Strategic Account Manager/Client Director - IT Staffing and Consulting
Job Description
Strategic Account Manager/ Client Director - Bellevue, WA & San Jose, CA
Our client is a leading, rapidly growing, technology solutions company providing a broad range of services for our 60+ fortune 500 clients across 50 states (US), 7+ Industries and 5 Global Delivery Centers. Riveted in their ability to deliver the best technology & project-based solutions, they work at the intersection of business & technology helping their client partners scale and accelerate their key technology initiatives and innovation.
Who We Need?
If you consider yourself to be Dynamic, Tenacious, Goal Oriented and A Creator of Opportunities, you've met your match. Let's talk NOW how you might contribute to the Client Development team
Our client is looking to expand their team at in Bellevue, WA with a Strategic Account Manager/ Client Director to support our partnership with a large enterprise client.
In this role, you will be responsible to build strategic partnerships, drive business and revenue results through deal shaping, negotiation, contract closure & execution of a key account/pursuit plan.
Successful candidates must thrive in a growing, fast evolving, people-based culture and be passionate about identifying new client opportunities and growing our client's brand.
We are looking for someone with potential, creativity, energy, drive, organizational skills & positive attitude to work with the team to deliver innovative revenue generating results around services and solution offerings.
What you will do:
- Drive & execute on revenue and sales Quota goals through effective management of account/pursuit plans, business development, internal collaboration strategies & account plan execution.
- Prospect, establish, lead, and grow relationships with key client personnel & teams (Principle, Director, VP & C-Level) within the client account, focused on engineering & IT Services solutions.
- Maintain regular communication (Update activity in CRM) with the Sales Leader to keep him/her abreast of account progress & evolve account execution plan.
- Target the right clients, grow a quality pipeline, win profitable deals and manage sales activities with the objective of creating mutually beneficial, trust-based relationships that create value.
- Individuals in this role will:
- Manage and close opportunities through the end-to-end sales cycle.
- Be responsible for the establishment of a win strategy, ongoing qualification, coordinating all required internal approvals, identification of required resources, management of the solution/proposition development, complex deal shaping, management of client interactions and facilitating the negotiations and closing activities.
- Recommend ideas and strategies that will contribute to the growth of the company
What we are looking for:
Demonstrate strong leadership abilities including innate capacity for strategic thinking, creativity, intellectual curiosity, and a relentless drive for delivering success.
The ideal candidate will have:
- 5+ years of sales and account management experience.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent collaboration and team-building skills.
- Organized and methodical; strong prioritization and negotiation skills.
- Strong process orientation coupled with an ability to work with virtual teams.
- Passionate about sales and technology; partners with clients to ensure growth.
- Experienced in building relationships with Director & VP level business decision-makers.
- Skilled at presenting value around technology solution-based sales.
- Experienced and adept at consistently demonstrating strong people management skills.
- Creative and innovative; seen as forward-thinking in approach.
If you believe in Performing and bringing your A Game, Our client believes in Rewarding!
- Competitive base salary
- Uncapped Commissions
- Performance-based bonus programs
- Benefits program- PTO, 401k with a company match, Medical benefits packages that include health, dental, vision and more!
Top all off that with a Fun, Agile, Results driven team! Check us out on social media.
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Additional Information
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Meet Your Recruiter
Jill Balick
Director and Executive Recruiter
Jill has more than 25 years of staffing management and recruiting experience, and brings significant industry intelligence and networking channels to MeeDerby’s client companies. Jill joined MeeDerby after a successful career in New York City managing Executive Search divisions for several organizations. Jill is a graduate of Colgate University and is fluent in Spanish.
Jill served as the former chair for the North Carolina chapter of ASA. She has been a mentor for the Wayfinders program in Charlotte, NC for over a decade, an organization providing children from high-poverty schools the opportunity to supplement their education with experiences that improve academic achievement and physical activity, expand their social capital, and increase their preparedness for the workforce.
