely with Account Executives, AI Outcomes Managers, Solution Architects, Support, and R&D on scoped engagements.

Responsibilities

  • Help customers achieve real business outcomes through the use of AI
  • Serve as the primary lead on new customer deployments including hands-on guidance for the setup of SSO and connectors
  • Own end-to-end delivery from kickoff to go-live through renewal, ensuring clarity on expectations, timeline, and services budget
  • Create and execute joint success plans that drive adoption, deepen engagement, and result in measurable business value
  • Develop, communicate, and execute tailored project plans; facilitate cross-functional collaboration across delivery, operations, and technical teams
  • Provide a blend of technical guidance and strategic partnership; act as escalation manager when necessary
  • Monitor and report on deployment progress, customer adoption, and satisfaction metrics
  • Proactively identify risks or blockers and drive resolution, escalating internally when appropriate
  • Guide and document improvements for onboarding processes, playbooks, and best practices
  • Contribute to continuous process and product improvements by providing actionable feedback and participating in internal initiatives

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in technical deployment, implementation management, or technical account management of SaaS products
  • Strong understanding of software development life cycles and methodologies, including Agile and DevOps practices
  • Must hold one of the following certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals, or Google Cloud Digital Leader
  • Hands-on experience with SSO and connectors setup during customer deployments
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on troubleshooting technical issues and building consensus around outcomes and success measures
  • Strong organizational, project management, and communication abilities
  • Proven experience serving enterprise clients in both strategic/consultative and tactical/hands-on roles
  • Experience with process documentation, playbooks, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Solutions-oriented mindset; trusted advisor capable of owning escalations and handling ambiguity in a fast-paced environment

Location

This role is hybrid: 4 days a week in our New York City office.

Compensation & Benefits

The standard OTE range for this position is $140,000 - $200,000 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.

Benefits include medical, vision, and dental coverage, generous time-off policy, 401(k) contribution opportunity, a home office improvement stipend, and annual education and wellness stipends. The company also provides regular events and daily lunches.