**Job Description**

To help continue our rapid growth and solve our clients’ toughest problems, we
need an experienced and proven Client Success Manager to join the team. As a
Client Success Manager you will be responsible for ensuring our clients thrive
through the engagement(s) they have with KSMC, doing whatever it takes to
deliver value and success. This will include acquiring mastery of the client’s
business, technologies, and key resources across levels of the client
organization. As a technology consulting firm, it is extremely important that
all Client Success Manager have experience on complex technology projects and
understand the kinds of complexities that exist on system transitions, data
management projects, and product services. Primarily, the Client Success

  

Manager will serve as the sole point of contact for their respective clients
as both a trusted advisor and point of escalation when their most important
initiatives call for it. Finally, it will also include helping ensure
effective collaboration across all teams involved in achieving these goals.

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 **Responsibilities**

 **Manage delivery on a given project or client-site including:**

  * Understand the client’s business intimately, their organizational structure, KPIs/OKRs, strategies, technical capital, and human capital, financial considerations, etc.
  * Act as a solution architect, seek to understand their current technological landscape including relevant software, hardware, technical debt, risk aversion, velocity and proclivity towards change, etc.
  * Understand KSMC’s scope of work and its intended outcomes and overarching purpose for the business
  * Partner with the client by bringing them relevant, useful suggestions around people, processes and technology that complement the work we are already doing
  * Participate meaningfully in our team’s solution process regarding any of the following subjects and feel confident in your ability to represent, in an ongoing way, those ideas to senior leaders on behalf of the team:
    1. Data Management
    2. Infrastructure
    3. Architecture
    4. Data migration
    5. Product selection
    6. Solution Road Maps
    7. Privacy
    8. Security
    9. Implementation approach; agile versus waterfall delivery methodologies
    10. Procurement techniques
    11. M&O
  * Support Project Managers on all escalation points around resourcing, solution design and implementation, budget, timeline, and cost
  * Mentor, coach, and train others around our company on how to reflect these capabilities
  * Provide check-ins around how all active projects are going on the account both formally and informally
  * Bring solutions and ideas to the client or joining them in ideating about new, exciting opportunities to innovate their business and services/products
  * Be a confidential support to them on any challenging realities they face around people, processes or technology, with the intent of helping them overcome these challenges through creative techniques
  * Stay attuned to the context surrounding the client’s industry and market

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**Manage the internal portfolio finances including:**

  * Leading monthly meetings with the KSMC Finance team around accounting updates including the portfolio level roll up of projects, deliverables and invoices
  * Ensuring invoices are paid in contractually agreed time frames
  * Forecasting net new projects for the account, managing those ideas from inception through signed SOW and ensuring all proper parties are collaborated with through that process
  * Providing clarity and recommendations managing any WIP in a given account

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**Perform Contract Management for the account including:**

  * Ensuring all active projects are aligned to contracts
  * Creating and managing all contracts for services with assigned account(s) including managed service agreements (MSA), contracts, renewals, extensions and amendments

  

**Manage Client Capital including:**

  * Referral Capture
  * White Paper and content management
  * IP process proactive management

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**Client Need Forecasting:**

  * Product backlog enhancement ideation, Solution/technology innovation, cost savings, integrations, data products/services, process products/services, legislative consideration for the future, and competition velocity/quality review
  * Partnering with Sales to build a strategy around what ought to come next for the client and how we might provide services/products/partners to support them

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**Participation as key lead on all business development activity for specific
client. Including:**

  * Extensions, amendments, and new scope development
  * RFP process lead including RFI responses, written responses, Q&A, orals, competition assessment, strategic partnerships (MBE,WBE,VBE), BAFO, and any other area (focused on how we continue to win)
  * Loss retrospective and lessons learned
  * Contract vehicle identification
  * Solution Excellence (pushing a partnership with sales to ensure the proposal is the best we can think of and aligned with what the client wants and needs)

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**Qualifications**

*We are considering candidates from the following cities: Indianapolis, Ohio, Chicago, Washington DC, Denver and San Francisco

  * 5+ years experience managing complex work portfolios strategic to an executive team
  * Technical competency
  * Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality
  * Advanced knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Jira, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, Trello, and/or other Project Management software
  * Knowledge of Municipality, State and Federal government work a plus
  * Experience in consulting is a plus
  * Excellent Communicator
  * Professionalism
  * Quick technical aptitude; can learn technology stacks/infrastructure/application dev/data quickly, retain and add value

*Note: This role requires a significant amount of work in Indiana. We will consider applicants who are willing to travel or relocate for this opportunity.

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 **Additional Information**

What you should know about KSMC:

  * KSMC employees work hard. We solve big problems, serve lots of clients, and are generally engaged throughout the entire workday and beyond. 
  * We compensate well and show our appreciation in lots of ways including Thursday Throwdowns, quarterly employee events, Community Day, and family outings. 
  * We have a great benefits package including a Self-Managed PTO Policy. 
  * Our snack room is well stocked with healthy drinks and food to keep you going during your work day.
  * Our comprehensive wellness program includes team recreation activities and wellness reimbursement. 
  * KSMC values lifelong learning and encourages all team members to continue to grow through formal and informal paths that include an Educational Assistance Program.  
  * We emphasize your career advancement and development and set aside intentional time twice a year to evaluate your progress and goal set together, including your career growth track. 

 **We pride ourselves in having the best talent in the industry and hope that
you’re up for the challenge! **

