[31010] - Senior Client Director, EMEA - Financial Services

CI&T; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite work 3 days/week

Job summary

CI&T is seeking a Senior Client Director to lead a portfolio of strategic client accounts in the financial services sector in the EMEA region from London. You will own the account strategy, drive profitable growth, and build executive relationships across C-Suite stakeholders.

The role requires onsite presence in CI&T's London office or client sites a minimum of 3 days per week, coordinating with delivery, data, AI, marketing and partnerships to embed business value and growth.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience within a technology consultancy or similar with a proven track record of growing accounts and delivering measurable year on year growth
• Expert in financial services industry & managed and grown financial services clients
• Confident in stakeholder management to C-level
• Expert in recognising opportunities, qualifying them and strategically planning accounts

Responsibilities

• Own the Account Strategy and develop & execute strategic growth plans aligned with client and CI&T objectives
• Drive commercial growth to deliver 20%+ year on year growth and lead commercial strategy & solutions
• Build executive relationships with C-Suite and senior stakeholders and conduct strategic governance and transformation discussions
• Champion delivery excellence by forecasting profitability and coordinating with delivery leaders to ensure measurable business outcomes
• Lead collaboration by aligning CI&T teams to address complex client challenges and sharing market insights

Job description

At CI&T, we help large enterprises transform the potential of AI into real business impact with AI Deployment, AI-native execution, and tech-integrated business solutions.

With 30 years of experience in technological transformation, we accelerate innovation with expertise in Agentic SDLC, Application modernization, Data & AI, Martech and Business strategy.

We are 8,000 CI&Ters across more than 25 countries, collaborating to build solutions with real impact. AI is already part of how we work, evolve, and innovate every day.

We're looking for a Senior Client Director to join our expanding EMEA region to act as the commercial leader of a portfolio of strategic client accounts in the financial services industry that is responsible for accelerating the profitable growth by expanding engagements, relationships & measurable business value.

This role will act as the CEO of the accounts, giving autonomy to grow & run the accounts by planning & executing the strategy to embed themselves by bringing together the technology strategy, delivery, data, AI, marketing, partnerships & new business.

This position will require you to be onsite in CI&T's London office/client's offices a minimum of 3 days a week, depending on client need.

Own the Account Strategy

• Develop & execute strategic account growth plans aligned the the clients and CI&T's objectives
• Lead the client Strategy Group
• Act as commercial owner across a portfolio of strategic accounts

Drive the Commercial Growth

• Deliver 20%+ year on year growth across your accounts
• Lead commercial strategy & solutions
• Partner with the new business director around a shared growth plan

Build Executive Relationships

• Establish trusted relationships across C-Suite & senior stakeholders
• Lead business reviews, strategic governance & transformation discussions
• Develop deep client intelligence to shape long term engagements

Champion Delivery Excellence

• Own the overall commercial performance, forecasting and profitability on your portfolio
• Build efficient partnerships with the delivery leaders to ensure the programmes deliver measurable business outcomes
• Act as the escalation point for client engagements

Lead Collaboration

• Bring together CI&T's teams to build solutions to complex issues within the client
• Coordinate executive engagements and thought leadership
• Share market insights with the wider team

What we're looking for:

• Strong commercial experience within a technology consultancy or similar with a proven track record of growing accounts and delivering measurable year on year growth
• Expert in financial services industry & managed and grown financial services clients
• Confident in stakeholder management to C-level
• Expert in recognising opportunities, qualifying them and strategically planning accounts
• Ability to connect business insights to strategic growth
• Excellent presentation skills and object handling
• Experienced in working with nearshore and offshore delivery teams
• Can lead complex, global technology and business change for critical enterprise platforms

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