The Role
The Client Partner will manage public sector client relationships, oversee contract performance, and ensure service delivery while driving client satisfaction and business growth.
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Client Partner
Are you an experienced digital consultancy professional with a proven track record of managing public sector contracts and client relationships?
At Olive Jar Digital, we design and deliver innovative digital services that solve complex problems and improve outcomes for users. As one of the UK's fastest-growing digital consultancies, we partner with public sector organisations to deliver meaningful digital transformation.
We are seeking an experienced Client Partner to take ownership of our strategic client relationships, contract performance, and service delivery across a portfolio of public sector accounts.
This is not a traditional account management role. We are looking for someone who understands the realities of delivering consultancy services into government departments and public sector organisations, has worked agency-side within a digital consultancy, and can confidently manage commercial, contractual, and operational relationships while driving client satisfaction and business growth.
About the Role
As Client Partner, you will act as the senior relationship owner for a portfolio of public sector clients. You will be responsible for ensuring contractual commitments are delivered, commercial opportunities are maximised, and client relationships continue to grow and strengthen.
You will work closely with delivery teams, practice leads, and senior stakeholders to ensure services are delivered effectively, risks are managed proactively, and Olive Jar Digital remains a trusted partner to our clients.
The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing government or wider public sector accounts from within a digital consultancy, professional services organisation, or agency environment.
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days per week in our London office (Piccadilly), 2 days remote
Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on experience
Key Responsibilities
Client Partner
Service Delivery Oversight
Commercial & Strategic Leadership
What We're Looking For
Essential Experience
Desirable
Why Join Olive Jar Digital?
At Olive Jar Digital, we pride ourselves on building a culture where talented people can do their best work. We collaborate openly, value new ideas, and empower our teams to make a genuine impact.
You'll join a growing consultancy delivering meaningful digital transformation projects across the public sector while working alongside experienced digital specialists who are passionate about creating services that make a difference.
If you're an experienced consultancy professional who understands how to successfully manage public sector contracts, build lasting client relationships, and drive commercial success, we'd love to hear from you.
Are you an experienced digital consultancy professional with a proven track record of managing public sector contracts and client relationships?
At Olive Jar Digital, we design and deliver innovative digital services that solve complex problems and improve outcomes for users. As one of the UK's fastest-growing digital consultancies, we partner with public sector organisations to deliver meaningful digital transformation.
We are seeking an experienced Client Partner to take ownership of our strategic client relationships, contract performance, and service delivery across a portfolio of public sector accounts.
This is not a traditional account management role. We are looking for someone who understands the realities of delivering consultancy services into government departments and public sector organisations, has worked agency-side within a digital consultancy, and can confidently manage commercial, contractual, and operational relationships while driving client satisfaction and business growth.
About the Role
As Client Partner, you will act as the senior relationship owner for a portfolio of public sector clients. You will be responsible for ensuring contractual commitments are delivered, commercial opportunities are maximised, and client relationships continue to grow and strengthen.
You will work closely with delivery teams, practice leads, and senior stakeholders to ensure services are delivered effectively, risks are managed proactively, and Olive Jar Digital remains a trusted partner to our clients.
The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing government or wider public sector accounts from within a digital consultancy, professional services organisation, or agency environment.
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 3 days per week in our London office (Piccadilly), 2 days remote
Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on experience
Key Responsibilities
Client Partner
- Own and manage strategic client relationships across a portfolio of public sector accounts.
- Act as the primary commercial and contractual contact for clients.
- Lead contract governance, renewals, extensions, and commercial negotiations.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and service commitments.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and procurement teams.
- Identify opportunities for account growth, contract expansion, and additional service offerings.
Service Delivery Oversight
- Work closely with delivery and leadership teams to ensure successful contract delivery.
- Monitor performance against KPIs, SLAs, and contractual commitments.
- Facilitate governance meetings, service reviews, and reporting activities.
- Manage risks, issues, and escalations to successful resolution.
- Ensure clients receive a consistently high-quality service experience.
Commercial & Strategic Leadership
- Support revenue retention and growth across existing accounts.
- Drive account planning and long-term client engagement strategies.
- Provide insight into client priorities, procurement opportunities, and market trends.
- Collaborate with internal teams to align service delivery with client objectives.
- Champion continuous improvement across client management and service operations.
What We're Looking For
Essential Experience
- Significant experience managing public sector client accounts within a digital consultancy, technology consultancy, professional services business, or agency environment.
- Strong understanding of public sector procurement frameworks and contract management.
- Experience working with central government departments, arms-length bodies, local government, or wider public sector organisations.
- Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships at senior levels.
- Experience overseeing service delivery against contractual commitments and KPIs.
- Strong commercial awareness and contract negotiation skills.
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and influencing abilities.
Desirable
- Experience working within Government Digital Service (GDS) environments.
- Knowledge of agile delivery methodologies.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary digital delivery teams.
- Familiarity with Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS), G-Cloud, and other government procurement frameworks.
Why Join Olive Jar Digital?
At Olive Jar Digital, we pride ourselves on building a culture where talented people can do their best work. We collaborate openly, value new ideas, and empower our teams to make a genuine impact.
You'll join a growing consultancy delivering meaningful digital transformation projects across the public sector while working alongside experienced digital specialists who are passionate about creating services that make a difference.
If you're an experienced consultancy professional who understands how to successfully manage public sector contracts, build lasting client relationships, and drive commercial success, we'd love to hear from you.
Skills Required
- Significant experience managing public sector client accounts
- Strong understanding of public sector procurement frameworks and contract management
- Experience working with central government departments and local government
- Proven ability to manage complex senior stakeholder relationships
- Experience overseeing service delivery against contractual commitments and KPIs
- Strong commercial awareness and contract negotiation skills
- Excellent communication, relationship-building, and influencing abilities
- Experience working within Government Digital Service (GDS) environments
- Knowledge of agile delivery methodologies
- Experience managing multidisciplinary digital delivery teams
- Familiarity with Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS), G-Cloud, and other government procurement frameworks
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The Company
What We Do
Olive Jar Digital has extensive experience in building highly secure, resilient, highly available and scalable websites. We focus on user experience and only build what the end user needs and understands. We deliver our projects using the Agile methodology, in particular Scrum and Kanban. This enables us to deliver on time, on budget and focus on priorities that could shift at any moment. The consultants we engage are either people that we have worked with over the years, have been recommended based on their performance, or have been interviewed and tested by us first. With Olive Jar you get a professional, honest service where we look to build a relationship with you and support you over the years to come. We believe that in order to track the quality of performance effectively, our delivery team, the end client, and our account management team need to buy into a Continual Service Feedback and Improvement ethos. The resources we can provide include: • Full Agile Teams • Delivery Managers • Business Analysts • Technical Architects • Scrum Masters • User Experience Designers • Visual Designer • User Researchers • Developers / Developers in Test • Testers Specialties: IT Consultancy, Software Support, Software Development, Website Design, Agile Delivery, Continuous Delivery
