Director of Client Strategy & Success

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
100K-160K Annually
Senior level
News + Entertainment • Sports
The Role
Senior leadership role owning end-to-end client relationships for North American portfolio: onboarding, retention, renewals, expansions, and team leadership. Drive cross-functional alignment, revenue growth, account health, executive business reviews, and continuous improvement of client value realization.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are Two Circles. We are a Sports & Entertainment Marketing business. We grow audiences and revenues. We do that by knowing fans best. We work with clients to help them understand & influence what their fans are doing – the way fans spend their money, the events that fans attend, the channels fans respond to, the content fans watch and more. And we use the understanding this gives us to help our clients grow. Grow their audiences and grow their revenues - both direct to consumer and business to business revenues. Our platforms and services are trusted by over 1000 clients globally, including the English Premier League, Red Bull, UEFA, VISA, the NFL, Nike and Amazon. We are over 1000 people, based out of 15 offices, and we deliver work for sports and entertainment businesses of all shapes and sizes all over the world.

Scope of Role

The Client Success Director is a senior leadership role within Client Experience, responsible for the oversight, retention, and growth of a significant portfolio of North American clients. Reporting into senior Client Success leadership, this role owns the end-to-end customer relationship, including onboarding, ongoing strategy, renewals, and expansion.

In addition to direct client accountability, the Client Success Director will oversee and lead a team of 4–5 Client Success Managers, collectively responsible for approximately 30–40% of our North American client base. This role is accountable for setting team priorities, driving consistent execution, developing talent, and ensuring best-in-class client outcomes across the portfolio.

The Client Success Director works closely with senior client stakeholders to advise on industry best practices, align solutions to business objectives, and ensure long-term value realization from our platforms and services. Internally, this role partners cross-functionally with Product, Support, Solutions, Sales, and Marketing to sustain our market leadership and deliver best-in-class service.

JOB DESCRIPTION

What you’ll be responsible for:

Client Lifecycle Management:

  • Support and coach Client Success Managers in effectively managing and guiding clients throughout the full lifecycle, from initial onboarding through renewal and expansion.
  • Develop strong, long-term relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring the highest levels of satisfaction with both our software and services.
  • Oversee client onboarding processes, ensuring smooth adoption of products and timely delivery of services.
  • Monitor account health, identifying and mitigating risks to client retention.

Cross Departmental Collaboration

  • Partner with senior leadership across Client Experience, Product, Sales, and Marketing to strengthen client insights and inform strategy, prioritization, and client experience evolution.
  • Serve as a senior internal voice of the client, synthesizing feedback and trends to influence product roadmap and long-term platform direction.
  • Collaborate with Marketing and Business Development to identify strategic client success stories and proof points that support go-to-market and brand positioning.
  • Drive alignment across teams to ensure consistent client messaging, expectations, and delivery at scale.

Client Retention & Growth

  • Own retention and net revenue growth outcomes across the portfolio, ensuring clients continue to realize and expand value.
  • Set strategy and lead renewals, expansion, and churn mitigation in partnership with Client Success Managers.
  • Identify portfolio-level expansion opportunities and guide cross-sell and upsell efforts with Sales and Solutions.
  • Partner with senior leadership on revenue forecasting, risk assessment, and delivery against growth targets.
  • Establish and review portfolio-level performance metrics, including adoption, engagement, retention risk, and renewal outlook.
  • Lead executive-level business reviews and strategic planning sessions with clients.

Client Success & Value

  • Define how clients realize value from Kore's technology and services, ensuring consistent best-practice delivery across the Client Success team.
  • Guide Client Success Managers in delivering strategic recommendations aligned to client objectives.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point and trusted advisor for key client relationships.
  • Ensure client insights and goals inform product direction, service models, and the broader client experience.
  • Continuously improve how client value is delivered, measured, and communicated across the lifecycle.

What we’re looking for:

Experience:   

  • 5-8 years of experience in client success, account management, consulting, sales, or strategy roles.
  • 3-5 years of people management experience, leading teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Proven success managing complex client relationships, renewals, and revenue growth.
  • Previous experience in sports, entertainment, or the brands space, preferably within a SaaS or technology organization.

Skills:

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels of an organization.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to use data to drive decisions and showcase the value of solutions.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to navigate complex customer challenges.
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple accounts simultaneously.
  • Comfortable with frequent travel (up to 25%), including overnight stays.

Technical Proficiency

  • Proven experience in utilizing Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce CRM platforms.
  • Knowledge of SaaS solutions and enterprise software products is highly preferred.
  • Proven expertise in using the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) to enhance productivity, create detailed reports, and deliver compelling presentations.
  • Experience with the KORE intelligence platform is a plus.

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of Two Circles in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

  • $100,000-$160,000

Skills Required

  • 5-8 years of experience in client success, account management, consulting, sales, or strategy roles.
  • 3-5 years of people management experience, leading teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proven success managing complex client relationships, renewals, and revenue growth.
  • Previous experience in sports, entertainment, or the brands space, preferably within a SaaS or technology organization.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to build relationships at all organizational levels.
  • Analytical mindset with ability to use data to drive decisions and showcase solution value.
  • Strong problem-solving skills to navigate complex customer challenges.
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple accounts simultaneously.
  • Comfortable with frequent travel (up to 25%), including overnight stays.
  • Proven experience in utilizing Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce CRM platforms.
  • Knowledge of SaaS solutions and enterprise software products.
  • Proven expertise in using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Experience with the KORE intelligence platform.
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The Company
HQ: London
2,350 Employees

What We Do

Founded in 2011, Two Circles is an international sports and entertainment marketing business that leverages data and knowing fans best, to help organizations grow audiences and revenues. From thirteen international offices, Two Circles works with some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment, including the NFL, Premier League, UEFA and EA. The business uses data to grow the volume and value of fan relationships across all channels, to increase revenue across media rights, sponsorship, retail and licensing and ticketing.

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