Senior Vice President, Global Professional Services Council

Executive Plano, Texas Yarmouth, Maine Troy, Michigan Overland Park, Kansas


Description

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership 
  • Lead Tyler’s enterprise-wide client Professional Services experience strategy, ensuring consistent standards, frameworks, and practices across all divisions.
  • Chair and guide the Professional Services council, providing structure, prioritization, and accountability.
  • Partner with division presidents and functional (Service Delivery and CX) leaders to align enterprise client experience priorities with divisional needs.
  • Help define new and innovation Professional Services portfolio offerings and market segment centric use case solutions.
Execution & Operational Excellence 
  • Drive rapid alignment with the CX Center of Excellence (COE) strategies and embed best practices at the practitioner level.
  • Establish and monitor consistent service standards and KPIs (both leading and lagging), define performance targets and measurement frameworks across Professional Services functions.
  • Drive council governance to ensure transparent executive-level reporting and accountability for key enterprise-wide Professional Services outcomes, including margin performance and Net Revenue Retention. 
  • Enable decision-making and innovation within and across service delivery functions.
  • Lead change management initiatives for deployment of new Professional Services standards, frameworks, and tools in collaboration with the CX Center of Excellence and divisional leaders.
  • Instill discipline to improve financial and margin performance with a goal of being margin neutral or positive within 18 months
Collaboration & Culture 
  • Foster strong alignment and collaboration across service delivery and GTM functions, divisions, and enterprise priorities.
  • Empower council members and their teams to take initiative, innovate, and own outcomes while maintaining enterprise consistency.
  • Support development of consistent role definitions, practitioner competencies, and workforce planning across Professional Services to enable scalable growth and high-value client outcomes. 
  • Serve as a unifying leader who can break down silos, build trust, and encourage shared accountability.
 
Client & Executive Engagement 
  • Represent the client experience voice with executive leadership, council members, and Tyler clients.
  • Build credibility and transparency through regular reporting, dashboards, and measurable outcomes.
  • Partner with clients, proactively incorporating feedback into enterprise strategies and service delivery models.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of leadership experience in client experience leadership roles such as professional services or customer success; enterprise software or SaaS background strongly preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and influence through a matrixed environment - councils, committees, or cross-functional governance rather than direct reporting lines.
  • Proven success in driving transformation across multiple business units/divisions in a complex enterprise environment.
  • Strong strategic acumen with the ability to translate enterprise priorities into operational execution.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and influence skills with executives, practitioners, and clients.
  • Executive presence with a track record of building trust and credibility across diverse stakeholders.