Senior Client Strategy Director

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Company: Catalyx

Location: Chicago, IL 60629

Description:

Senior Client Strategy Director

Chicago (Remote)

We are Catalyx!

Catalyx, a rapidly growing and award-winning Innovation Consultancy, is dedicated to disrupting the industry. In our 12-year journey, we've generated over $1 billion in value for our clients.

Our distinctive multi-method approach captures consumers' behavior, emotion, opinion, and desire at scale. This enables us to swiftly translate consumer insights into recommendations, empowering our clients to build stronger brands. Partnering with globally renowned companies such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestle, Reckitt, PepsiCo, Haleon, Premier Foods, Newell Brands, Logitech, and more, we continue to drive innovation in the industry.

The role:

The Senior Client Strategy Director will lead and deliver consumer research-based consulting solutions that unlock unparalleled progress for our key clients in the US market. As a key linchpin between developing existing client relationships and supporting future growth initiatives, you'll partner with Client Development to craft strategic account plans, foster long-term relationships, and curate a powerhouse team dedicated to exceeding expectations.

You'll embrace the opportunity to not just deliver proposals but to craft stories that captivate, inspire, and drive unparalleled client delight. You'll wield your expertise in consumer research and innovation, leveraging Catalyx assets to redefine possibilities, shape thought leadership, and transform business processes.

What you'll be doing...

Team Leadership:
  • Collaboratively lead account planning to establish a clear path to achieving revenue targets, ensuring input and alignment across cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Regularly report on team performance, highlighting notable successes, key learnings.
  • Support Head of Strategy and other Senior Client Strategy Directors/peers in accomplishing departmental KPIs.


Revenue & Team Profit Delivery:
  • Achieve retention and growth targets linked to client success within account plans.


Client Engagement, Delivery & Impact:
  • Seek to expand the range of contacts we support within a client and own this relationship.
  • Establish a joint planning and review process with clients to identify their learning agenda, pain points, and future commitments.
  • Deliver high-quality, profitable proposals and solutions that lead to exceptional outcomes.
  • Curate a library of value stories showcasing progress unlocked and acknowledged by client stakeholders.
  • Develop a pathway towards top-tier relationship building, utilizing Catalyx assets and stakeholders.


What we're looking for:
  • Experienced in deploying consumer research, marketing principles & strategy to design and deliver solutions that enable clients to achieve innovation goals.
  • Recognised as a strong communicator and presenter, capable of crafting & elevating compelling and actionable solution stories.
  • Proven foundations in strategic planning, brand/innovation consulting, or market research (qualitative and/or quantitative, agency or client side).
  • Well-versed in client discovery, proposal writing, and solution/project delivery.
  • Experience in cultivating long-term client relationships, retaining and expanding business programs.
  • Able to coach the team to make meaning from large amounts of quantitative & unstructured content (words, video or image), turning this into strategic direction or the creative springboard for marketing and innovation.
  • Proficiency in developing and managing direct & matrixed reports into high-performing contributors


What we offer:
  • Competitive salary - we know you're worth it!
  • Personal Revenue Generation Bonus
  • Company Bonus Scheme
  • Highly comprehensive healthcare
  • 20 days annual leave
  • 4 "Non Sick" Wellness days - 1 per quarter
  • Your birthday off
  • 401k
  • L&D program
  • Wow Awards - your peers want to shout out about how awesome you are!


Catalyx is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from anyone irrespective of Disability, Education, Ethnicity, Gender, Gender identity, National Origin, Religion or Sexual Orientation.

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