Strategic Services Consultant

Description

Sprout Social is looking to hire a Strategic Services Consultant to the Sales & Success team.

Why join Sprout’s Sales & Success team?

Joining the Sales and Success team is an opportunity to accelerate your career. We’re a winning team selling and supporting the leading social media management platform for businesses. Not only do you get to work alongside some of the sharpest minds in the industry, you also get to work with some of the biggest brands in the world ​​including General Mills, Make-a-wish Foundation, Honda and Edelman. And the real kicker? You get to design your own career and follow the path that’s best for you. Wherever you want to go, we’re committed to helping you get there. 

What you’ll do

• Manage customers’ tailored and value-driven implementation experience that ensures customers are set up for success in achieving their business goals
• Manage ongoing strategic consulting projects with deliverables that are shared with multiple stakeholders, including senior executives
• Level up the social sophistication of our customers as well as our team to meet the ever-changing needs of social media

What you’ll bring

Sprout Social is looking for a Strategic Services Consultant who can help our customers recognize the most value from our Sprout Social suite of solutions. The ideal candidate is the perfect blend of product-savvy and customer-focused, understands the social industry and social KPIs, and loves working in a fast-paced and evolving environment. 

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

• 2+ years in social media strategy, professional services, or customer-facing roles in SaaS
• Experience in training and in navigating a software platform
• Project management experience

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

• Understanding of social networks (in particular Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn) and social media strategy for large organizations
• Understanding sophisticated use cases for social media strategy, such as influencer marketing and customer care
• Flexibility to work on multiple projects and simultaneously support the Sales and Success team
• Understanding of all components of a software sales process and customer lifecycle
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to present to a variety of external audiences

How you’ll grow

Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including:

• Experiencing Sprout’s in-depth onboarding, covering everything from our company mission and values, hearing directly from executives and founders, to deep training on our products and the value that Sprout delivers to our customers
• Making a plan with your manager to set initial priorities, aligning on expectations for your role, planting goalposts for your career, and learning about Sprout’s approach to helping customers see social differently
• Meeting with your Professional Services peer mentor and gathering learnings to implement into your role
• Fully understanding our Services offerings, from delivery to project management to reporting
• Shadowing Strategic Services Consultants on calls to learn relevant customer stories and case studies from the field

Within 3 months, you’ll start hitting your stride by:

• Building connections with members from other teams through active networking and community building
• Developing a clear understanding of the entire Sprout platform, its features and use cases, and be able to explain them to customers
• Getting to know and begin to build working relationships with stakeholders throughout our Sales, Customer Success, Product and Marketing teams
• Leading services projects independently and clearly communicate results and deliverables to customers

Within 6 months, you’ll be making a clear impact through:

• Your first performance conversation with your manager, where you’ll discuss your accomplishments in your role and work together to build goals for your professional growth
• Becoming a Sprout Social product expert to confidently speak to ever-changing trends, new product features and platform enhancements to help our customers realize their full potential and accomplish their goals

Within 12 months, you’ll make this role your own by:

• Becoming a go-to resource for the Professional Services team and the larger Sales & Customer Success organization. You will deliver at a high level each day and make an impact outside of just customer work
• Surprising us! Use your unique ideas and abilities to change your team in beneficial ways that we haven’t even considered yet

Of course, what is outlined above is the ideal timeline, but things may shift based on business needs and other projects and tasks could be added at the discretion of your manager.

Our Benefits Program

We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program 
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and  employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting

Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter.

The base pay range for this role is $75,000.00 to $100,000.00 USD annually. Individual base pay is based on various factors, including relevant experience and skills, the responsibility of the role, and job duties/requirements. In addition to base pay, some Sales and Success roles can earn sales incentives.

Sprout’s compensation ranges are intentionally broad to allow for our team members' growth within their role. These ranges were determined by a market-based compensation approach; we used data from trusted third-party compensation sources to set equitable, consistent and competitive ranges. We also evaluate compensation bi-annually, identify any changes in the market and make adjustments to our ranges and existing employee compensation as needed.

Base pay is only one element of an employee's total compensation at Sprout. Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan. Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit).  Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution. Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays. We have outlined the various components to an employee’s full compensation package here to help you to understand our total rewards package.

Sprout Social is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and an Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate based on identity- race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged or sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our latest DEI Report.

If you require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the interview process or to submit your application, please email us at [email protected]. Include the nature of your request and your preferred contact information. We'll do everything we can to support your success during our recruitment process while upholding your privacy. Please note that only inquiries regarding accommodations will receive a response from this email address; other inquiries will not be addressed (e.g., you send your resume but are not requesting an accommodation).

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here (1) Equal Opportunity Employment Poster  (2) Sprout Social's Affirmative Action Statement (3) Pay Transparency Statement. 

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Additionally, Sprout Social participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. 

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