Zaelab
Zaelab
Zaelab is a B2B digital transformation consultancy and digital agency helping organizations improve how customers discover, configure, buy, and manage products online. Its work spans user experience, content management, configure-price-quote, guided selling, product management, and composable commerce for businesses in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare and life sciences, and high-tech. Zaelab delivers B2B, direct-to-consumer, and marketplace commerce solutions across platforms including Salesforce, Shopify, SAP, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce, and commercetools. Following its acquisition of Trellis, the company offers broader full-service capabilities focused on streamlining operations, reducing inefficiencies, and supporting digital growth.

Senior Director, Client Partner — Zaelab (Remote, United States)

Lead Zaelab’s $15–20M enterprise client portfolio for a remote, full-time senior leadership role. Drive account growth, executive engagement, commercial performance, and client-services team development.

Description

  • Manage the financial and operational performance of a $15–20M portfolio of strategic enterprise accounts, covering revenue, margin, forecasting, renewals, and growth.
  • Set annual targets for accounts and the wider portfolio while maintaining clear performance visibility.
  • Strengthen client relationships and uncover opportunities for account expansion.
  • Generate pipeline through new statements of work, retainers, change orders, and multi-phase transformation programs.
  • Identify whitespace opportunities and work with Sales, Solutions, and Practice leaders to create actionable plans.
  • Create and deliver Account Growth Plans.
  • Act as a trusted executive advisor to VP, SVP, and C-suite client stakeholders.
  • Build multi-year digital roadmaps that connect technology investments with business outcomes.
  • Create consistent executive-engagement, quarterly business review, and annual-planning cadences.
  • Lead client escalations and resolve issues constructively.
  • Guide conversations involving scope, delivery, performance, and commercial outcomes.
  • Convert client challenges into measurable-value opportunities, business cases, and executive recommendations.
  • Broaden client relationships across Zaelab’s full range of capabilities.
  • Build and manage the portfolio team, including Client Partners, engagement and delivery leaders, and account-operations staff.
  • Lead hiring, staffing, coaching, and performance management.
  • Introduce scalable account-management practices and reinforce accountability, transparency, and client ownership.
  • Work with Delivery, Sales, Solutions, and Practice leadership to connect strategy with execution.
  • Support go-to-market strategy for B2B manufacturing, distribution, and industrial sectors.
  • Help expand Zaelab’s Client Services organization, processes, and operating model.
  • Contribute to leadership planning, budgeting, hiring, capacity planning, and strategic priorities.
  • Retain and strengthen the portfolio while meeting revenue and margin objectives.
  • Within the first 12 months, establish growth plans, progress the expansion pipeline, deepen executive relationships, and improve portfolio performance predictability.

Requirements

  • Bring at least 12 years of experience in management consulting, digital consulting, systems integration, or technology professional services.
  • Have at least three years of direct responsibility for a portfolio or strategic accounts generating approximately $15–20M in annual revenue.
  • Show a record of expanding enterprise accounts through new statements of work, additional services, and multi-year programs.
  • Experience building and leading high-performing client or account teams, including hiring, staffing, coaching, and performance management.
  • Bring substantial experience serving manufacturing, distribution, industrial, or similarly complex B2B organizations.
  • Have sold or delivered engagements involving ServiceNow, composable commerce, Customer-to-Cash, or Quote-to-Cash.
  • Apply strong commercial judgment to connect client business challenges with technology and consulting opportunities.
  • Operate confidently with senior client stakeholders and handle complex discussions about scope, performance, priorities, and investment.
  • Lead hands-on while moving effectively between executive strategy and account-level details.
  • Be able to travel across North America up to 25% for client, team, and company events.
  • ServiceNow experience, particularly with CPQ, CRM, Field Service Management (FSM), or Sales and Order Management (SOM), is advantageous.
  • Familiarity with commercetools, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Shopify, SAP Commerce, or BigCommerce is advantageous.
  • Existing VP and C-suite relationships within manufacturing, distribution, or industrial organizations are advantageous.
  • Experience establishing or scaling a Client Services, Account Management, or Client Partner function within a growing consultancy is advantageous.

Benefits

  • Unlimited vacation and paid time off
  • Full health benefits and a fixed-percentage 401(k) plan for U.S. employees
  • RRSP for Canadian employees
  • Fully remote work with distributed teams
  • Paid parental leave
  • Continuing training and education opportunities
  • A low-bureaucracy culture focused on responsibilities rather than titles
  • An inclusive and accessible work environment
  • Equal-opportunity employment
  • Workplace accommodations
  • AI-assisted initial application review followed by final decisions from People Operations

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