Forrester Research

VP, Executive Partner

Forrester Research$180K — $294K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of senior leadership experience in CX or digital marketing roles
  • Experience engaging with executives of large multinational organizations
  • Deep understanding of CX and digital best practices across various industries
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple functions such as marketing, product, and CX
  • Demonstrated presence and communication skills with C-suite executives
  • Strong partnership and influencing capabilities
  • Alignment with Forrester's core values of integrity, quality, and collaboration

Responsibilities

  • Advise and coach VIP leaders to enhance their strategic thinking and business outcomes
  • Engage with clients to understand initiatives and deliver defined results
  • Develop and maintain client engagement plans for consistent value delivery
  • Collaborate with account executives for effective account management and high-impact service
  • Contribute to client satisfaction, retention, and business growth
  • Build relationships across Forrester to leverage their strategic resources
  • Support sales efforts by engaging in proof-of-concept discussions with prospects
  • Participate in research discussions, ensuring CX challenges are represented

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Flexible work environment
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaboration-focused company culture
  • Employee bonus program based on performance
Full Job Description
About This Role:

Forrester Research is seeking an Executive Partner to work with executives in customer experience and digital leadership roles who are responsible for driving strategies that put customers at the center of their organization's leadership, strategy, and operations to maximize growth. Forrester's VIP service tier meets the unique needs of clients that drive or influence customer experience, marketing and digital business, who are typically the most senior leaders focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences at $1B-plus organizations. These clients have overall responsibility for leading the shift to customer obsession, defining a customer experience that aligns with the brand promise, and establishing the customer-centric strategy and operating model to deliver business outcomes both today and into the future.

The CX Executive Partner is responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients. This individual will serve as a strategic business advisor to our top clients by challenging their thinking, coaching them, and providing actionable feedback on their activities and deliverables. The CX Executive Partner also supports new business development both within existing client relationships and for new accounts. This position reports to the vice president and VIP team lead for customer experience executives.

The CX Executive Partner is accountable for client value delivery, satisfaction, retention, ongoing engagement, and new business growth. They must possess executive-level experience, strong presence, and a strategic mindset to challenge clients' thinking and help actualize change.

Job Description:

The CX Executive Partner will work as part of a high-performing team with a strong emphasis on collaborating with others in all aspects of the job. They are expected to:
  • Serve as a strategic business advisor to VIP leader clients by advising them, pushing their thinking, coaching them, and providing actionable feedback on their activities and deliverables.
  • Actively engage clients to understand their key initiatives and help realize defined business outcomes.
  • Build and maintain client engagement plans that enable the ongoing delivery of client value.
  • Work with account executives and customer success teams to ensure seamless, professional, and proactive account management experience that delivers high impact research and guidance.
  • Directly contributes to Forrester's business goals, including client satisfaction and retention, account enrichment and new bookings (within accounts as well as for new accounts).
  • Build strong connections with other Forrester functions, including other research teams, consulting, and data analytics, engaging and representing all the strategic resources Forrester brings to bear with clients.
  • Provide support to Forrester's sales organization, including participation in proof-of-concept calls with prospective clients.
  • Actively participate in research ideation and content planning as a thought partner and collaborator to research teams, especially to represent the most pressing priorities of CX and digital executives.


Job Requirements:
  • At least 15-plus years' proven experience in senior CX and/or digital or consumer marketing leadership roles directly responsible for customer experience (as a CXO or direct report to a C-level executive).
  • Client service experience with executives at large multinational organizations.
  • Intimate familiarity with CX and digital best practices and the challenges facing these professionals across multiple industries (financial services and healthcare a plus).
  • Experience in working successfully across functions (e.g., marketing, digital, CX, product) to operationalize customer-obsessed practices that drive growth.
  • A professional presence with the ability to create positive impressions with C-suite executives through all channels of communication.
  • Strong collaboration, partnering, and influencing skills - getting the most and best out of collaborative relationships; keeping people informed; as well as influencing and partnering to ensure success.
  • Embody Forrester's values of client, collaboration, courage, integrity, and quality.
  • Superior presentation skills.


Please note that the base salary range indicated here is inclusive of all applicable US geographies listed in this requisition, with the exception of New York City and Georgia. This salary range is based upon the position as described in the job listing. The offered compensation may vary within this range and is dependent upon the successful candidate's primary work location, experience, training, education, and credentials.

Base salary range: $180,000 - $294,000

Base salary range for Georgia: $162,000 - $264,000

Base salary range for New York City, NY: $207,000 - $339,000

For employees based in Washington State, the percentage listed here is an estimated bonus target as a percentage of base salary, in accordance with the Forrester Employee Bonus plan. Individual and company performance, as well as other eligibility criteria, will determine the actual incentive amount.

Bonus target: 15%

For information on benefits, please visit: https://forresterbenefits.com/

The application deadline is July 31, 2026. Please refer to the job posting on Forrester.com careers page if the deadline has been extended.

#LI-JM1

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Benefits at a Glance

About Forrester Research

Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research provides proprietary research, consumer and business data, custom consulting, events, online communities, and peer-to-peer executive programs. The company's research is divided into three areas: business technology, consumer technology, and marketing and strategy. Forrester Research's clients include global enterprises, technology vendors, and management consulting firms. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Learn more about Forrester Research
Size
1,781 employees
Market Cap
$656.6 million
Industry
Net Income
$9.9 million
5 Year Trend
+8.7%
Revenue
$448.9 million
NASDAQ

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Forrester Research

More Business Services Jobs

Find similar VP, Executive Partner jobs: