At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead scoping sessions and develop service proposals to enhance customer software delivery.
- Company: Harness, founded by Jyoti Bansal, is valued at $5.5B and focuses on AI-driven software delivery.
- Benefits: Enjoy comprehensive healthcare benefits, flexible work schedules, and paid time off.
- Other info: Position involves collaboration with teams across 26 offices worldwide.
- Why this job: Join a global team in London, shaping the future of AI software delivery.
- Qualifications: Requires 5+ years in technical sales or professional services within software delivery or DevOps.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal. Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle.
Position Summary: As a Professional Services Engagement Manager, you will play a critical role in helping customers accelerate their software delivery transformation with Harness. Acting as the bridge between Sales, Professional Services, and Delivery teams, you will combine technical expertise, consultative selling, and business acumen to shape services engagements that drive measurable customer outcomes. You will partner closely with customers to understand their goals, challenges, and operating environments, then design and position service solutions that maximize the value of the Harness platform.
About The Role:
- Partner with customers and account teams to understand business objectives, technical requirements, current-state environments, and desired outcomes, positioning Professional Services as a critical enabler of customer success.
- Lead scoping sessions, discovery workshops, and solution discussions to identify and recommend the appropriate mix of packaged and custom service offerings that accelerate onboarding, adoption, and business value realization.
- Develop and present professional services proposals, solution recommendations, pricing, and Statements of Work (SOWs) that clearly articulate scope, value, delivery methodology, and customer outcomes.
- Collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Implementation Engineering, Technical Program Managers, and delivery partners to ensure service engagements are accurately scoped, staffed, and positioned for successful execution.
- Support the commercial sales process by guiding customers through service pricing, contractual terms, project assumptions, and implementation approaches while addressing objections and mitigating risk.
- Drive achievement of Professional Services bookings and margin targets through accurate forecasting, opportunity management, and strategic engagement with key customer accounts.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Account Executives and Customer Success teams by identifying services opportunities, coaching stakeholders on service offerings, and integrating services into the standard customer journey.
- Partner with delivery teams to translate customer requirements into detailed implementation plans and ensure a seamless transition from sales to execution.
- Communicate customer trends, market feedback, and operational improvement opportunities to leadership and cross‑functional teams to enhance service offerings, go‑to‑market strategies, and delivery efficiency.
- Create and deliver enablement content that educates internal teams on Professional Services capabilities, value propositions, methodologies, and best practices for positioning and selling services.
- Occasionally lead implementation engagements of core Harness modules for new customer prospects that require a sales‑sensitive implementation.
- Instill confidence in Prospects about Digital/DevSecOps/AI transformation journey and talk through the best practices.
About You:
- 5+ years of experience in a technical sales, professional services, solutions consulting, or customer‑facing role within the software delivery, DevOps, cloud, or developer tooling ecosystem.
- 5+ years of experience as a manager or technical lead for teams in software engineering, DevOps, software delivery, cloud, or developer tooling.
- Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD, DevOps, platform engineering, cloud‑native technologies, and software development lifecycle best practices.
- Proven ability to consult with customers on technical transformation initiatives, helping organizations improve software delivery processes, developer productivity, and operational outcomes.
- Experience scoping complex technical engagements, developing service proposals, and authoring clear Statements of Work (SOWs).
- Demonstrated success positioning and selling professional services offerings.
- Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience building trusted partnerships across Sales, Customer Success, Services, and Engineering teams.
- Proficiency with Salesforce and related sales operations tools.
- A customer‑first mindset, strong business acumen, and the ability to balance technical depth with commercial objectives.
- Passion for emerging trends in DevOps, software delivery, platform engineering, and developer productivity technologies.
Work Location: London, England
What You Will Have at Harness:
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Flexible work schedule
- Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
- Monthly internet reimbursement
- Quarterly Harness TGIF‑Off / 4 days
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin. At Harness, we care about your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.
Professional Services Engagement Manager employer: Harness
Harness offers a dynamic work environment in London with comprehensive healthcare benefits and a flexible schedule. The company has powered over 185M deployments, showcasing its impact in the software delivery space. Join a diverse team dedicated to transforming software delivery through AI and automation.