Client Principal
Lucent is currently recruiting a Client Principal to join a high-growth software services consultancybusiness. Reporting to C-Level, youll expand our presence and authority within key accounts to drive growth. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys proactively working with senior stakeholders to create innovative solutions to their problems.
What makes this role stand out?
- Youll get to help drive change in some of the biggest companies in the world.
- Youll be working in an agile environment where problem-solving and innovation happen collaboratively, leveraging co-creation tools to test and qualify solutions at pace.
- Youll be in an entrepreneurial role in a fast-growing and established company, where you will lead by example and help further develop a culture of collaboration and growth.
- The company has an excellent reputation. Current employees describe it as providing a fantastic work-life balance and focus on employee well-being. Employees are empowered, and there is a culture of trust combined with an outstanding balance of autonomy and teamwork.
The Client Principal
Were looking for someone who will establish and forge strong, trusted relationships with senior executives across the customer base. Youll develop a coherent understanding of their strategic objectives and uncover their most pressing challenges. Youll break down these complex problems with customers and work with technical experts to translate these into commercial proposals that will deliver exceptional value and satisfaction to our clients. Importantly, youll proactively present clients with opportunities to leverage our capabilities to boost quality, improve efficiency, reduce costs or transform their businesses, not just wait for opportunities.
Your activity will support the account managers by creating opportunities to provide sustainable growth. Your work will ensure that customers understand the breadth and depth of engagement on offer and keep them front of mind.
Ultimately, youll know you are successful in this role if youre aware of clients strategic plans, co-create the solutions that will most impact their business, and are the go-to person to support them with their execution. Youll have helped grow revenue share within accounts and opened new projects, departments, or spending areas. Customers will still have excellent levels of customer satisfaction and feel we are an invaluable resource that has exceeded their expectations.
As a Lead Client Principal, youll be responsible for
- Driving growth through leading the innovation agenda within key clients.
- Building and establishing relationships with senior executives.
- Developing an understanding of customers strategic objectives and critical challenges.
- Influencing and collaborating with customers to co-create solutions.
- Leading and motivating teams toward success
- Driving thought leadership on strategy, cloud, data, digital transformation and customer experience.
About You
Youll be T-shaped with skills across commercial and technical disciplines maybe youre a techy who has become commercial, or youre a commercial person who is semi-technical. Youll use your initiative to create opportunities, be an excellent communicator, and be adept at empathising with the customer.
Ideally, youll have been described as an excellent storyteller and be exceptional at using visual tools such as Miro to communicate and love collaboration and co-creating solutions with clients. A creative problem solver, youre also a trusted adviser and will use this combination of attributes to spot and solve challenges while creating software development opportunities.
Your Experience
- Experience working in a consultancy or software services business on enterprise customer accounts where a typical project is more than £1 million is required.
- Youll have created proposals and ideally led this process.
- Youll have examples in your career where youve worked with C-Level to gain trusted advisor status.
- Youll have worked with Miro or similar tools and enjoy leading workshops and meetings.
- Digital transformation is exciting to you, and youll have a depth of knowledge in this domain.
In return, youll receive excellent compensation, bonus and benefits. This role can be remote or hybrid, and youll be able to work flexibly around the business needs.
To apply, please send your CV as soon as possible.
This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced Client Principals, Consultants, Client Directors, Account Directors, Senior BDMs, etc looking to join a forward thinking disruptive company keen on creating innovative solutions for their clients toughest challenges.