Senior Client Growth Manager - Robusta

Robusta assists organizations in transitioning to a digital-first approach, crafting unforgettable experiences for their customers. We provide strategy, design, product, and technology services to prominent businesses and brands, utilizing our go-to-market expertise to facilitate seamless customer experiences and enhance conversion rates.

About the Role

The Senior Client Growth Manager is a strategic commercial leadership role responsible for driving end-to-end revenue growth through new business acquisition, account expansion, and client retention.

The role owns an individual revenue target while also leading, mentoring, and coaching a team of Client Growth professionals to achieve their commercial objectives. The Senior Client Growth Manager is responsible for building strong senior-level client relationships, identifying growth opportunities, managing the sales cycle, and ensuring revenue and profitability targets are met.

This role requires a strong balance of hands-on commercial ownership and people leadership, with a focus on driving both personal and team performance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Revenue Ownership (Primary Accountability)

  • Own and deliver an individual revenue target across assigned accounts and industry vertical.

  • Manage a balanced revenue mix:

  • Ensure gross margin adherence through disciplined pricing strategies.

  • Maintain accurate forecasting and pipeline visibility.

  • Build and execute annual industry growth plans.

  • Maintain a healthy pipeline coverage ratio.

  • Identify opportunities to maximize revenue, profitability, and account value.

2. New Business Development

  • Identify, qualify, and pursue new business opportunities within the assigned market.

  • Lead the full sales cycle, including:

  • Develop and maintain a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities.

  • Drive strategic industry penetration and new-logo acquisition.

  • Build relationships with senior decision-makers and key stakeholders within target organizations.

3. Account Growth & Expansion

  • Own a defined portfolio of accounts as the Account Growth Owner.

  • Identify and drive upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

  • Lead renewals, contract extensions, and commercial expansions.

  • Develop strategic account plans to maximize client lifetime value.

  • Optimize revenue mix and account profitability.

  • Identify opportunities to expand the company's services and solutions across existing accounts.

4. Client Relationship Ownership

  • Act as the executive-level single point of contact (SPOC) for clients.

  • Build and maintain long-term, trusted relationships with key stakeholders.

  • Understand client strategic priorities and business objectives.

  • Own client satisfaction, retention, and growth.

  • Manage stakeholder mapping and account dynamics.

  • Lead escalations and conflict resolution.

  • Represent the voice of the client internally, without owning delivery execution.

5. Team Leadership & Coaching

  • Lead, mentor, and coach a team of Client Growth and Account Management professionals.

  • Set clear team objectives, KPIs, and performance expectations aligned with overall revenue goals.

  • Support team members in developing and executing new business and account growth strategies.

  • Provide regular coaching, feedback, and performance guidance to improve commercial effectiveness.

  • Review team pipelines, forecasts, account plans, and revenue performance to identify gaps and opportunities.

  • Support team members in navigating complex negotiations, client escalations, and strategic opportunities.

  • Foster a high-performance, collaborative, and revenue-focused culture.

  • Support the hiring, onboarding, development, and performance evaluation of Client Growth team members.

  • Lead by example by maintaining individual ownership of a revenue target while driving overall team performance.

6. Industry Leadership & Positioning

  • Develop deep expertise within the assigned industry vertical.

  • Identify market trends, risks, and emerging opportunities.

  • Position the company's value proposition effectively.

  • Act as the commercial authority for the assigned industry.

  • Identify strategic opportunities for market expansion and revenue growth.

7. Governance & Reporting

  • Provide structured reporting on:

  • Ensure early identification of commercial or relationship risks.

  • Participate in executive reviews and governance forums.

  • Align on key milestones, including renewals, checkpoints, and business reviews.

8. Contractual & Commercial Accountability

  • Own contract execution and commercial sign-offs.

  • Ensure contracts align with revenue and margin objectives.

  • Secure approvals for billing milestones.

  • Act as an escalation point for collections in coordination with Finance.

  • Lead commercial negotiations and ensure favorable business outcomes.

9. Internal Strategic Alignment

  • Align with Product, PMO, and Delivery teams on strategic priorities.

  • Communicate client needs and commercial objectives internally.

  • Escalate risks and dependencies.

  • Maintain non-operational involvement, with no direct delivery execution ownership.

  • Ensure alignment between client expectations, commercial objectives, and delivery capabilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or a related field (MBA is a plus).

  • 10–15 years of experience in B2B sales, account management, client growth, or a similar commercial role.

  • Proven track record of achieving individual revenue targets across new business acquisition and existing account expansion.

  • Proven experience leading, mentoring, and coaching a team of sales, account management, or client growth professionals.

  • Experience managing team performance and revenue targets while maintaining personal ownership of an individual commercial target.

  • Strong experience managing the full sales cycle: prospecting → qualification → proposal → negotiation → closing → renewal.

  • Demonstrated ability to grow existing accounts through upselling and cross-selling.

  • Solid commercial acumen with experience in pricing, margin management, forecasting, and contract negotiation.

  • Ability to build and manage senior stakeholder relationships and navigate complex organizations.

  • Experience working within a specific industry vertical relevant to the assigned portfolio.

  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage pipeline, forecasting, revenue performance, and team KPIs.

  • Proven ability to develop and execute account and industry growth strategies.

  • Excellent communication, negotiation, leadership, coaching, and executive presence.

  • Strong ability to balance individual commercial ownership with team leadership and performance management.

Summary

Drives end-to-end revenue growth through new business acquisition, account expansion, and client retention while leading and coaching a client growth team. Requires a bachelor's degree, 10-15 years in B2B sales or account management, full-cycle sales experience, upselling and cross-selling, pricing and forecasting, and senior stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

Own individual revenue targets; lead full sales cycle; grow accounts through upselling and cross-selling; manage client relationships; lead and coach client growth team; develop industry growth plans; forecast pipeline; negotiate contracts; align with product, PMO, and delivery teams

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or related field (MBA is a plus); 10–15 years in B2B sales, account management, client growth, or similar commercial role; proven revenue targets; team leadership; full sales cycle; upselling and cross-selling; pricing, margin management, forecasting, contract negotiation; senior stakeholder management; industry vertical experience

Education requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, or a related field (MBA is a plus)

Experience requirements

10–15 years of experience in B2B sales, account management, client growth, or a similar commercial role