Client Services Consultant

Lyra Health, Inc.; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyra Health, Inc. in Cape Town is seeking a Client Services Consultant to oversee a portfolio of Employee Assistance Programmes and Wellbeing Services clients. The role focuses on client retention, exceptional service, and effective SLA adherence while coordinating with Lyra teams.

You will manage risk, drive growth across the portfolio, and handle administration and budgeting. Fluency in English and another African language, plus 3+ years in CRM and EAP, are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years customer relationship management experience.
• 3+ years EAP experience.
• Understanding of business missions, supplier promise and strategy, and performance implications for market success.
• Project management experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of large corporate EAP and wellbeing clients.
• Ensure excellent client service and outstanding customer experience with effective SLA adherence.
• Effective identification and mitigation of risk and pursuit of opportunities for portfolio growth.
• Administration and financial management: accurate client data, invoicing support, debt tracking and renewal negotiations.

Skills

CRM

English fluency

Other African language

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification desirable

Job description

About Lyra

Lyra Health is the leading provider of mental health solutions for employers supporting more than 20 million people globally. The company has delivered 13 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 20 peer‑reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness and cost efficiency. Extensive peer‑reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life‑changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI‑powered platform combining the highest‑quality care and technology solutions.

Lyra Health Southern Africa are searching for a Client Services Consultant that will take responsibility for the management of a portfolio of Employee Assistance Programmes and Wellbeing Services clients.

Main areas of responsibilities include client retention and excellent customer experience, effective SLA adherence, client risk management, growth of the portfolio, project management of diversified services, administration and financial management of allocated marketing budgets.

This is a full time (5 day per week) position, to be based Hybrid in Cape Town, South Africa.

Key Responsibilities

Client Retention

• Management of own portfolio of large corporate clients including programme launches, contract negotiations and ongoing strategic programme management
• Ensuring excellent customer service and outstanding customer experience
• Effective liaison and consultation with various LYRA departments in the delivery of diversified services to portfolio of clients
• Excellent customer feedback (complaints) management

Risk Management

• Effective identification and mitigation of risk using effective relationship management and strategic interventions to convert risk to opportunities where possible

Growth of Portfolio

• Expanding existing client portfolio by identifying and initiating commercial opportunities for adding business units, headcounts and/or additional diversified services, including Performance Learning.

Administration & Financial Management of Account

• Effective and accurate maintenance of client information on relevant LYRA systems
• Effective collaboration with LYRA Finance teams to ensure timeous invoicing and assistance with tracking of debtors
• Effective client budget management
• Effective renewal and annual increase negotiations

Requirements

• Must speak and communicate fluently in English and at least 1 other African language (except Afrikaans)
• Has a minimum of 3+ years customer relationship management
• Has a minimum of 3+ years EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) experience
• Has a conceptual understanding of business missions, supplier promise and strategy, as well as the performance implications of this strategy with regard to market success
• Relevant tertiary qualification is desirable
• Project management experience is desirable

About You

• Professional and quality orientated approach to work
• Pays attention to detail/methodical approach
• Customer focused
• Confident
• Enthusiastic
• Can develop and sustain mature working relationships
• Open to change
• Aware of impact of own actions on workload of others and the business (self‑responsibility)
• Assertive
• Ability to see the big picture
• Recognises own boundaries and limitations and take personal responsibility for managing these

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.