Client Relations

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ISG is a leader in subscription research, advisory and strategy consulting services for senior business and IT executives, technology and software vendors and business / IT services providers. Our mission is to help our clients make better business decisions and create new business value through trusted and objective insights into the key market trends and emerging technologies driving real change.

Position Summary:

The Client Relations Executive will be responsible for providing personalized customer service and support to both information technology outsourcing (ITO) & business process outsourcing (BPO) and telecommunications network service providers through ISG’s Research practice.

This role has a formalized career path developed by the ISG Research Executive Leadership team allowing a Client Relations Executive to pursue specific areas of subject matter expertise. These areas pertain to our business, e.g. strategic account development, benchmarking, client renewal efforts, marketing, etc. The career paths may be geared towards those who seek a management or individual contributor role within ISG Research.

This role is a critical one to ISG Research’s business and the firm. We seek candidates who have exceptional client facing and time management skills as well as a strong fluency with English.

The candidate will be responsible for monitoring and tracking progress of all clients; conduct onboarding sessions, enable client renewals of subscription advisory services; communicate with both internal and external stakeholders, and general support of the Provider Services sales team on related opportunities/questions/issues.

The candidate will be required to have knowledge of ISG Research’s products including ISG Momentum services and other related services as they become relevant

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage interaction with ISG Research’s existing clients (IT, BPO and Network service providers)
• Liaison between provider and ISG Advisory community
• Identify proper usage of momentum services by scheduling advisor briefings and workshop for the clients aligned to client’s objectives of the program
• Consultatively work with clients to ensure they see value out of their relationship with ISG; conduct on-boarding calls and regular cadence calls
• Drive and manage monthly/quarterly targets of usage of services per client assigned
• Provide an overview on ISG Tools, services and offerings purchased and track their usage regularly.
• Identify concerns of the client, if any. Compile suggestions to improve our products and manage the feedback process.
• Track and update client activity on a proprietary CRM Tool and create reports on a monthly/quarterly basis.

Skills Required:

• A minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in Client relationship and account management, marketing, and sales support function.
• Time management skills - The ability to juggle multiple projects with aggressive deadlines
• Stakeholder Management - The ability to proactively troubleshoot client issues and work the client to resolve their issues in a satisfactory manner. This includes understanding the client issues, working with internal research and IT team members to resolve the issue, and communicate clearly and positively with the client throughout the process
• Consultative - The ability to understand the importance of reporting to client measurement programs and to be able to discuss these concepts with clients
• Adaptive and Collaborative - The ability to work a flexible schedule, collaborating with US and European and APAC regions. Will occasionally require evening work hours
• Cross Functional Teamwork - Exceptional cross-group collaboration skills with proven track record of breaking down silos and working with others to maximize impact
• Communication - Excellent written and verbal communication is a must, previous experience in working directly with global clients in the Americas, Europe and APAC will be helpful
• Fluent in German language

Education level:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a diploma in Marketing/Operations