Senior Director, Client Engagement

Will successfully manage our Client relationships, acting as their advocate and trusted advisor while providing a single point of accountability for Hitachi Solutions’ engagement.Key Responsibilities:Envisions, develops, and delivers transformative opportunities with the client by establishing a deep understanding of customer and business needs including their overall strategic goals and objectives. Effectively draws on internal assets (e.g., account team, business capabilities) to help to bring the best original and most relevant ideas to the customer. Works with the client to build an understanding of pain points and creates a plan to resolve them by implementing digital transformations.Provides leadership and oversight to execute a plan that delivers quality solutions for the largest strategic accounts. Identifies and implements the correct governance/delivery operating model. Utilizes appropriate metrics for tracking customer satisfaction and puts feedback mechanisms in place to track solution success. Monitors solution roll-out, making adjustments/escalates when necessary, and drives systemic improvements based on feedback mechanisms.Drives value for client through solution delivery while driving incremental consulting revenue through land and expand opportunities. Drives opportunity identification and delivers on the financial commitments of the Operating Model and KPIs including billed revenue, project/portfolio gross margin (GM) and customer satisfaction (CSAT) ratings, partnering with Area Consulting Leaders to establish controls to meet profit and loss (P&L) accountabilities.Utilizes solution delivery expertise and knowledge of customer industries (e.g., manufacturing, financial services) to drive innovation. Establishes self as a trusted advisor to executive decision makers, identifying and investing in relationships with executive decision makers. Facilitates collaboration and synergy with other experts or internal departments to optimize delivery results. Identifies executive decision makers that can facilitate transformation.Serves as the single point of accountability for customer satisfaction for solutions and internal Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Develops strategic account plan in conjunction with Sales and Go To Market (GTM) Team in support of quarterly business reviews (QBRs). Communicates transparently with the customer to avoid or resolve issues in solution rollout.Effectively identifies new opportunities and workloads to drive incremental value for clients. Partner across the Hitachi Solutions organization to bring in needed expertise to support client and is responsible for driving forward contracts process (e.g. SOW, CO) for clients.