Growth Principal & Client Partnerships Leader

New York Technology Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Technology Partners is seeking a Principal Growth professional to lead our outbound growth initiatives, identify prospective clients, and build long-term partnerships. You will work with the Exec Director of Client Services & Growth to translate commercial priorities into targeted account strategies.

You will shape the pipeline with playbooks, manage senior stakeholder relationships, and collaborate with Marketing, Client Partners, and studio teams to drive sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in business development, growth, client services or digital consultancy within a design, technology or professional services environment.
• Proven track record of generating new business opportunities and building long-term client relationships.
• Strong commercial judgement and experience managing pipelines, forecasting and opportunity qualification.
• Comfortable engaging senior stakeholders and navigating complex organizations.
• Skilled at identifying client challenges and translating them into commercial opportunities.
• Collaborative and relationship-oriented, with experience working across multidisciplinary teams.
• Comfortable using CRM platforms, sales intelligence tools and AI-enabled research and prospecting tools.
• Curious, proactive and self-directed, with the ability to build scalable processes and playbooks while maintaining a hands-on approach to execution.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Exec Director of Client Services & Growth to shape our outbound growth approach, translating commercial priorities into targeted account strategies and proactive programs.
• Build repeatable prospecting frameworks, qualification processes, and playbooks that bring structure to our outbound efforts and scale beyond individual execution.
• Build and manage a pipeline of prospective clients aligned with commercial priorities.
• Develop relationships with senior decision-makers and identify opportunities where we can create meaningful value.
• Lead early-stage business development conversations and qualify opportunities before partnering with Client Partners and studio leadership.
• Maintain accurate pipeline forecasting, CRM data and commercial reporting.
• Partner with Marketing on campaigns, events, thought leadership and account-based initiatives that support business development.
• Collaborate with Client Partners and multidisciplinary teams to shape proposals and commercial opportunities.
• Develop insight into target markets, client challenges and industry trends to inform growth activity.
• Explore new approaches, including AI-enabled tools and technologies, to improve research, prospecting and relationship development.
• Contribute to a collaborative global Growth community by sharing insight, opportunities and best practice.

Skills

Business development

Growth strategy

Client relationship management

Pipeline management

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-enabled prospecting

Excellent communication

Tools

CRM platforms

Sales intelligence tools

AI research tools

Job description

New York Technology Partners is seeking a Principal Growth professional to lead our outbound growth initiatives, identify prospective clients, and build long-term partnerships. You will work with the Exec Director of Client Services & Growth to translate commercial priorities into targeted account strategies.

You will shape the pipeline with playbooks, manage senior stakeholder relationships, and collaborate with Marketing, Client Partners, and studio teams to drive sustainable growth.