Job Title: Domain Consultant-Utilities Call Center Automation (CCaaS Platforms)
Location: Remote (Onshore)
Employment Type: Contractor
Duration: 6 Months – 1 Year
Experience Required: 10+ Years
Expected Joining: Immediate
Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced Domain Consultant – Utilities Call Center Automation with deep expertise in utilities customer service operations and modern CCaaS platforms. This role will serve as a strategic advisor bridging business stakeholders, contact center operations, and technology teams to drive automation, AI enablement, and platform modernization initiatives.
The ideal candidate brings strong utilities domain knowledge (CIS, billing, outage, regulatory constraints) combined with hands-on advisory experience across leading CCaaS platforms such as Genesys Cloud, Amazon Connect, NICE CXone, Five9, Talkdesk, and Salesforce Service Cloud Voice.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Utilities Call Center Domain Expertise
- Lead end-to-end assessments of utility customer service operations including:
- Start / Stop / Move (SSM)
- Billing inquiries and high bill complaints
- Payment arrangements & collections
- Outage, storm, and emergency calls
- Credit, deposits, and enrollment
- Analyze and optimize:
- Seasonal and storm-driven call spikes
- Regulatory and compliance constraints
- Rate changes, bill redesigns, and customer communications
- Map omnichannel customer journeys across voice, chat, email, SMS, and self-service portals.
2. CCaaS Platform & Utilities Integration Advisory:
- Provide solution advisory across major CCaaS platforms.
- Design integrations between CCaaS and utility core systems including:
- Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing (CCB)
- Oracle Utilities Customer to Meter (C2M)
- Meter Data Management (MDM)
- Outage Management Systems (OMS)
- Payment gateways and IVR self-service platforms
- Define IVR strategy, intelligent routing, skill-based distribution, and escalation models tailored to utility use cases.
3. AI & Automation for Utility Contact Centers:
- Identify and design AI-driven automation use cases such as:
- Conversational IVR for SSM, billing balance, and payment status
- Real-time agent assist for billing explanations and outage handling
- AI-powered knowledge systems for tariffs, regulatory policies, and rate plans
- Automated call summarization, disposition coding, and QA scoring
- Ensure AI implementations align with regulatory, privacy, and audit compliance requirements.
4. Client Engagement & Advisory Leadership:
- Facilitate discovery workshops with:
- Customer Care Leadership
- Regulatory & Compliance Teams
- IT and Enterprise Architecture
- Translate operational and regulatory needs into:
- Functional requirements
- Solution blueprints
- Phased transformation roadmaps (Quick Wins → Scaled Transformation)
- Support pre-sales initiatives, RFP responses, and solution positioning for utilities clients.
5. Delivery Oversight & Value Realization:
- Guide delivery teams in defining:
- Utility-specific user stories and acceptance criteria
- UAT strategy and peak-period readiness
- Cutover and stabilization planning
- Define and track measurable success metrics including:
- Call containment & digital deflection
- Average Handle Time (AHT) during peak events
- CSAT during outages and storms
- Regulatory complaint reduction
Must-Have Domain Expertise:
- Strong understanding of:
- Utility CIS platforms (CCB / C2M)
- Billing, metering, and outage processes
- AMI, OMS, and MDM integrations
- Seasonal and event-driven call drivers
- Regulatory and compliance impact on customer experience
- Proven experience in:
- Translating regulatory and operational requirements into technical solution designs
- Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
- Working in complex, multi-vendor utility environments
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in utilities customer service transformation and contact center modernization
- Experience leading AI-driven automation initiatives within CCaaS environments
- Strong documentation, solution design, and facilitation skills