Black & Veatch

Client Account Manager

Black & Veatch$90K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 5-10 years in sales or project execution within public utilities
  • Proven success in business development and managing key accounts
  • Experience with public agencies and utilities sales
  • Strong commercial acumen including contracts and risk management
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
  • History of successful pursuits involving complex decision-making processes

Responsibilities

  • Drive business development and sales across public agency and utility clients
  • Own annual sales targets while developing a strong sales pipeline
  • Develop and execute strategic account and market entry plans
  • Build and maintain relationships with executive stakeholders
  • Lead complex sales pursuits, including proposal strategy
  • Collaborate with internal teams to deliver integrated solutions
  • Maintain client engagement for repeat business opportunities

Benefits

  • Hybrid or flexible work options after 90 days based on performance
  • Opportunity for professional development within a dynamic team
  • Engagement with leading public agencies and utility stakeholders
  • Access to a wide range of markets including water, energy, and transit
  • Participation in strategic decision-making and solutions development
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is seeking a results-driven Sales / Business Development Leader to expand our presence in the public agencies and utilities market, with a focus on the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, and surrounding municipalities and utilities
In this role, you will lead new business growth, strategic account management, and business capture efforts across key clients. You will work across multiple business lines to deliver integrated solutions spanning water, energy, transit, communications, and collaborative delivery.
This is a quota-carrying role with direct accountability for revenue growth, client relationships, and strategic market expansion.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive new business development and sales across hyperscale, colocation, and developer clients
  • Own and deliver an annual sales target with strong pipeline development (3-5x coverage)
  • Develop and execute account strategies, capture plans, and go-to-market approaches
  • Build and maintain relationships with executive-level stakeholders across multiple strategic clients.
  • Lead complex pursuits, including positioning, teaming, and proposal strategy
  • Collaborate across Black & Veatch to deliver integrated, enterprise solutions
  • Maintain strong client engagement through project execution to drive repeat business


Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Relevant experience in business development, sales, or key account management
  • Proven sales success with public agencies and utilities
  • Demonstrated ability to meet or exceed multi-million-dollar sales quotas
  • Experience preparing proposals, interview/marketing materials, and negotiating contracts for public agencies and utility clients.
  • Strong commercial acumen (contracts, pricing, risk)
  • Excellent communication, executive presence, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
  • Prefer 15+ years of experience within the public utilities industry, including 5-10 years in sales or project execution
  • Experience developing, maintaining and executing strategic sales plans.
  • History of successful pursuits with complex buying processes and multiple decision makers
  • Firm understanding of competition and differentiators
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate complex concepts concisely and clearly, and to convert technical or complex information and concepts into easily understandable content.
  • Experience using Salesforce is preferred


Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

Salary Plan

PMT: Project Management

Job Grade

021

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch is a global engineering and construction company. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Black & Veatch provides a range of services, including engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services, consulting, and environmental services. The company serves a variety of industries, including power, water, telecommunications, and oil and gas. Black & Veatch has operations in more than 100 countries around the world.
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