Client Solutions Lead

Verdantas; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Verdantas is seeking a Client Solutions Lead for the West Region to drive strategic growth by expanding priority client relationships and creating new business opportunities. You will own assigned accounts, build a strong pipeline, and connect client needs with Verdantas' multidisciplinary capabilities.

The role partners with West Region Operations leadership and Market Sector Leaders to execute regional growth strategies, with a focus on healthcare facilities, infrastructure, and capital

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 10+ years in business development, client development, or sales.
• Healthcare market experience and relationships with healthcare facilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute growth strategies across the West Region.
• Own assigned client accounts and maintain a robust opportunity pipeline.
• Build relationships with healthcare decision-makers and translate client needs to opportunities for Verdantas teams.
• Collaborate across practices and geographies to connect clients with Verdantas capabilities.
• Lead capture planning and pursuit strategies with technical and marketing teams.
• Monitor market conditions and share intelligence with regional leadership.
• Maintain accurate records of client activity, pipeline, and pursuits.

Skills

Business development

Client relationships

Healthcare market experience

Strategic planning

Sales

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose!

At Verdantas, we're redefining environmental consulting and sustainable engineering through our use of cutting-edge modeling and digital technology and our genuine commitment to people. Our work spans high-growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

Our commitment to excellence, across more than 90 offices, is championed by a team of over 2,000 experts, scientists, engineers, geologists, and technical specialists, embedded in a people-focused culture, prioritizing the well-being of our employees, clients, and the communities we serve. We partner with clients to deliver smart, data-driven solutions to complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. We don't just solve problems; we help shape a more sustainable future.

Join a people-first culture that values your well-being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact. At Verdantas, your career goes beyond the expected, and your work helps build a better world.

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Position Summary

Verdantas is seeking a Client Solutions Lead - West Region to drive strategic growth, expand priority client relationships, and develop new business opportunities across the region. This individual will own assigned client accounts, build and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities, and connect client needs with Verdantas' multidisciplinary capabilities.

The role will work closely with West Region Operations leadership, Area Growth Leader, Market Sector Leaders, technical leaders, seller-doers, and Marketing to execute business development strategies aligned with regional growth priorities. Healthcare market experience is required, with an emphasis on developing relationships and business opportunities with healthcare organizations and other stakeholders involved in healthcare facilities, infrastructure, and capital programs.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to the Area Growth Leader and partners closely with West Region Operations leadership, Market Sector Leaders, technical leaders, seller-doers, and Marketing. The Client Solutions Lead owns assigned client accounts, leads capture planning for designated opportunities, and coordinates pursuit strategy across internal teams.

What You Will Do

• Develop and execute business development strategies that support growth objectives across the Southern California Region.
• Own assigned client accounts and build, manage, and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities with new and existing clients.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with key decision-makers, particularly within the healthcare market.
• Identify client needs and collaborate across practices and geographies to connect clients with Verdantas technical experts and expand services within existing accounts.
• Partner with West Region operations leadership, Area Growth Leader, Market Sector Leaders, technical leaders, seller-doers, and Marketing to identify priority clients, markets, and pursuits.
• Lead proactive client outreach through meetings and calls, and represent Verdantas at healthcare and other industry conferences, association activities, and networking events.
• Lead capture planning for assigned clients and opportunities, partnering with technical and pursuit teams to establish relationship strategies, competitive positioning, teaming needs, and Go/No-Go recommendations.
• Monitor market conditions, competitors, client priorities, and emerging opportunities and communicate relevant intelligence to regional leadership.
• Maintain accurate and timely information regarding client activity, opportunities, pipeline, and pursuit status.
• Participate in regional sales and pipeline discussions and help identify near- and long-term opportunities and gaps.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Construction Management, Environmental Science, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• 10+ years of progressive business development, client development, sales, or related experience, preferably within the A/E/C, engineering consulting, environmental, infrastructure, or professional services industry.
• Demonstrated success developing business for A/E/C, environmental, infrastructure, or related professional services within the healthcare market, including relationships with healthcare facilities, capital planning, design, and construction stakeholders.
• Proven ability to develop new business, grow existing accounts, and build sustainable client relationships.
• Strong understanding of relationship-based professional-services sales and the ability to translate client needs into opportunities for technical teams.
• Experience developing client strategies, account plans, capture plans, and pursuit strategies.
• Strong market awareness with the ability to id