Customer Service · Full-time · Piedmont, Italy
Client Principal
Remote first with travel, UK based
About Armakuni:
We are a team of highly experienced software engineers who help complex organisations create high-performing software teams, allowing them to accelerate the delivery of business outcomes whilst driving behavioural change through coaching, training and pair programming.
We work to identify the gaps in an organisation’s engineering capability and then transfer our skills, knowledge and experience by providing repeatable patterns and behaviours to create sustainable change and build a culture of continuous improvement.
We embed our engineers into our client teams to understand their problems, accelerate their delivery and show them different ways of working. Alongside offering technical solutions, we teach them how to use XP practices like Pair Programming, Test-Driven Development and Everything as Code to improve communication and collaboration, reducing single points of failure, and ultimately increasing the quality and speed of delivery.
Armakuni is a test-first and agile environment, with a keen focus on the quality of the software that we develop, and how we can support our Engineers to continue their learning and career journey.
About the role:
The Client Principal role at Armakuni will lead the delivery and growth of a portfolio of client accounts, leveraging their creativity and experience to facilitate exceptional outcomes.
This is a pivotal role, responsible for the achievement of business goals and revenue targets whilst developing the company account strategy through growing client accounts.
As part of this, you will be responsible for and measured on:
Client Discovery & Success
Client Engagement Growth
Ak Team Effectiveness
Account Delivery
Account Management and Growth
Account Strategy Development:
New Client Development
You will be an active contributor to Armakuni’s new business development strategy. This will include insight to market developments and possible opportunities, as well as supporting bid writing and proposals for new clients.
What you’ll bring to the role:
The Client Principal is the foundation of Armakuni’s interactions with our clients. You are experienced at building and nurturing relationships to identify, develop, and secure growth opportunities. They will be comfortable influencing at all levels.
The successful candidate can clearly demonstrate their ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges, and convey compelling value propositions. Their background in account management will enable them to easily interact and engage with clients and stakeholders of all levels.
As a trusted adviser you will drive the strategic direction of engagements by facilitating creative client solutions. You will develop long lasting relationships and be a focal point for delivery, escalation, and growth.
Be a trusted adviser to our clients, building long lasting valuable relationships with key accounts
Define a shared vision for the engagement with the client and their stakeholders
Set the success criteria and define the measurable outcomes, selling in the AK value proposition and ensuring we are set up for success
Identify and mitigate risks impacting both delivery and engagement growth
You will secure growth opportunities by nurturing client relationships and identifying opportunities to align with Armakuni’s growth targets.
You will be comfortable:
Identifying opportunities and risks, and suggesting appropriate solutions
Managing contract negotiations and keeping track of progress
Identifying opportunities to drive revenue growth within client portfolios
Keeping a strong commercial focus on delivery and success
Growing and developing relationships across client engagements and being the focal point for value delivery, escalation and growth
Coaching and developing client leadership teams throughout our engagements
Maintaining client satisfaction by delivering excellence and demonstrating impact
The skills and experience you’ll need to be successful:
You’ll ideally come from a highly technical account management background, using your well honed cloud, engineering and DevOps experience to demonstrate the value we create across a broad spectrum of our clients and sectors
Experienced in building strong relationships at all levels within clients and out into their wider eco-systems
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to write and present technical documents and compelling proposals to senior leadership teams
Experience in proactively growing client relationships within an account while expanding your understanding of the client’s business and acting as a mentor and facilitator to the internal team
Technology related sales or business development experience in an account development and bid writing capacity
Experience in interpreting client needs and positioning solutions that hit the mark for them and enable us to grow our client network
Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills in organisations of all scales from startups to global enterprises
Proven track record in identifying, developing, negotiating and closing technology and/or professional services deals
Adaptable, with an enthusiasm to explore and respond positively to new ways of working
Armakuni is a remote first organisation, so for the most part, it will be up to you where in the UK you are based. And we are a customer focussed organisation too, so there will also be a need to travel to client offices from time to time too.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a priority for us – Diversity of thought and representation helps us understand our clients’ concerns and create better solutions for them. We are an inclusive employer and aim to create an environment that supports and includes everyone. We assess all candidates based on skills so please let us know if we can offer any support. We will look to offer adjustments to our recruitment and work practices to help those who apply for our jobs and work within our organisation to have a better experience. This is not just a legal obligation to provide reasonable adjustments but an opportunity to offer the best experience possible for all
Life at Armakuni
We are proud of our open, transparent and inclusive environment and continuous learning culture. We host company wide events every Friday to share knowledge and build our internal community.
We believe that a strong work-life balance helps our team to work to the best of their ability and be able to switch off and enjoy the fruits of their labour in their time off. We are happy to offer full or part time hours, and we will work with you to enable flexibility
What you will get in return:
In addition to working with a highly motivated team of dedicated co-workers who are passionate about technology, you’ll also receive some great benefits;
A highly competitive salary, commensurate with the skills that you bring to the role
We are a remote first organisation, so we also give you an allowance to set your home office up - and a Mac to go with it
We really care about our people, so we offer a host of health and wellbeing related benefits, including; Wellbeing allowance, BUPA private health cover, critical illness cover, access to SPILL therapy, GP24 and various others
We also want to make sure that you get the right balance, so we offer 25 days holiday plus 3 days Christmas shutdown. You can buy more or sell these days too.
For those thinking about a family, we offer enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay, as well as a return to work bonus
Our employer pension contribution is 5% of annual salary
We have some great company and team events that will help you to engage with your colleagues, and to grow with a visionary company
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