Client Partner

ALTEN Technology USA; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA, based in Plano, TX, seeks a Client Partner to drive sales and manage engineering projects for customers across international markets. You will build relationships, prospect new accounts, close offshore service deals, and shape pricing strategies to meet commercial objectives.

You will travel to client sites as needed, collaborate with a technical team, and develop a defined career path with growth opportunities within ALTEN’s global engineering network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or business.
• 4–6 years of work experience in sales or account management.
• Experience selling offshore solutions.
• Strong networking and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and flexible schedules.

Responsibilities

• Prospect new customers in engineering sectors.
• Manage existing account relationships and projects.
• Improve profitability with mid-size accounts.
• Close offshore service deals (fixed-price or time-based).
• Define proposal and pricing strategies.
• Coordinate commercial relationships with partners.
• Build trust and develop customer needs.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and project follow-up.
• Manage P&L for the business unit.
• Use Salesforce to track leads and sales performance.
• Travel to client sites as needed with tech team support.

Skills

Sales Experience

Account Management

Business Development

Networking

Communication Skills

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or business

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Summary:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: As a Client Partner for ALTEN you will be responsible for sales and manage engineering projets to our customers in a professional and international environment.AlTEN offers a well‑defined career path which enables you to stay and grow professionally within the company. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. Management may modify, change or add to the duties of this description at any time without notice. The essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

Supervisory Needs and Responsibilities

• Creating new business opportunities by prospecting new customers within engineering sectors
• Manage existing account relationships supporting active Client projects
• Optimizing business profitability with mid‑size accounts
• Close offshore deals on service‑based contracts (fixed‑price, delivery‑based) or on time‑based contracts (delegation of consultants)
• Responsible for determining proposal and pricing strategy to close sales and win business. Support the company to meet its commercial objectives
• Organizing & coordinating the commercial relationships with your partners
• Building close customer relationships and staying in close contact with customer managers to gain trust and develop business needs.
• Ensure customer' satisfaction, project follow‑up
• Manage your P&L statement for your business unit
• Work within Salesforce to track leads and sales performance data.
• Travel to existing and prospective customer sites to understand and develop solutions to support customer needs, with support from the technical team as needed.

Minimum Qualifications Skills:

• Bachelors degree is required, MSc or BSc degree in engineering or business is highly preferred
• 4 to 6 years work experience is required
• Previous experience in selling offshore solutions is required.
• Management experience is highly preferred.
• Experience in cold calling and targeted business prospection efforts is preferred with ability to establish a network of relevant engineering contacts and customers.
• Ability to maintain strong business professional relationships. Strong analytical, organizational, and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision. Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed.
• Ability to be coachable and adaptable in a changing environment.

Salary: $110k base with a $40k bonus

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug‑free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre‑employment drug screening as a condition of hire.