Senior Client Services Manager

What you will do

• Lead the managers
• Coach through the work: sit in on client calls and one-on-ones, review reporting before it goes out, and give feedback that changes what happens next time. Set goals and OKRs for each pod, and hold quarterly performance conversations that people leave knowing where they stand. Manage capacity across the group, including cover during absence and reallocation when an account escalates. Own hiring and onboarding as the group grows.
• Own your clients and back your managers on theirs
• Build and deliver program strategies for your accounts against agreed client goals and revenue targets. Hold senior relationships through difficulty, not just when the numbers are good. Step in on escalations across the group, whether that is a tracking failure, a missed target or a relationship that has gone quiet. Spot churn risk early and act on it rather than reporting it. Identify expansion opportunities across the group's portfolio and work them with the commercial team.
• Keep the operation tight
• Work in our project management system, so the status of every pod is visible without anyone having to ask. Hold a working knowledge of our tracking and integration setup, enough to triage an issue and know when to escalate to product or engineering. Report on performance accurately and on time, and explain what is behind the numbers. Carry information both ways between your pods and CS leadership, so decisions are made on an accurate picture. Work with sales, marketing, product and engineering on anything your clients need from them.
• What we are looking for
• Seven or more years in client services, account management or performance marketing, with at least three spent managing people directly. Evidence that you have developed someone: promoted them, turned around a performance problem, or built capability that outlasted you. A track record of holding client relationships through difficulty. Comfort with data and strong Excel and PowerPoint skills. You can read performance reporting, find what is off and explain it to a client without hiding behind it. Enough technical curiosity to understand how tracking and integrations work. Affiliate marketing experience is an advantage, and financial services or another regulated industry more so.