Idealist Consulting

Services Team

SalesforceforNonprofitsServiceDeliveryManager:SupportServices

$85–120k Chicago, Illinois, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Salesforce for Nonprofits Service Delivery Manager: Support Services at Idealist Consulting. Skills: Service delivery, Managed services, Salesforce, Capacity planning. Oversee service delivery. Own day-to-day delivery rhythm”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive efficiency of people, process and tools; Translate renewal goals into operational adjustments; Proactively escalate risks; Ensure on-target utilization; Protect humane workloads and learning time; Achieve service excellence; Implement process changes within 30 days; Maintain clean data; Maintain current documentation; Maintain reliable audit trail; Foster healthy working relationships; Support employee growth and development; Make employee promotion recommendations; Ensure new agreements reflect operational reality; Inform pricing, packaging, and SLA design

Industry & Context.

Services Team
Problems you'll solve

Mitigate conflict; Adjudicate competing priorities; Creatively problem solve

Eligibility Requirements

Ability to solve a Rubik's cube in less than two hours

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Five or more years in professional services or technical service delivery, Three or more years leading people, Working knowledge of Salesforce, Demonstrated experience operating SLAs, Comfortable with capacity planning, Able to read a P and L

Nice to Have

Salesforce Certified Administrator or higher, PMP, ITIL Foundations, or comparable credential, Direct nonprofit experience, Experience standing up or modernizing a managed services practice, Hands-on AI deployment experience, Asana, Lever ATS, or comparable tools experience, Ability to solve a Rubik's cube in less than two hours

What You'll Do.

Oversee service delivery

Own day-to-day delivery rhythm

Partner with Client Success

Run a weekly portfolio review

Serve as executive escalation point

Manage consultant assignment and capacity

Evaluate and assign consultants

Maintain a forward looking capacity model

Ensure on-target utilization

Protect humane workloads

Overcome resource limits

Ensure quality assurance

Define and uphold service quality standards

Operate a structured QA program

Translate CSAT and feedback into changes

Maintain the Service Delivery playbook

Guide delivery systems and tooling

Serve as business owner for internal Salesforce org

Partner with Operations to evolve reporting

Identify automation and AI opportunities

Hold delivery systems to standard

Develop people and culture

Embody Idealist Consulting’s values-aligned management philosophy

Identify needs and collaborate with HR

Use standardized reviews

Encourage professional development

Manage performance concerns

Collaborate with HR on compliance

Partner across the company on outcomes

Collaborate with Sales and Client Success

Represent Managed Services in leadership team

Contribute to annual planning

and budget conversations

Help shape next generation of service offerings

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Service delivery leadership team; Client Success; Sales and Client Success; Operations and internal admin team; HR; Service Delivery leadership team

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication; Client updates

Process & Methodology

Capacity planning, Utilization analysis, Project margin

Full Job Description

## Description Are you tenacious, pragmatic, and possessed of a keen sense of humor? You might just be an Idealist. At Idealist Consulting, we are big thinkers and innovators committed to global progressive action. Founded in 2006, we help mission-driven organizations grow their impact through Salesforce implementation, marketing automation, and managed services. Our brand principles are simple. Stay Human. Drive Change. Believe in Impact. Nurture Community. Make Time to Play. We are looking for a Service Delivery Manager who lives these values and brings them to the work every day. As the Service Delivery Manager: Support Services you’ll collaborate with the service delivery leadership team to identify, utilize, and drive the efficiency of the people, process and tools necessary to deliver Idealist Consulting’s portfolio of support services. ## How You'll Contribute Oversee service delivery across the Managed Services portfolio Own the day-to-day delivery rhythm for all managed service engagements Partner with Client Success to translate renewal goals, account plans, and CSAT feedback into operational adjustments Run a weekly portfolio review covering hours burn, SLA performance, risk signals, and consultant load; escalate proactively to the Director of Service Delivery. Serve as the executive escalation point for unresolved client issues in the support portfolio. Manage consultant assignment and capacity Evaluate and assign consultants to engagements based on skill match, team cohesion, client context, and capacity. Maintain a forward looking capacity model across roles and flag gaps in advance. Ensure on-target utilization across teams while protecting humane workloads and learning time. Overcome resource limits through reallocation, queue management, cross-training, and selective contractor expansion. Ensure quality assurance and service excellence Define and uphold service quality standards across the portfolio, including documentation standards, change managem

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