Gusto

Senior Account Lead & Strategist

Gusto$115K — $175K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 7-10 years of client-facing experience in digital agency, consultancy, or in-house digital organization, including direct account leadership or engagement management responsibility.
  • Proven track record of growing existing accounts with examples of expanding scope, reaching new stakeholders or business units, and increasing annual revenue.
  • Experience managing executive-level relationships and presenting to senior stakeholders, including C-suite executives.
  • Demonstrated ability to define KPIs and performance measurements and report on digital performance to business stakeholders.
  • Three or more instances of on-time, on-budget, on-scope delivery for projects with over 5 team members and budgets over $25,000 as the lead or accountable owner.
  • Fluency in digital transformation characteristics, including CMS and XP implementations, design systems, content operations, and analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior point of contact and trusted advisor for assigned strategic accounts, ensuring relationship health and client satisfaction.
  • Own account growth targets and identify opportunities that unlock new stakeholders and business units within existing client footprints.
  • Define success metrics and KPIs with client stakeholders and report performance honestly during business reviews, including areas for improvement.
  • Establish and run executive cadence, including quarterly business reviews and steering committees to drive client alignment.
  • Collaborate with project management to ensure assigned work lands on time and within quality standards; engage directly in scoping, timelines, and risk management as needed.
  • Lead the development of proposals, change orders, and project estimates in coordination with practice leads.
  • Analyze client business systems and needs, proposing solutions aligned with their overall strategy.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment.
  • Opportunity to mentor and coach junior strategists.
  • Support for continuous learning and self-improvement.
  • Exposure to a variety of clients and industries for career growth.
  • Dynamic and collaborative team environment.
Full Job Description
gencyQ is looking for Senior ccont Le & Strtegist to own the irection, helth, n growth of or most strtegic client reltionships.
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Overview

gencyQ is looking for Senior ccont Le & Strtegist to own the irection, helth, n growth of or most strtegic client reltionships. This is hybri role. Prt trste visor, helping clients se igitl technology to move their bsiness n mission forwr. Prt ccont leer, ccontble for retention, expnsion, n the otcomes we promise.

Yo will efine wht sccess looks like longsie exective stkeholers, trnslte it into mlti-yer romps with mesrble KPIs, hol elivery honest ginst those commitments, n continos fin the next plce where gencyQ cn crete vle. Cnites shol be enthsastic bot ll things igitl, comfortble in front of senior stkeholers, n eqlly comfortble in the etils of schele, bget, or shbor.

Note: The slry rnge incles compenstion tie to on trget performnce.

Technicl Competencies
  • Serve s the senior point of contct n trste visor for ssigne strtegic cconts, owning reltionship helth, client stisfction, n renewl.
  • Own ccont growth trgets. Ientify, shpe, n close expnsion opportnities tht nlock new stkeholers, bsiness nits, n cpbility res within existing client footprints.
  • Bil n mintin mlti-yer igitl romps tht connect client bsiness n mission objectives to pltform, content, t n I inititives.
  • efine KPIs n sccess mesres with client stkeholers, instrment them, n report performnce honestly in recrring bsiness reviews, incling wht is not working.
  • Estblish n rn n exective cence, incling qrterly bsiness reviews, steering committees, n nnl plnning sessions.
  • Nvigte complex stkeholer grops n rive lignment, srfcing competing priorities erly n pshing towr ecisions rther thn ron them.
  • Prtner with project mngement n elivery leership to ensre ssigne work lns on time, on bget, n within gencyQ's high-qlity stnrs. Step irectly into scoping, timelines, workflow, n risk mngement when the ccont reqires it.
  • Le scoping, estimting, proposl, n chnge orer evelopment for ccont work in coorintion with prctice les.
  • Monitor ccont finncils, incling revene forecst, stffing pln, n gross profit mrgin performnce ginst trgets efine by Mngement.
  • Review, nlyze, n evlte client bsiness systems n ser nees, n help formlte soltions ligne to the client's overll bsiness strtegy.
  • Trnslte client nees into creible soltion irection cross pltforms (e.g. Sitecore, cqi, Contentfl, Optimizely, n others), nlytics, n gencyQ's iQ Cortex soltion.
  • Bring proctive points of view, benchmrks, n competitive insight to clients rther thn witing to be ske.
  • vocte for the best interests n nees of the client internlly, n for gencyQ's stnrs externlly.
  • Provie leership, coching, n mentorship to project tems n jnior strtegists.
  • Behviorl Competencies
  • Is pssionte bot hmn-centere esign, with fscintion for nerstning the hmn experience.
  • nwvering commitment to n ownership of solving cstomer problems. Loves to elight cstomer.
  • Constrctively voctes for client n ser nees n oes not esily bck own on importnt isses. voctes for ccessible n inclsive esign.
  • tem plyer, open to critiqes from ll isciplines, n not fri to shre ies. nerstns tht critiqe is prt of the process, seeks feebck from colleges n clients, n cn both give n receive constrctive feebck to crete stronger soltions.
  • Strong sense of empthy for internl n externl iences n their nees.
  • nerstns the importnce of rolling p one's sleeves to chieve cstomer gols n consistently hit reslts, while lso chmpioning the vision.
  • Creible n compose with exective iences. ble to eliver ifficlt news, hol position ner pressre, n keep the reltionship intct.
  • Commercilly mine. Sees the growth opportnity insie goo elivery work n cts on it withot becoming slesperson the client stops trsting.
  • Continos self-lerner, constntly seeking opportnities to experiment, fil fst, optimize n improve workflows, n foster open commniction. Crios n criticl thinker with n bility to rticlte complex ies with hmility.
  • Energize by solving problems n ptting strctre ron mbigity.
  • Qlifictions
  • Bchelor's egree.
  • 7 to 1 yers of client-fcing experience in igitl gency, consltncy, or in-hose igitl orgniztion, incling irect ccont leership or enggement mngement responsibility.
  • emonstrte recor of growing existing cconts, with specific exmples of expning scope, reching new stkeholers or bsiness nits, n incresing nnl revene.
  • Experience owning exective-level reltionships, incling presenting to n ligning C-site or eqivlent senior stkeholers.
  • Experience efining KPIs n mesrement frmeworks n reporting igitl performnce to bsiness stkeholers.
  • Three (3) or more instnces of on time, on bget, on scope elivery for projects with over 5 tem members n bgets over $25,, s the le or ccontble owner.
  • Flent nerstning of the niqe chrcteristics of igitl, incling CMS n XP implementtions, esign systems, content opertions, n nlytics.
  • Experience sing Jir, Githb, or comprble project mngement tools, n Slesforce for pipeline/ccont trcking.
  • Experience working in n gile environment.
  • PMP n/or Scrm Mster certifiction pls.
  • Extremely etil oriente n orgnize, with the bility to prioritize cross mltiple cconts n competing elines.
  • bility to collborte with both externl n internl tem members n stkeholders.
  • Excellent commniction, presenttion, n follow-p skills, both written n verbl.
  • S Citizenship reqire to spport certin government client enggements.
  • Slry

    $115, - $175, per yer

    About Gusto

    Gusto is a cloud-based human resources software platform that provides payroll, benefits, and HR management services to small businesses. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Gusto's platform automates many of the administrative tasks associated with HR, such as payroll processing, tax filings, and benefits administration. The company also offers a range of HR services, including compliance support, employee onboarding, and time tracking. Gusto is committed to helping small businesses succeed by providing them with the tools and resources they need to manage their HR operations more efficiently.
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    1,000 employees
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    Founded
    2012

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