Area Vice President, Client Success (R-20142)

Dnb
Austin, TX
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Candidates with post-sale client management experience and technical acumen in connecting business goals with product capabilities will find this leadership role in client success management at Dun & Bradstreet.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 10+ years in enterprise client management and a strategic mindset for driving product adoption
    — “Minimum of 10 years in a post-sale client management experience leading a portfolio of high-touch enterprise and/or strategic accounts”
  • Individuals who thrive in cross-functional environments and can advocate for clients at executive levels
    — “Collaborate with executive leadership to prioritize customer success initiatives”
  • Leaders with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams through structured and agile processes
    — “Build and maintain a high performing team through effective hiring, goal setting, rewards, team building and performance management activities”

Things to consider

  • This role requires a minimum of 25% business travel, which may affect work-life balance
    — “Ability to travel for business at least 25% of the time”
  • Candidates must demonstrate strong communication skills suitable for a global corporate setting
    — “Highly articulate with excellent business communication (verbal and written) skills and presentation skills suitable for a global corporate environment”

How to stand out

  • Highlight measurable success in client renewals and ROI delivery in your resume and interview responses
    — “Post-sale client point of contact accountable for value driven engagements across the customer retention lifecycle resulting in client renewals”
  • Emphasize your ability to use data to drive business cases and product adoption
    — “Utilize data to enhance team performance, build compelling business cases, and drive product adoption across the client base”
  • Showcase experience in managing complex, multi-divisional, and multi-geographical clients
    — “Experience working with complex, multi-divisional, multi-geographical customers”
  • Demonstrate your leadership approach that balances servant leadership with proactive engagement
    — “Lead from the front, balancing servant leadership with a proactive, vocal approach to account engagement”
  • Include examples of problem-solving and ownership mindset in your professional experience
    — “Show an ownership mindset in everything you do; be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Customer satisfaction
  • Programmatic and strategic goals achievement
  • High performing team building
Typical background
15+ years of relevant experience in post-sale client management

Skills & requirements

Required

Client ManagementTeam LeadershipData AnalysisCross-functional CollaborationPresentation Skills

Preferred

Technical AcumenStrategic Planning

Stack & domain

ERP SystemExcelPowerpointWordLeadershipCommunicationPresentationSalesClient Management

About the role

Original posting from Dnb via Lever

Shape the Future with Dun & Bradstreet

At Dun & Bradstreet, we believe data has the power to create a better tomorrow. As a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, we help companies worldwide grow, manage risk, and innovate. Since 1841, businesses have trusted us to turn uncertainty into opportunity. We’re a diverse, global team that values creativity, collaboration, and bold ideas. Are you ready to make an impact and help shape what’s next? Join us! Explore opportunities at dnb.com/careers.

The Client Success Management function is responsible for retaining existing business and drive sales growth through client adoption of Company products and services. Specialize in using deep industry, business processes and product expertise to increase product adoption and utilization. Post-sale client point of contact accountable for value driven engagements across the customer retention lifecycle resulting in client renewals. May handle escalations and coordinate across other functional areas of the Company

Essential Key Responsibilities:

Effectively lead the Customer Success function to achieve customer satisfaction, programmatic, business, and strategic goals

  • Build and maintain a high performing team through effective hiring, goal setting, rewards, team building and performance management activities
  • Become a trusted advisor to client organizations, deepening relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring they achieve measurable success and ROI with our platform
  • Utilize data to enhance team performance, build compelling business cases, and drive product adoption across the client base
  • Set high expectations for your team, driving them to meet and exceed operational targets through structured and agile processes
  • Serve as a strong advocate for our customers, building lasting relationships with C-level and VP stakeholders to ensure their long-term success
  • Lead from the front, balancing servant leadership with a proactive, vocal approach to account engagement
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to prioritize customer success initiatives

Education and Experience:

15+ years of relevant experience

Bachelor's Required

Master's Preferred

Additional Skills and/or Certifications:

Minimum of 10 years in a post-sale client management experience leading a portfolio of high-touch enterprise and/or strategic accounts

Has technical acumen to understand and connect the clients’ business goals with our product abilities

Highly articulate with excellent business communication (verbal and written) skills and presentation skills suitable for a global corporate environment

Experience in working with complex, multi-divisional, multi-geographical customers

Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Sales, Support, Ops)

A bias for action

Possesses excellent MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint and MS-Word skills

Show an ownership mindset in everything you do; be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action, be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success

Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholder, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs

Ability to travel for business at least 25% of the time

Benefits We Offer

· Generous paid time off in your first year, increasing with tenure.

· Up to 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave after one year of employment.

· Paid sick time to care for yourself or family members. 

· Education assistance and extensive training resources.

· Do Good Program: Paid volunteer days & donation matching.  

· Competitive 401k with company matching. 

· Health & wellness benefits, including discounted Wellhub membership rates.

· Medical, dental & vision insurance for you, spouse/partner & dependents.

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