Executive Partner, Strategic Customer Growth

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group); Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 164,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

UKG is seeking a Managing Partner, Strategic Customer Team to oversee a portfolio of strategic customer relationships, driving long-term growth and value realization. You will align executive sponsorship, enterprise execution, and cross-functional resources to deliver measurable outcomes and deepen partnerships.

In this role, you will lead multi-year account strategies, foster executive engagement, and orchestrate cross-functional teams to accelerate customer success and expansion across UKG’s

Qualifications

• 14+ years of experience in enterprise software, consulting, strategic account management, executive relationship management, customer transformation, or related leadership roles.
• GTM Experience in Manufacturing, retail or Healthcare desired.
• Experience leading complex, enterprise-wide customer relationships with significant commercial impact and executive visibility.
• Proven ability to build trusted advisor relationships with C-suite executives and influence enterprise business strategy, transformation initiatives, and strategic investment decisions.
• Experience developing multi-year account strategies, executive engagement models, transformation roadmaps, governance frameworks, and business growth plans.
• Demonstrated ability to lead highly matrixed organizations, influence without direct authority, and orchestrate cross-functional teams around customer outcomes.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills, with experience leading executive business reviews and governance forums.
• Demonstrated business acumen with the ability to translate customer objectives into actionable strategies that deliver measurable business value.

Responsibilities

• Lead the long-term strategy for a portfolio of UKG’s most strategic customer relationships, focused on increasing customer value, retention, and sustainable revenue growth.
• Develop and execute multi-year account strategies that align customer business priorities with UKG’s capabilities, innovation roadmap, and strategic investments.
• Identify opportunities to expand UKG’s strategic footprint by connecting customer objectives with new capabilities, products, and transformation initiatives.
• Continuously assess customer health, business priorities, organizational change, and growth opportunities to proactively shape account strategy.
• Partner with executive stakeholders to define measurable business outcomes and success criteria for the customer relationship.
• Establish governance frameworks and executive operating rhythms that drive accountability, transparency, and progress against strategic priorities.
• Champion value realization by ensuring customers achieve meaningful business results and measurable return on their investment with UKG.
• Proactively identify and mitigate strategic risks that could impact customer outcomes, retention, or future growth.
• Develop trusted relationships with C-suite executives and senior business leaders across customer organizations.
• Facilitate executive business reviews, strategic planning sessions, transformation discussions, and governance meetings.
• Position UKG as a long-term strategic advisor by connecting customer priorities with UKG’s vision, innovation, and expertise.
• Expand executive engagement across multiple buying centers to strengthen UKG’s influence and long-term partnership.
• Mobilize cross-functional teams across Sales, Customer Success, Services, Product, Support, Marketing, and Executive Leadership to execute against strategic customer priorities.
• Align executive sponsors and internal stakeholders around customer commitments, transformation initiatives, and growth opportunities.
• Remove organizational barriers that impede customer success or strategic progress.
• Lead executive-level escalations requiring enterprise coordination and executive sponsorship.
• Partner closely with Enterprise Account Executives to align long-term account strategy with commercial priorities and customer objectives.
• Create executive alignment and strategic conditions that accelerate customer growth and expansion opportunities.
• Collaborate with Product, Services, and Customer Success to influence investments that improve customer outcomes and strengthen long-term partnerships.
• Share customer insights to influence UKG’s product roadmap, go-to-market strategy, and innovation priorities.

Skills

Executive relationship management

Strategic account management

Multi-year account planning

C-suite engagement

Governance & coordination

Communication & presentation

Job description

UKG is seeking a Managing Partner, Strategic Customer Team to oversee a portfolio of strategic customer relationships, driving long-term growth and value realization. You will align executive sponsorship, enterprise execution, and cross-functional resources to deliver measurable outcomes and deepen partnerships.

In this role, you will lead multi-year account strategies, foster executive engagement, and orchestrate cross-functional teams to accelerate customer success and expansion across UKG’s