Strategic Client Partner

Dedale Intelligence
Paris
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Candidates with experience in financial or consulting services and consultative selling will find this senior role in Paris offers strategic growth and client partnership opportunities.

Best fit for

  • Senior professionals with a background in Financial or Consulting Services and proven consultative selling skills
    — “experience in account management, inside sales, customer success, or similar fields in Financial or Consulting Services”
  • Individuals with a passion for technology and investing and a desire to work in a start-up environment
    — “You would like to work in a start-up environment.”

Things to consider

  • This role requires a long-term commitment as it is an ongoing opportunity with a focus on long-term fit.
    — “We are not bound by a specific hiring quota, but are focused on finding the right long-term fit”
  • The position is based in Paris, which may require relocation or local presence for candidates.
    — “This position is based in Paris.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in managing full-cycle sales or account management processes.
    — “Proven expertise in consultative/value selling and navigating complex, full-cycle sales processes”
  • Showcase your ability to build strong relationships with C-suite and M&A leaders.
    — “Build trusted, high-level rapport with PE Partners, M&A Directors, and C-suite leaders”
  • Emphasize your data-driven approach to identifying growth and expansion opportunities.
    — “Adept at leveraging data analysis to identify opportunities and forecast growth trends effectively”
  • Demonstrate your experience in cross-functional collaboration and internal advocacy.
    — “Act as the voice of the customer, working cross-functionally to ensure product updates”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Maintained high customer retention rates
  • Identified and acted on expansion opportunities
  • Conducted strategic check-ins to uncover second-level needs
Typical background
Experience in sales or client managementBackground in strategic planning

Skills & requirements

Required

Strategic Relationship ManagementOnboarding & AdoptionEnd-to-end Renewal OwnershipStrategic Growth & UpsellingRevenue ExecutionAccount Strategy

Preferred

White Space AnalysisCross-functional Collaboration

Stack & domain

Market IntelligenceInvestment AnalysisAccount ManagementData AnalysisCross-functional CollaborationLeadershipCommunicationStrategic ThinkingProblem SolvingTeamworkInvestmentTechnologySalesFinanceConsultingIntelligenceEnterprise Saas Product

About the role

As a Strategic Client Partner at Dedale Intelligence, you'll be at the forefront of driving client success and growth, requiring a blend of strategic thinking, relationship management, and a deep understanding of the technology and investment landscapes.

Original posting from Dedale Intelligence via Ashby

❗NOTE: This is an Ongoing Opportunity - We're Always Hiring Top Talent 🚀

As Dedale is committed to continuous growth and building a team of exceptional talent, this position remains open year-round. We are not bound by a specific hiring quota, but are focused on finding the right long-term fit for both the role and our culture. If you see this posting, it means that we are actively reviewing applications!

ABOUT DEDALE:

Dedale is the differentiating source of strategic intelligence in the technology space.

With a unique team of over 100 full-time research analysts & planners, Dedale leverages a network of over 10 000 market professionals to deliver on the ground strategic intelligence to investors and corporates, with a core focus around North America and Europe. 

Our team gathers top talents with diverse and international backgrounds. Our Research & Investment team has the strongest expertise in the ecosystem on B2B Software due diligence, and we are surrounded by a network of mentors including high-profile tech founders and investors.

OUR CULTURE:

Dedale gathers a group of highly talented international individuals (incl. US, Chinese, Filipino, French, Moroccan, Latvian, Lebanese nationalities among others).

The leadership team is composed of experienced investment professionals & management consultants (ex-McKinsey, BCG consultants & managers).

Our advisory board is extremely high profile, including some of the most successful investors worldwide (incl. Managing Partners of the largest PE and Growth Equity funds, and Tech unicorn entrepreneurs).

We seek to develop a dream team of outstanding investment analysts with strong academic and professional achievements and a passion for investing and technology.

YOUR OPPORTUNITY:

Our Growth team plays a pivotal role in ensuring customer retention and driving expansion, contributing significantly to the success of our clients globally.

In this role, you will be responsible for growing revenue across Dedale’s full product portfolio - including our intelligence platform and advisory services - by maintaining high customer retention rates, proactively identifying and acting on expansion opportunities, and managing upsell, upgrade, and cross-sell initiatives throughout the customer journey.

You will further collaborate on strategic initiatives such as white space analysis, account planning and mapping, and building cross-functional partnerships with Sales support teams to maximize strategic account opportunities.

YOUR ROLE:

  • Strategic Relationship Management: Build trusted, high-level rapport with PE Partners, M&A Directors, and C-suite leaders. You will add value through market intelligence fluency in live conversations and in-person meetings.
  • Onboarding & Adoption: Lead onboarding sessions with authority and product fluency. You will "embark" users and motivate product adoption by projecting the seniority and credibility required for the PE/M&A space.
  • End-to-End Renewal Ownership: Own the entire renewal cycle - from early risk detection and churn prevention (orchestrating AM and CS resources) to the final commercial negotiation.
  • Strategic Growth & Upselling: Conduct regular strategic check-ins (bi-monthly/quarterly) to uncover "second-level" needs that convert into advisory mandates or platform upsells.
  • Revenue Execution: Drive expansion efforts through a solution-focused approach, identifying cross-sell and up-sell opportunities across the account lifecycle.
  • Account Strategy: Design and execute account-level growth strategies, utilizing data analysis to forecast trends and identify white space for the Sales team.
  • Internal Advocacy: Act as the voice of the customer, working cross-functionally to ensure product updates and features align with the sophisticated needs of our client base. 

YOUR PROFILE:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

  • Around or over 3-5 years of experience in account management, inside sales, customer success, or similar fields in Financial or Consulting Services, Intelligence, and/or Entreprise Saas Product.
  • Proven expertise in consultative/value selling and navigating complex, full-cycle sales processes, with a preference for end-to-end sales expertise.
  • Skilled at building rapport, cultivating trust, and maintaining strong relationships with diverse client bases.
  • Demonstrated success in consistently achieving or surpassing performance objectives.
  • Adept at leveraging data analysis to identify opportunities and forecast growth trends effectively.

Cherry on the Cake!

  • You would like to work in a start-up environment.
  • You are passionate about technology and investing.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

  • HR Introduction call
  • Interview with our AVP, Head of Development and Investor Relations, Sales Director
  • 1 Case Study
  • Interview with the founder
  • Final interview with 2 members of the Leadership Team

This position is based in Paris.

Source: Dedale Intelligence careers (Ashby)

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