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Summary

The AIS Client Partner is an essential role in AIS’s growth strategy which will be focused on creating the vision and leading the execution of the account growth strategy in order to develop accounts into High Value AIS clients, maintain and further grow the accounts, and achieve expected annual revenue targets.  The AIS Client Partner will be responsible for establishing and executing on a client relationship strategy.  That strategy will outline which issues to focus on, which opportunities to pursue and which individuals to invest in.  It is important that the client recognize the Client Partner as the primary access point to AIS leadership, overall account management, and account level financial reporting. 

The AIS Client Partner will bring an entrepreneurial approach for identifying and creating growth within the account.  The AIS Client Partner must maintain situational awareness of day-to-day activities of ongoing projects and remain cognizant of the client’s satisfaction. The Client Partner will serve as AIS’s Executive Representative/liaison for account management.  The Client Partner will be the client’s point of contact to share high-level program/project goals and challenges.  The Client Partner should use this role to establish trust and covenants with the client and share any/all risks conveyed with AIS’s Delivery & Operations team. The Client Partner will work as a trusted partner with AIS Delivery teams in achieving the client’s vision. The AIS Client Partner will work closely with all AIS teams (e.g. AIS’s Delivery & Operations team, Solution Directors, Bids & Capture team, Marketing team, etc.) to mobilize the right people, solutions and ideas that will establish growth within the account which is both beneficial to AIS’s customer and AIS’s corporate goals

What You'll Be Doing

• Sets a clear vision and leads the execution of the account growth strategy in order to develop and maintain High Value AIS accounts

  • Together with the core AIS team, develop quarterly and annual account plans.

  • Understands and can articulate the client’s most critical issues and challenges. Is forward looking--doesn’t just react to client requests, but actively works with the senior client stakeholders to help define his/her agenda.

  • Captures and communicates the core value that AIS delivers in support of the client’s goals.

  • Meet periodically with the core AIS team to review, reflect, and strategize about how to improve the relationship and serve the client.

  • Seek client feedback on the AIS’s performance.

  • Follows up on agreed actions and ensures team members meet their commitments.

• Grow overall AIS invoiced revenue and profit.

  • Identify strategies and implement tactics to renew and extend revenue generation on existing engagements in assigned Accounts.

  • Identify strategies and implement tactics to establish new revenue streams in assigned Accounts.

  • Expand and diversify revenue generation by closing business in new Accounts.

• Establish and maintain consultative, value-based, trusted-advisor relationships to cultivate leads and harvest opportunities with assigned Accounts.

  • Maintain frequent, routine contact with key account personnel including executives, line of business managers, and personnel within business, IT, program and contract departments.

  • Identify and target key account personnel (potential sponsors and influencers) for potential business development and revenue growth.

  • Establish a thought leadership relationship with senior client executives and facilitate the development of a vision for the overall success of the business area or company.

  • Acting as an entrepreneur, showcase the best that AIS has to offer by mobilizing the right people, resources, solutions and ideas into each client relationship.

  • Maintain a network of teaming and vendor partners, especially our primary partner Microsoft, to expand and diversify service and solution offerings

• Ensure customer satisfaction by working in partnership with the AIS Delivery & Operations team.

  • Maintain situational awareness of day-to